Herbal FIRST AID

Herbal First Aid

What is herbal first aid? While it can sound mysterious, it is simply adding herbal supports to standard first aid skills!

Herbalista has been running integrative first aid stations for over a decade, both in the woods and on the city streets. And we have seen first hand how when we integrate conventional first aid with herbal medicine, we can achieve amazing results. We are lucky to be herbalists, with all of these additional tools.

Here are a few reasons why we love herbal first aid.

  • EFFECTIVE: Herbal remedies can help with a wide variety of issues, from physical ailments to emotional trauma.
  • SAFE: Many of the herbs we work with are ones you might recognize from your own kitchen, herbs such as chamomile or ginger. These common herbs have limited side effects while offering tremendous support and healing.
  • EMPOWERING: Herbal medicine can truly be a medicine by and for the people! It is not only a chance to take care of the little things ourselves, but an opportunity to help our community stay healthy.
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Herbalista First Aid Repertory

Here is our seven page guide offering some First Aid Basics as well as a detailed herbal reparatory.

Herbalista First Aid Handout

Herbalista First Aid Repertory

Your First Aid Kit

Basic First Aid Kit Video

In this video, Lorna uses her own personal mini first aid kit as an example. This 30 minute clip is from the longer three hour Herbal First Aid Class that is available in the member online Herbalista Toolkit. It was recorded at the Free School in 2022. 

Please use the Handout below to follow along.

Herbalista Basic First Aid Kit

First Aid Stations

Considering setting up a First Aid Station? Check out this list of special considerations:

First Aid Station

First Aid Resources

Other First Aid Resources

Please also visit our “First Aid + Street Medicine for Social Change” section on the Herbal Links + Resources Page for additional First Aid Resources by our comrades.

First Aid Resources

You might also find the following Free School Class Videos helpful. The Free School Video Archive is located in the Herbalista Toolkit:

  • Herbal First Aid
  • Skin and Wound Care
  • Herbal Foot Care.
Herbalista Toolkit

First Aid Gallery

Hands holding two pain remedies. One is a bag with capsules and the label says Pain Re-Leaf Turmeric Capsules. The other is a jar that says Pain Re-Leaf Salve.
Table in our first aid clinic lined with herbs and tinctures. There is also a tray containing dispensary items such as ramekins and dose cups.
A table top covered in the medicines of an herbal first aid station. On a tray in the foreground are several beakers and blue spritzer bottles. In the back is a tincture kit with the open lid displaying a chart and next to that is a set of risers with tincture bottles on it.
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