DIY CDC-Compliant Face Masks for Personal Use or Donation Right now the world is experiencing a shortage of a number of medical supplies necessary to fight the Covid 19 virus and help curb it’s spread. Many of these shortages are for things that we as individuals can’t do much about like respirators. However, there …
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MIY Hand Sanitizer
MIY Hand Sanitizer With the current climate of preparedness one item that has flown off the shelves is hand sanitizer. So much so that many locations are out of stock or rationing their remaining stock. As one of the best defenses against getting ill, it is an important prep. While it may be hard to …
Fever: Causes and Home Remedies
Fever: Causes and Home Remedies One of the most common symptoms of illness is fever. The issue however, is which illnesses? In some cases the fever can be more dangerous than the cause. Parents have fretted this conundrum for centuries, when to run to the emergency room and when to give fluids and wait. …
The Best Natural Antibiotics And How To Use Them
The Best Natural Antibiotics And How To Use Them Long before there were pills for infections and illnesses our grandparents used natural plants to treat themselves and others. This is true in every culture and for every nation. Many of today’s medicines come from those ancient remedies and antibiotics. Once pills and commercially made elixirs …
Paper Birch Trees Medicinal Uses
Paper Birch Trees Medicinal Uses Birch bark has a number of survival uses including fire starting during wet weather and is the primary ingredient home made aspirin. But did you know it has other medical uses for a post SHTF world? See them at the featured link below from Garden Guides. Medicinal Uses for Paper …
Protect yourself from coronavirus
Protect yourself from coronavirus I know it seems to me that every year or two there is a new deadly virus to worry about. It might be easy to begin to blow off the doom and gloom of these viruses. After all we aren’t all dead of Ebola right? Now that is one terrifying virus! …
MIY All Natural Vapor Rub
MIY All Natural Vapor Rub I am a fan of whenever possible insuring that anything that goes into or on my body being natural. These day everything seems to be full of chemicals and ingredients whose names I can’t even pronounce! However, when I am sick, I want comfort immediately. As a child I recall …
The Best Medications To Include In A Well-Stocked Prepper Pharmacy
Some posts may include affiliate links. The Best Medications To Include In A Well-Stocked Prepper Pharmacy Almost everyone prepping or not has a small home pharmacy. Perhaps the cough syrup from the fall before when you had that irritating cough, aspirin for your infrequent headaches, or even a few pills left over from your last …
Clay Packs Therapeutic, Hot, or Cold
Clay Packs Therapeutic, Hot, or Cold Clay packs are something I had little to no knowledge about and frankly thought they were the thing my daughter puts on her face to scare her brother, that is suppose to make her skin clear and beautiful. I didn’t know they had so many other truly useful purposes! …
Prepping a Wild Medicine Cabinet
Prepping a Wild Medicine Cabinet Now is a great time to learn about and stockpile natural medicine for a time when traditional western medication might not be available. Always check with your doctor before using any natural remedy to insure there isn’t a known interaction with medication you take or an allergy to the ingredients. …