There are things that have to be taken care of in life.

Usually you get the hint when something starts to hurt.

It can hurt in the brain sometimes worse than the body.

This week I decided to do a medicine cabinet inventory though by us it’s a drawer. I’d refill and reorganize so when those times occurred I’d be ready.

There are some medicine cabinet musts that if applied immediately can save a lot of pain.

First is arnica.

Arnica is a homeopathic remedy used after you fall or get hit by something. If you pop a few arnicas according to the doctor’s instructions the black and blue that would have been doesn’t come.

I’m not a big “natural healing” person (I even eat nitrates) but arnica has saved us quite a few times. Once a car door opened on someone’s eye. Immediate arnica. No swelling no bruises.

Next on the list is a hot water bottle.

If I could I’d buy one in every shape and size to fit every occasion. Sore knee — hot water bottle. Aching back — hot water bottle. After you power walk for the first time in six months — hot water bottle. Even sinus infections which actually start from the upper corners of the back can be headed off. Just immediately apply a hot water bottle between the shoulders when you feel the pressure beginning.

I once had a friend come over on Succos and she looked exhausted. The succah was a little cold so I brought her out a hot water bottle. She tells me that till this day she uses it just to relax.

Antibiotic ear drops.

Antibiotic eardrops can keep young children from getting a full-blown ear infection. Those ear infections that always happen in the middle of the night after you haven’t slept in three days.

I’ve tried garlic and hot oil and all the dressings in the world but antibiotic eardrops seem to do the trick best.

Bactroban is also a must. Cut your fingernail too close — Bactroban.

When your child pulls up his sleeve two days after he scraped his arm and didn’t clean it  — Bactroban.

Daughter buys a pair of earrings which the store owner assured her were 100 percent silver. One day later her ear’s infected and she can’t get her earring out — Bactroban.

And Band-Aids of course.

Anyway while I was organizing this drawer I kept saying a particular motto like “we’ll get there we’ll get there.” And this made me realize that I actually have a medicine cabinet in my brain as well.

The cabinet in my brain needs to be well stocked and organized with homeopathic sentences and ideas like “We’ll get there.”

“Today is not yesterday” keeps guilt from swelling and prevents guilt pangs about the past from turning me black and blue.

“This is also for the good” is for when those pains come in the middle of the night.

“This too shall pass” is a great warm compress.

“Keep the wheels turning” is for when life promised you something and it didn’t exactly turn out that way.

And all shapes and sizes of Band-Aids.

Whether it’s in the cabinet or the brain I hope these tips help.

They’re Medicine Cabinet Musts.