Must Have for your First-Aid kit

[Blanco]

Everyone has a First Aid kit, but one thing it probably doesn't have in it is Cloves, and it should.

Toothache and any problem with teeth while off and away is quite literally a real pain, and finding a good dentist anywhere nearby even more of one.

The best and most effective pain relief many aren't aware of if they get toothache is to chew a few cloves. Pop in a couple and add one at a time until you're chumbling on around 8. Oil in cloves mixes with saliver and generates a natural anesthetic that in a few minutes kills the pain. They're a trifle bitter tasting to start, but after a while actually quite pleasant and since they're a spice they're digestable.

I split a tooth recently. Absolute agony. Chewed cloves. Pain disappeared.

We always have a pot of them in the van, just in case.

 

[Gruntfuttock]

I find some (probably a little too much) of this helps immensely with most ailments

 

[Vagophile]

I find some (probably a little too much) of this helps immensely with most ailments

A fellow customer of a certain online retailer? Gold top even better.
Angostura bitters is a much more effective (alcoholic) remedy; knowledge passed to me by a barman over fifty years ago.
Edit: Angostura bitters usually contains cloves, that's probably why it works.

 

[Blanco]

Possibly how it got its name. After a glass or two I'd the directional control of a one-legged hippo so its then a toss-up between drowning the pain or getting to a dentist

 

[Up10]

Everyone has a First Aid kit, but one thing it probably doesn't have in it is Cloves, and it should.

Toothache and any problem with teeth while off and away is quite literally a real pain, and finding a good dentist anywhere nearby even more of one.

The best and most effective pain relief many aren't aware of if they get toothache is to chew a few cloves. Pop in a couple and add one at a time until you're chumbling on around 8. Oil in cloves mixes with saliver and generates a natural anesthetic that in a few minutes kills the pain. They're a trifle bitter tasting to start, but after a while actually quite pleasant and since they're a spice they're digestable.

I split a tooth recently. Absolute agony. Chewed cloves. Pain disappeared.

We always have a pot of them in the van, just in case.

Agree. Good tip. I also carry toothypegs for adhoc crown replacements or lost fillings. Things you learn during covid!
Clearly, I would choose to get to the dentist first but on longer or more remote journeys, I reckon it could be a benefit.
Bet there are other van related repairs you could use it for as well!

 

[KevH]

We always carry a tick remover, just in case . Little b******* in my opinion.

 

[Cali Phillip]

We always carry a tick remover, just in case . Little b******* in my opinion.

They are starting in Scotland now

 

[Viktorgeorge]

Agree. Good tip. I also carry toothypegs for adhoc crown replacements or lost fillings. Things you learn during covid!
Clearly, I would choose to get to the dentist first but on longer or more remote journeys, I reckon it could be a benefit.
Bet there are other van related repairs you could use it for as well!

Good tip, thanks, not heard of this option before. I was searching for this and found spelling to be ‘Toofypegs’, it seems no longer available from Amazon, Superdrug etc., but there are alternatives.

 

[Gruntfuttock]

A fellow customer of a certain online retailer? Gold top even better.
Angostura bitters is a much more effective (alcoholic) remedy; knowledge passed to me by a barman over fifty years ago.
Edit: Angostura bitters usually contains cloves, that's probably why it works.

The Gold top is for special ailments, this one is for everyday one's.

 

[Up10]

Good tip, thanks, not heard of this option before. I was searching for this and found spelling to be ‘Toofypegs’, it seems no longer available from Amazon, Superdrug etc., but there are alternatives.

Thanks, didn't have the packet to hand. I got it at our local chemist a couple of years ago.

 

[colintfcolintf]

Slightly off tangent, but came to the rescue earlier today of another VW Camper where they had cut there thumb on a knife but had no plasters