Medicines and other essentials to carry
Following medicines are recommended for this kind of high altitude treks. Quantity based on the no, of people in the group :
Some Essentials :
- Sunscreen
 - Cold cream
 - Lip balm
 - Wet wipes
 - Toilet paper
 - Nail cutter + swiss knife
 
Essential Medicines :
- Electral – lots of it – to avoid dehydration. and to be taken everyday while trekking
 - Chlorine tablets for water (after a point in the trek, one do not have access to bottled water)
 - Iodex
 - Vicks vaporub
 - Crepe bandages
 - Gauze
 - Cotton
 - Dettol, Savlon
 - Band aids
 - Paracetamol – for fever – Crocin etc.
 - Analgesic – pain relief, headaches – dispirin etc.
 - For Nausea – Avomine
 - For Diarrhea – Eno, Pudin hara, Electral, Imodium etc.
 - For constipation – Isabgol
 - Anti biotics + Vitamin B
 
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Simran gupta
You take immodium for diarrhoea and not constipation!!
Simran gupta
Very well written blog.Thanks for sharing.Doing the trek end of April 2012
Hemant Soreng
Have a good trek Simran…Kanchenjunga is the most beautiful peaks of all…even prettier than Everest IMO.
Yes, you are right about immodium