I've been spending a lot of time in the kitchen lately, preparing lots of fresh juices and healthy meals to freeze for the first weeks after delivery. I usually try to be pretty slow and methodical with my knives, but I slipped up with a new one today. ):
It was a tiny, thin, precise cut, but a gusher! Here's what I did and how I reccomend stopping both the bleeding and pulsating pain of a minor cut:
1)- Wash cut with warm water and soap
2)- Wrap wound in gauze or paper towel
3)- Apply pressure & hold above heart
4)- After 3-5 minutes check to see if there is still bleeding
5)- If so, apply new gauze as well as a small cold pack wrapped around the outside gauze. Return to positioning above level of heart for an additional 3/5/10 minutes.
6)-After the wound has stopped bleeding, apply a moderate amount of healing salve, followed by a band-aid. Savoir Herbals is a small mama-owned organic company in mountains of North Carolina which makes a wonderful and affordable Organic Lavender Healing Salve. The blend includes: Organic Olive Oil, Organic Calendula Flowers, Organic Comfrey, Wildcrafted Plantain, Wildcrafted St. John's Wort, Organic White Willow Bark, All Natural Beeswax, Vitamin E, Organic Therapeutic Grade Bulgarian Lavender Essential Oil.
* As a bonus, this salve may also be used for healing perineal tears and traumatized tissues, as well as sore, cracked nipples. I have a jar packed with our birth & baby supplies.
SAVOIR HERBALS WEBSITE
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