Mullein Oil and other remedies to take to India

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As recommended by atala in another post today
Mullein Oil is very common in India. For earache. Help please ,atala how common is it to find in any chemists

What do others take or not in their 'medicine chest'

My no 1 is tetracyclene both in tablet form and also in cream[ handy if you have a foot or bite infection].

Good sticking plaster.

Indigestion tablets.

Travel sick pills for these horrendous up and down hill routes..

Ear plugs.

Mozzie deterrent plug in and an extension socket to keep the critters away from the sleeping area.

Anything else is readily available in any chemist

Nick-H

All of the above is easily available at any pharmacist!

Err.. don't know about the ear plugs, which are certainly very, very useful things to have in your bag, and also the sort of thing you discover you really need when the shops have been long-since shut, so take those along.

If you need travel sickness pills, then taking them before the flight might be a good idea... so that's another thing you might bring from home; but I know Stugeron is available here (Stagger On, we used to call it in my sailing days)

Gelusil is an excellent Indian indigestion mixture, also available as suckable tablets.

I see a lot of 'advanced' sticking plasters available in UK chemists these days, but run-of-the-mill elastoplast is easily available here. Make sure you have some in your pocket any day that you have to wear a new pair of shoes!

If you are prone to mouth ulcers, an excellent cure is 'Adcortyl in Orabase' --- not available here. "Smyle", an ayurvedic-based mouth ulcer gel is pretty good, though, but it might take a day or two longer to cure.

I wouldn't think to bring anti-biotics here: buy them if you need them, and preferably with a doctor's advice first. I have, however, taken them back to UK with me in the just-in-case section of my medicine bag!

I like to have TCP liquid and ointment for cuts and scratches, and Savlon spray is good too --- I think those would be bring-with items.

Here's the big essential: Anthisan for insect bites. I still haven't found a good alternative here. Lanacane is good too, though local anaesthetic creams can be found here.

For the flight: have a couple of your favourite headache tablets with you. I've seldom needed to take them, but it is not a nice environment to put up with a blinding headache, and there are plenty of things to give you one!

It really is not necessary to bring much at all --- but if you are struck down in the middle of the night, it is nice to have something in your bag to see you through to being able to face going out.

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kristinm

Sorry what is Mullein oil and what is it for? Just spent a fortune on probiotics to get our tummies tip-top!

the opoponax

So far the only thing on my list is B Complex vitamins. I'm sure it's just a placebo effect, but I find they really help me get centered when I'm stressed, cranky, irritable, impatient, etc.

So I'll probably be popping one right before stepping out of the plane, to help me deal with airport insanity and taxi/hotel madness.

kristinm

I think they do too - they make me fat! When I used to ride horses, if we had a particularly highly strung horse - the kind that won't put on weight, Vitamin B injections always did the trick of calming them down and fattening them up! B6 is also great for fluid retention..... (sorry, not sure which gender you are!)

atala

Mullein Oil is for ear infection. Available "only" (?) in India, at homeopathic pharmacies.