Herbal First Aid Part IV - Shock

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May 14, 2008

 

Today is the last part in our four part series about Herbal First

Aid.  We hope that you have enjoyed it and learned a lot about

treating injuries using herbs.  If you missed any of the previous

articles be sure to visit http://articles.herballegacy.com to read them.

 

Two weeks ago we went through the first six steps you should take in any

accident.  After checking for breathing, a heartbeat and severe

bleeding, the next priority is to examine for shock.  Shock can occur

even in minor injuries, and can be more serious than the injury

itself.  Today we will examine how to treat for shock.

 

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Herbal First Aid Part IV - Shock

 

Contributed by Master Herbalist Kurt King, from Herbs to the Rescue

<http://www.christopherpublications.com/King_Herbs_Rescue.html>

 

Shock is a serious condition of a severe circulatory collapse.  Most

often it is caused by extreme blood loss, or traumatic injury without

any blood loss.

The symptoms of shock to watch for are clamminess of skin, washed-out

look, rapid weak pulse, low blood pressure, shallow rapid breathing,

nausea and vomiting.  Also watch for partial or complete loss of

consciousness.

A state of shock can be induced by people with fear in a minor

injury.  In every accident follow as if shock could occur and treat as

if it could occur even up to several hours later.  Shock can be more

serious than the injury.

 

If a person is conscious or unconscious:

 

1) Administer 1 dropperful of Cayenne Tincture under the tongue,

followed by Shepherd's Purse tincture, 1 dropperful under tongue (to

normalize circulation).

 

2) Lie the person flat on their back, with legs and thighs elevated.

 

3) Make sure the person is warm - replace any wet clothing.  A person

in mild shock can still produce body heat.  A person in severe shock

loses the ability to produce any body heat.  When this happens, no

amount of clothing will help to restore body heat.  Hypothermia and

irreversible shock then takes place, and the person can die.  In

severe shock, external heat needs to be applied.  The best heat source

is from another person, one or more, to come in contact skin to skin in

sleeping bags (like a cocoon) with the person in shock.  Internally,

keep administering Cayenne Tincture and Nettle Tincture to improve

circulation and produce internal heat.  All future heat loss to the

person in extreme shock should be avoided.

 

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