334 Where There Is No Doctor 2011
THE HOME MEDICINE KIT
Each family should have the following things in their medicine kit. These supplies
should be enough to treat many common problems in rural areas.
Also include useful home remedies in your medicine kit.
SUPPLIES
Supply
FOR WOUNDS AND SKIN PROBLEMS:
plastic or rubber gloves
or plastic bags for your hands
Price
(write in)
Amount
See
recommended page
1 small package 75
sterile gauze pads in
individual sealed envelopes
97, 218,
20 263
1-, 2-, and 3-inch
gauze bandage rolls
2 each
87
clean cotton
1 small
package
14, 72,
83, 254
adhesive tape (adhesive plaster),
1-inch wide roll
2 rolls
85, 215
soap—if possible a
disinfectant soap like Betadine
1 bar or
small bottle
371
70% alcohol
¼ liter
72, 201,
211, 254
hydrogen peroxide,
in a dark bottle
1 small
bottle
83, 183,
213
petroleum jelly (Vaseline)
in a jar or tube
1
91, 97,
141, 199
white vinegar
½ liter
200, 241,
294, 309
sulfur
100 g.
200, 205,
206, 211
scissors
1 pair
(clean, not rusty)
85, 254,
262
tweezers
with pointed ends
1 pair
84, 175
FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE:
thermometers:
for mouth
for rectum
FOR KEEPING SUPPLIES CLEAN:
plastic bags
1 each
several
30, 41
195, 332