The natural alternative for cuts and sores (OTC Medicines in general)

Member Name: chele2002

Product:	OTC Medicines in general
Date:	02/06/01 (81 review reads)
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Advantages: Heals open wounds quickly, soothes, a tube goes a long way

Disadvantages: Can be expensive at first

I recently applied for a job to which I was invited to an interview.

Well naturally I had to find a nice pair of smart but comfortable shoes as the job would entail loads of walking and all my other shoes were a bit clubby for an interview.

So the morning before my interview I had to go a hunting for some in town. After hours of searching I eventually found a pair. By this time my baby and toddler were getting rather fed up. So inevitably I didn't bother to try the shoes on and just went home A.S.A.P.

Big, big mistake on my part!

Any way I get ready for my interview and take the two little ones over to my friend to look after for me while I was being interviewed.

When ready to leave I put these new shoes on and yikes! my feet have either got bigger or shoes are being made smaller these days. Oh the tightness instantly gave me cramp in my foot but has I had no choice but to wear them and suffer, off I limped to my interview to try and ease the pain.

What was happening along with the cramp that did ease eventually. My shoes were beginning to rub the backs of my heals, to reveal the flesh. Most people get blisters that may pop but I don't think mine ever got to that stage and advanced somewhat. The skin on my heals, in fact lots of layers of skin was rolling up and down my heals with every step I took, and the flesh that was now visible had started to weep and cause more discomfort.

Despite the pain, I thought the interview had gone well.

So my next stop would be to pop in the chemist to get me some plasters, big huge plasters and boy do they cost loads for a pack of eight.

I start walking home, when I notice that the plasters were no longer easing the pain and decides to nip into Matalan to get some slip on shoes with open back,s. This was going well and my sore heals were getting the air to them, which was a good thing. That was until these new slip on shoes started to rub the
insides of my feet and as it was raining I couldn't do what I would have done which is to walk home bare footed.

Over the next couple of days, it got worse as I never really had chance to allow the air to the effected areas due to putting on shoes several times of the day (kids to school, kids back from school, shopping etc).

It was due to the above fact that I had to find a cream that was suitable to apply on my sores with or with out plasters on.

I didn't want an antiseptic as I was in too much pain and didn't want to contribute to it.

Over to chemist to get some advice and some cream if possible. I explained to the lady in the chemist what was wrong, what I wanted. I then ask the lady what she would recommend to meet my needs and work effectively and quick.

She recommended to me Savlon natural first aid for cuts and sores which cost £3.09 for a 30ml tube.


The cream:

It is a topical herbal remedy to apply to all types of cuts and sores and is traditionally used in the symptomatic treatment of cuts and sores.

It is a hypericum and calendula based cream that is non irritating. Calendula in a natural healing agent, while hypericum is a natural source to repair the dead or broken skin and ease the pain, combined they are designed for use on open wounds, cuts grazes and sores.


The active ingredients are:

Calendula officinalis tincture 1/10 4.5% v/w and hypericum perforatum tincture 1/10 4.5% v/w.

Other ingredients consist of:

White soft paraffin, water, honey, propyl hydroxybenzoate, cetearyl hydroxybenzoate and cetearyl alcohol peg-20 stearate.


It is safe to use in most cases with very few or rare side effects known. Saying that if you are pregnant or breast feeding it is advised that you consult a doctor before using it. It can also be used if you have sensitive skin but if you are sensitive to any of the ingredients then i
t would be best to avoid.


To use it you need to clean the area that needs treatment as the cream seals the wound so would there for seal in any dirt too causing a possible infection.

Once the area is clean you then apply gently to cover the whole affected area, cover it then with a plaster or a dry dressing and bandage if required. Repeat this a few times a day when required making sure that the wound is kept clean at all times. Even though it states to put a plaster on it I have used it with out any kind of dressing and found it just as effective.

The cream its self is very soothing and is not painful to apply what so ever. My feet were in a very bad way and were very painful at the best of times. The cream I found to be invaluable not only to ease the pain but to quickly heal all my wounds. With in a few days of using it my sores had grown new skin and the damage was repaired.

It may seem a little expensive initially but a 30ml tube does go a long way and is safe for the whole family. Having two children aged 7 and 5 who are prone to the odd cut when out playing this has proved a wonder cure. It doesn't sting them, so they have no need to throw a tantrum when it is applied.

This cream has been used several times by most of the family yet there is still loads left.


My moan sorry:

As for the job interview to add insult to injury I never got the job and it turned out to be the most expensive interview ever, what with 2 pairs of shoes, several boxes of plasters and this cream, oh well life goes on.

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