10 gems in my handy travel medicine kit

We carry a small handy over the counter medicine kit for all our trips – long or short. When traveling, you encounter different kinds of weather. You face a change of climate, water and cuisines. Your overall routine and surroundings change drastically. Cough, cold, stomach flu etc. are very common during travel due to these reasons. But we don’t want them to pull us down,. We won’t want them to deplete our energy level and dampen our travel moods. A handy set of first aid tools and some over the counter medicines helps a lot in such cases. These are also very much required when traveling to remote places. Like our trip to Andaman, or when traveling to Tibet.

These medicines are mostly the tried and tasted ones that have proven to work well on myself and family. Instead of trying a new medication in a new place when encountering little ailments we rather prefer our tried and tasted medicines. In fact, on our trip to Bhutan, our younger kid caught a stomach bug. Thanks to the travel medicine kit that we had at hand. We could immediately start her medication with confidence.

So, here goes my small bag of medical kits , hope it helps you plan yours:

My handy medicine list:

1. One plain paracetamol tablet strip to combat fever caused due to cough, cold, or any minor infection
2. One over the counter medicine strip for treating stomach flu
3. One allergic cough and cold combating over the counter medicine strip
4. One over the counter vomiting and nausea suppressant
5. A small pack of ointment
6. A small bundle of cotton
7. A thermometer
8. Some ready to use bandaids
9. Some throat soothing lozenges
10. A few oral rehydration sachets

This list has helped us deal with minor health upsets during our trips. Sometimes we have extended help to fellow travelers too. However, a word of caution here. Take your call and treat yourself only if you think it is something minor and well under control. If the symptoms are worse or your over the counter treatment doesn’t help, reach out to a professional medical aid.

Practicing little health cautiousness, general hygiene methods and watching out what you eat and drink can go a long way when traveling, hopefully you will never need to unpack your travel medicine kit 🙂 Happy Journey!!

Update: Medicines to Pack for Kids & Kids First Aid Box

Although a sick baby on travel is the last thing anyone would want. But it is all the more necessary to be prepared for any situation when traveling with kids. Since we now travel with our two kids, we do pack a separate set of medicines for our kids when traveling. And also keep a kids first aid box ready with us. So, here goes the list of general medicines and other stuff that we carry for our kids, no matter where we travel.

1. A kids paracetamol for fever as prescribed by their doctor
2. Cough & Cold Syrup for the elder kid
3. Z & D suspension for loose motion or upset stomach in kids
4. Some ORS pouches for combating dehydration in kids
5. A medicine for stomach pain or gastric pain as prescribed by the doctor
6. A soft copy of the latest 2 prescriptions for both the kids
7. Kid’s doctor’s contact number so that we can call her in case of any emergency
8. A hydrating body lotion – I use Cetaphil in highly dry climate and Aveeno Body Lotion otherwise
9. A small bottle of antiseptic like dettol
10. A few band-aids
11. A small bundle of cotton
12. A digital thermometer

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