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October 20, 2010

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To finalize the series on herbal first aid we felt it was important to discuss how to treat shock. Shock can occur with any injury - including minor ones, so knowing how to treat it properly is very important.

 

Our recipe for the week is a fun holiday recipe - Chia Snowballs by Robyn Openshaw.

 

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-Dr. Christopher's Herbal Legacy Newsletter

ARTICLE: How to Treat Shock

RECIPE: Chia Snowballs

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ARTICLE: How to Treat Shock 

 

by Kurt King, Master Herbalist

 

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.

 

Dr. Christopher had this advice for Shock:

 

Follow the standard first-aid techniques for shock, keeping the patient quiet and warm, and giving liquids if possible.  The herbal shock formula, containing one cup of warm water, 1/8 cup honey, one tablespoon apple cider vinegar, and one teaspoon cayenne, works reliably to help bring a person out of shock.  The Bach Flower Rescue Remedy works quickly, though subtly, for shock. Massage the feet and hands to help bring circulation to needy areas of the body.

Printable Version: http://www.herballegacy.com/Shock.pdf 

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INGREDIENTS:

•  1 C peanut butter (preferably natural, without added sugar
• ½  C honey
• ¼  C brown rice syrup (found at health food store)
• 2 ½  C brown rice cereal (found at health food store)
• ½  C oats
• 1-2 Tbsp. chia seeds
• optional: 1 C finely shredded coconut

DIRECTIONS:

Mix all of the ingredients together except for the coconut.

Roll the mixture into balls and then roll in the coconut.Or, if omitting the coconut, press mixture into an 8x8" pan and let it sit until soft, about 1 hour.

Note: Chia seeds are a power food. Packed with nutrition, they contain 19-23% protein.

Two ounces of chia seeds will give you more Omega-3 than 1. pounds of salmon. Chia also has three times more flavanol (to fight cancer ) than blueberries.

Printable Version: http://www.herballegacy.com/Chia_Snowballs.pdf 

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