Avoiding And Treating Hypothermia People who live in areas with lots of snowfall and below freezing temperatures understand how to prevent hypothermia, but I was surprised to find how many were so good at the avoidance portion of this post that they had never actually treated anyone for it, and some had no idea how! It …
9 Healing Herbs We all know that eating well has a direct effect on our health. Many of us are beginning to also understand that herbs can make as big a difference to our health as can what our main dish is and medications both OTC and prescribed can. There are some herbs that work …
Helpful Natural Treatments for Pneumonia Should there be a SHTF event even a short term one there is every possibility that medical care will become hard to get or even a luxury item in a post SHTF era. This doesn’t mean sadly that people will stop getting sick. Actually, your chances of becoming ill will …
Essential Oils for First Aid Essential oils have been used for centuries long before the advent of pharmaceuticals. Modern pharmaceuticals actually mimic the benefits of these oils either by pulling the natural healing compounds from the oil or creating a synthetic form. If a SHTF event prevents you from receiving medical assistance or causes the …
Pre-Traumatic Prepper Anxiety In today’s world everything moves so fast, there is so much technology, so many things to worry about, so many people whose opinions, decisions and attitudes directly affect you, add family life, your job, and finances and it is a wonder we aren’t all nervous wreaks 100% of the time! The majority …
Even though home births have made a comeback among prospective parents these days. No one plans on doing so without appropriate training or on the fly during a crisis scenario. I know that women have been giving birth just fine on their own for all of measurable time. That doesn’t make me feel one iota …
Emergency Rectal Rehydration I know no one wants to talk about anything that has to be done rectally. Worse than talking about it of course is being the one on which the rectal procedure is being performed. However unpleasant or not it sure beats dying of dehydration. You can indeed die if you become overly …
Natural Antibiotics Without a Prescription If you have ever had to take antibiotics and most of us have in our lifetime, you know that they can work miracles and they can have some pretty rough side effects as well. One of the biggest negative effects to my thinking is that you can build up a …
Using Sugar on Wounds Before the time of drug stores and mass production of pharmaceuticals people were still injured and had medical issues. Some of the modern day drugs, ointments and lotions were developed from their less modern basic ingredients. One of those was sugar! Sugar has some seriously impressive medical properties. For more information …
80 Amazing Uses for Tea Tree Oil I use tea tree oil all the time in my home, but even I was amazed by the versatility of this oil as listed in the featured article. Many cultures that previously made much use of this essential oil in treating a number of maladies let it fall …
