Tag: 1st aid

Uses for Baking Soda Preppers Should Know

Uses for Baking Soda Preppers Should Know Preppers and homesteaders are well known for their ability to creatively solve almost any problem with what they have on hand. We adore multi use items and baking soda is one of those items! Our friends at Preparing for SHTF have put together a list of 15 ways …

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Growing Ginger

Growing Ginger Ginger has been used in cooking and herbal remedies for hundreds of years. Particularly in Asian culture it is a staple. Now even with the advent of modern pharmaceuticals scientists agree that ginger is an important element in dealing with ailments especially those that require an anti-inflammatory and increased blood flow. When we consider …

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Medicinal Herb Garden

Medicinal Herb Garden We all know we should have a medicinal herb garden; it only makes sense for preppers and homesteaders. Along with those herbs, plants, and roots we know are helpful to the conditions we currently have within our own families what else is recommended we grow? The featured article speaks to the favorites of the …

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Medicinal Plants You Can Grow At Home

Medicinal Plants You Can Grow At Home One of the primary concerns for both homesteaders and preppers alike is self sustainability. The primary resources needed to survive are shelter, water, and food. Too often that isn’t enough! Medical care should be right up there on your list of must haves and frankly it is probably …

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Using Comfrey as a Healing Aid

Using Comfrey as a Healing Aid Comfrey has been used for centuries to assist in healing everything from wounds to broken bones. It is supposed to speed up that lengthy process. Although I personally have never tried it there are those that swear by its use particularly in broken bones. I would never advise you …

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3 Wild Natural Medications

3 Wild Natural Medications Being lost in itself is a major issue when it’s you who is lost! But imagine being lost and sick, especially after a SHTF event. Even being sick in the wilderness when you know where you are and what you’re doing is a real hassle. If you have suddenly found yourself …

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Free Manuals on Prepping & 1st Aid

Free Manuals on Prepping & 1st Aid Anyone who has met me knows FREE is my favorite price! And when it is life saving and free it’s beyond my ability to resist! We have had free printable lists before, but this is so much more. Actual instructions and on subjects that everyone from the ordinary …

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Alternatives to Potassium Iodide

Alternatives to Potassium Iodide I personally can attest to the shortage of potassium iodide after the Japanese tsunami and the nuclear fallout disaster. Here on the west coast of the USA where it was coming ashore, you couldn’t find iodine anywhere in any form for months after. Then we had the North Korean threat of nuclear …

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Flu Buster Stew

Flu Buster Stew We hear a lot of home remedies that people swear by. I have a few of my own. Some are passed down generation to generation. Some of those passed down have been looked at by medical researchers and found to actually have a medically valid mixture of ingredients that can help with …

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Avoiding And Treating Hypothermia

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 …

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