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September 29, 2017 by Joy Kincaid 12 Comments

How to Stock Your Natural Medicine Cabinet

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I love using natural remedies when someone is sick. Here’s what’s inside our natural medicine cabinet.
How to stock a natural medicine cabinet with home remedies!

When someone in our family is sick, my husband and I reach for our favorite natural and herbal remedies. We won’t hesitate to seek medical care if there’s a serious emergency, but for everyday ailments such as headaches, bee stings, fevers, and sore throats, we try natural medicine first.

Natural Medicine Cabinet

We keep all of our natural remedies in an antique pie safe in the kitchen. I previously had things stored in various locations, but moving everything to a central location made it so much easier to keep organized.

It looks a bit disorderly in the photo above, but it just looks that way. 🙂
The top shelf has bins that hold various items. The bin on the far left has pain relievers and fever reducers, the next one has cough drops and cough syrup, and then the other two bins contain ointments, creams, and various things.

What I Keep in Our Natural Medicine Cabinet

Here’s a detailed look at what’s inside our natural medicine cabinet.

natural medicine cabinet

Affiliate links included below.

Sore Throat and Cough Relief

  • Zarbee’s Naturals Cough + Throat Relief
  • Olba’s Pastilles (my favorite cough drops ever)
  • Zarbee’s Cough Syrup
  • Olba’s Inhaler (another favorite Olba’s product)

Basic First Aid Supplies

  • ace bandages, band-aids, gauze rolls, splints, bandage tape, scissors (for tape), and steri-strips
  • hot water bottle, heating pad, and rice “sock”
  • Epsom salt
  • splinter remover
  • flannel (for making poultices)
  • Redmond First Aid Clay
  • Manuka honey (I’ve used this successfully on burns)
  • colloidal silver spray

Essential Oils

We use essential oils for so many health-related things. Here are the main ones I use regularly:

  • lavender
  • tea tree oil
  • peppermint
  • eucalyptus
  • Immune Strength

Not sure how to use essential oils? This is my favorite essential oil reference book. I keep our main natural health reference books right in the pie safe so they’re easy to find.

Salves and Creams

  • various salves (chickweed, calendula, comfrey salve, and )
  • TriLight Lympha Rub and Soothing Salve
  • B&W Burn Ointment (highly recommended for burns)

natural medicine cabinet

Immune Boosters, Teas and Tinctures

  • activated charcoal powder
  • aloe vera gel (in the refrigerator), and we also have an aloe plant for fresh aloe
  • fresh garlic
  • ginger powder and fresh ginger (in the freezer)
  • medicinal raw honey
  • Slippery Elm powder
  • arnica tablets
  • elderberry syrup
  • echinacea tincture
  • goldenseal tinture
  • colloidal silver
  • Vitamin C, in the form of pills, powder, and also Emergen-C
  • clove oil
  • coconut oil
  • cayenne pepper
  • zinc lozenges
  • astragalus tincture
  • Umcka
  • chicken bone broth (in the freezer)
  • and a large selection of herbal teas, including chamomile, echinacea, cold and flu teas, red raspberry, Throat Coat, etc.
natural medicine cabinet
Those are pretty much the main items we reach for when someone’s not feeling well.  I may have forgotten something, but those are the things that come to mind that we use the most.
Here are a couple  of helpful resources if you’re interested in making your own natural remedies:
comfrey salve
Make Your Own Comfrey Salve
 
Natural Remedies for Illness

Do you use natural remedies? How do you stock your natural medicine cabinet?

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Comments

  1. Rheagan says

    October 26, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    Some great ideas here! I love how you organized everything. I keep meaning to get all my stuff in one place. One of these days…

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      October 30, 2017 at 6:20 pm

      Thanks, Rheagan!

      Reply
  2. Virginia says

    October 26, 2017 at 6:46 pm

    Thanks for sharing this! I’m just starting out making my own remedies for my family very helpful to see what works for another family!

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      October 30, 2017 at 6:19 pm

      Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for stopping by, Virginia!

      Reply
  3. Linda S says

    October 26, 2017 at 9:57 am

    oh, Joy, thank you so much! This is such a wonderful, comprehensive list that is DO-ABLE! I’m pinning this and I’m going to sit down this weekend and write out a plan for re-building my own medicine cabinet. Since moving last year, I’ve let it go and have not taken time to replace and revive things I should. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation!

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    • Joy Kincaid says

      October 30, 2017 at 6:17 pm

      You’re welcome, Linda! I’m so glad it was helpful! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Crystal says

    October 12, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    I feel like you just took all the guesswork out of it for me! My collection is a bit of a hodge podge, and although my intentions are good, my knowledge needs bit of help. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      October 13, 2017 at 4:51 pm

      So glad it was helpful, Crystal! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Jennifer Dunn says

    October 4, 2017 at 9:46 pm

    It’s always wonderful to see what other women have created for medical needs. I have many natural things in my cabinet as well. I love to see my family learning and using what is there.
    Thank you for sharing!

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    • Joy Kincaid says

      October 6, 2017 at 3:43 pm

      I agree, I always like to see what others use for natural remedies! Thanks for stopping by, Jennifer!

      Reply
  6. Debra says

    October 3, 2017 at 4:06 pm

    Great information, Thanks for sharing! Visiting from Teaching whats Good, link up! Pinning! Many Thanks! 8)

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      October 3, 2017 at 4:53 pm

      So glad you stopped by, Debra!

      Reply

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