To ask for your medicine cabinet heroes?

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Here's mine:

Otrivine nasal spray is an absolute saviour! I only discovered it last year and I've had some absolutely horrendous colds made better by using this stuff. It completely clears your nose within minutes. I went from not being able to breathe through my nose at all, to being able to sleep through the night with my airways clear. Amazing.

Would love to some other good medicine cabinet tip offs!

We use Germoline a lot in this house !
And Olbas drops for stuffy noses.

Vicks
Olbas oil
Lion Ointment
Allergy eye drops

@Marv1nGay3 where can you buy promethazine?

Magnesium paste - ideal for those inflamed toenail bits
bite cream
Solphadine Max - just got DD2 through the flu with ease

Magnesium sulphate paste.Draws out all sorts of infections and brings boils to a head.Its even drawn out splinters before.son had been biting the skin around his nails and had green pus building up ,put some of the paste on and covered with a cotton wool pad and tape,the next day it had drawn it all out.

Witch hazel
Calamine lotion
Eucalyptus and tea tree essential oils
Sudocrem

TCP for mouth ulcers, spots, grazes etc
Germolene for less bad cuts.
ASDA Mentholated Bronchial Balsam for clearing pretty much everything its like a liquid version of fishermans friend.
chamomile tea bags for itching and rashes.

The pen thing that you can use on stinging nettle rash. Always take it camping.

Peroxyl mouthwash - not just excellent for sore gums but I gargle with some each time I feel the faintest inkling of a sore throat and it disappears entirely overnight. It’s stopped several colds in their tracks for me over the years

covonia throat sweets - worked a treat when I had covid sore throat

Magnesium sulphate paste and germolene for drawing boils , splinters and other localised infections out.

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

Tyrozets (if you can find them - suspect they are discontinued). The only thing that has ever helped a sore throat. They are chalky little discs and they numb the throat and have an antibiotic in them too.

amazing

You’ll be gutted to know they’re definitely discontinued 😫😫

They are amazing, I’ve got 2 tubes I’m keeping for emergencies.

Magnesium sulphate paste. Always surprised people don't know about it - so useful
Savlon
Buscopan for random stomach cramps
Liquid piriton
Rennies
Sudafed

J collis Browne

Only thing to help soothe my chest in the middle of the night when I have a really bad cough. Also it's really good if you just feel a bit off - a wonder liquid!

Hard to get hold of these days though

Antipeol is pure magic for nappy rash, sore bums from diarrhoea at all ages, and any other skin irritation. It cures severe nappy rash in 24 hours.

Olbas oil for blocked noses. used it for 30 years

Vicks Vaporub
Buscopan
Arnica Gel

Fenistil Gel for everything skin related, including sunburn. It's magic.

Panadol (might be all in my mind but works more quickly than Paracetamol for period pain).
Gaviscon-don't waste time on any other heartburn remedy.

Thermacare lower back and hip wraps. Saved my sanity waiting for spinal surgery
Agree with otrivine!

Mopiko the gold standard for bites, stings, heat rash.

I haul it back from Asia. Loads of stock piled tubes in the bathroom.

@ofwarren I came to say that throat spray too. Don't know anybody who would bother with Difflam again after trying that one.

I second germolene and savalon, they're 'magic cream' for my kids. Go on everything. Sore toes, fingers, scratches etc etc 😄

Covonia cough medicines - amazing stuff, really helps

Eurax - helps soothe itching and can even be used around the vulva.

Ricola herbal sweets, really help sooth a sore throat and you can take as many as you need, unlike medicine which you can only use once every 4-6 hours.

I think the best throat spray is covonia, personally. Bisodol tablets for indigestion/heartburn/trapped wind. Works fast it’s amazing but does make me burp a lot til it’s out so maybe take them alone!

Imodium...

'Nuff said.