Used in preparations to soothe cuts, scrapes, bruises, sunburn, bee and wasp stings.
5. When we have any wound where we used to use neosporin, I grab First Aid now instead. - Annie 6. My husband hurt his upper arm/shoulder muscles a month or so ago, and this past week the pain became unbearable for him. I tried Pain-X, which didn't help at all, and then I tried Peppermint over the Pain-X, Peppermint by itself and nothing seemed to help him. Today, while I was in the cabinet putting away the Peppermint oil, I found a bottle of "First Aid" oil and decided to give that a try. The results were amazing. He had no pain for the first time in over a week, and it lasted all afternoon. He applied it again tonight, and it is working AWESOME! To say that I am thrilled, is an understatement!!! - Julie 7. I used First Aid on a wasp/bee sting on my 7 year old last week. I applied the oil and covered it with a bandage, and the next morning I couldn't see where it was. It still hurt her, but the mark was gone. She had to tell me where to apply the oil! I reapplied with no bandage, and it never bothered her again. - Stacy 8. I smashed my hand really, really hard on the bathtub while cleaning it. I injured my knuckle on my middle finger, and it was very painful. I immediately applied First Aid blend (with emu oil) on the knuckle. After a couple hours, I applied Warrior (diluted with emu oil) again to the knuckle. The pain was getting worse by the evening and I applied ice. Before going to bed, I again applied First Aid. My hand throbbed all night long, and when I got up in the morning, I applied First Aid again. I was surprised that my hand had not swelled overnight. An hour or two after applying the First Aid, I noticed I could use the hand without a lot of pain. As the day progressed, it felt better and better. By the next day, the pain was completely gone. I am amazed at the power of these oils! - Julie 9. I have suffered with plantar faciitis SO bad, I could barely drive. Just the flexing of my foot to push the gas was to painful! I tried all of the oils I had, but nothing was helping. I tried OTC creams AND a compounded cream, but they were not helping. One night it just popped into my head to combine First Aid with Blue Emu cream. Within 36 hours, the pain was barely noticeable (using twice a day). After 48 hours, I forgot which foot it was that had the PF, until I remembered the driving issue. I then ran out of the First Aid oil and the pain started coming back within about three days. I'd only been using it 4-5 days, but I knew I had better get some ordered ASAP. I'm so glad it came today!! The PF pain is still less then it was, but I didn't want it getting back to how bad it was. I was so limited. Cooking dinner was all the standing I could do for a day. I've tried multiple other PF remedies, but this one WORKS!! - Bekah
10. My neosporin replacement: First Aid! - Jayne 11. First Aid oil, it is AMAZING on stings and bites. We use it all the time. - Stacy
12. I had a stiff neck today and rubbed the diluted First Aid on it, and after an hour, it felt much relieved. - Bernice
11. I am so pleased to use First Aid Blend for SO many issues. I use it on cuts/wounds for very quick healing, on insect bites, to heal pre-cancerous burn offs, a painful in-grown toe nail, some sort of chronic, small carbuncle in my nostril for years (which is now completely gone), bee sting pain and swelling. It's a gift from God and Hopewell! - Kalinda
13. I was surprised to read that the First Aid oil also helps with skin issues. I actually had used it for a week on my cheeks after a tooth surgery thinking it might get through there and support the healing. Usually every time I didn't eat well my face would show a strong reaction the next day. But I noticed a change after applying the oil for one week that I didn't expect. It doesn't matter what I eat, my face cleared out. I am amazed!! I waited a few days with the testimony to make sure it stayed this way..which it did! - Bernice
14. I dilute First Aid with Aloe Vera at 2% and use it where in the past I would have used neosporin. It works great! - Jennifer
15. My brother was fighting a cold when under a lot of stress at work. He asked me to run my diffuser in his room that night. He sleeps like a tornado! He turns so much that the blankets, sheets and mattress cover are all usually off in the morning, twisted into a rope! All that I had on hand was Hopewell’s First Aid blend. My brother remarked the next day: “I don’t know what was in that diffuser last night, but it knocked me out! I slept like a rock.” - Emily
16. Our family uses First Aid instead of neosporin as well. Great blend! - G.G. 17. Hopewell’s First Aid is helping my horrible lupus and rhumatoid arthritis pain. - Josanne
Avoid contact with the eyes and other sensitive areas. Essential oils are both lipophilic and hydrophobic. Lipophilic means they are attracted to fat— like the membranes of your eyes and skin. They are also hydrophobic, meaning they do not like water. Applying a carrier oil will create another fat for the essential oil to be attracted to other than the membranes of the eyes or skin. Tisserand suggests: "With essential oils, fatty oil has been suggested as an appropriate first aid treatment, though the advantage of saline [eyewash] is that the eyes can be continually flushed, and this is less easy with fatty oil.” We are not aware of a case where essential oil in the eyes caused permanent injury or long-term discomfort, but if you feel concerned, please call your health care provider.
*Robert Tisserand reported at a Clinical Safety Aromatherapy conference (2013) that there is a possibility that Citral (in May Chang/Litsea Cueba) may affect tooth and bone development in the fetus. "Citral impairs reproductive performance in female rats by reducing the number of ovarian follicles (Toaff et al 1979). The effect, however, was seen only after a series of six monthly ip injections at a dose of 300 mg/kg. This is equivalent to injecting ~ 25mL of lemongrass oil into a woman's abdomen. Based on other research, we have restricted citral exposure in pregnancy" (Tisserand, Robert; Young, Rodney, Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals, Elsevier Health Sciences UK 2nd Edition 2014, pages 149).
