Natural Remedies for Asthma Asthma is one of the many illnesses suffered by millions of people worldwide. It can be quite dangerous. Anyone with asthma should have several rescue inhalers in different locations that they frequent on a regular basis. But if during or after a SHTF event you or someone you know has asthma …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
