During our journey into the wonderful world of homesteading, survival, and potentially bugging-out should the SHTF, we have learned a lot about natural medicines. Some are hit and miss. Others are rumored to be good for anything from a headache to cancer! But your best bet is to do serious research, look through books and…
How to Properly Lance a Boil While You’re Bugging Out
One of the most important areas of consideration, when the world comes to a SHTF, situation is what are we going to do in the event of a medical emergency? Sure, doctors will still exist, but chances are they won’t all be hanging around the hospitals as they are being looted, which will make them…
You Just Got Bit by a Brown Recluse Spider. Here’s How to Effectively Treat it When SHTF.
Spiders are one of the greatest fears throughout the world. This may be due to how they walk, the precision with which they build their webs or their many eyes. When you ask most people, though, they are afraid of spiders because of their bites. In reality, very few spiders throughout the world are in…
(VIDEO) This Make it Yourself Survival Medicine From Willow Bark is FREE and Effective!
It always amazes us the things we can find in nature that can be used in many different ways. Certain nuts can be utilized as flavorings as well as being an excellent source of protein. We’ve found leafs from some trees that make great teas, and then there are those items we seek out from…
When All Hell Breaks Loose and a Venomous Snake Bites You, Try This Emergency Alternative Medicine
It’s a prepper’s worst fear. You’ve prepped for everything you can imagine: storms, power outages, criminals, martial law, foreign attack. An event occurs for which there can be no course of action but to bug out to a secret location and wait out the storm. Out in the middle of nowhere, halfway between your destination…
How to Treat Altitude Sickness When the Grid Goes Down
Altitude sickness is the unfortunate side effect that is essentially the result of pushing your body to places it was never designed to be. While there are some scattered cultures that have made their homes high in the mountains throughout history, for the most part, the human body is ill-equipped to handle the thin atmosphere…
This Survival Tree is Touted as the King of Vitamin C. Find Out Why…
For most preppers, one of their goals is to become completely self-sufficient. That means when SHTF and they’re left without a bug out bag, they are able to survive, with little to no food. It can be a difficult undertaking to find food, shelter, and live in the woods for days on end without anyone…
(VIDEO) Post-Collapse You’re Bitten by a Black Widow Spider. Now What?!
Black widows are terrifying. No, we don’t mean the Marvel superheroine (although we wouldn’t want to get on her bad side, either). We mean the infamous arachnid famous for its hourglass figure (still not talking about the superheroine) and highly toxic bite. The most likely reason many people are bitten by this spider is because…
A Single Cut, Untreated, Can Lead to Infection. Here’s How to Tell if You Have a Festering Infection and What to Do About It.
In any survival situation, there are immediate concerns – shelter, water, food – ensuring your environment is as safe as possible and then there are the quieter, more ominous concerns. One of the most critical is having an wound get infected. A single cut, untreated, can very quickly develop an infection and within a few…
Suffer From Asthma? Here’s What You Need to Stockpile and Know When the Grid Goes Down:
Asthma can be a debilitating ailment in the best of times. Throw in the stress of a bug out and you could soon find yourself or someone you love gasping for air more often than not. To make matters worse, asthma inhalers and medications can only last for so long, after which point you will…
Getting Bitten by a Venomous Snake is Serious Business. Here’s How to Stay Alive While Waiting for Help to Arrive.
While there are many rules you can follow for avoiding snakes, and, therefore, snakebites, it’s impossible to predict the actions of all snakes. You may one day find yourself on the receiving end of an angry reptile, and in that circumstance, you’ll want to know what you can do to alleviate your suffering and, hopefully,…
Lost During a Collapse? Learn How to Make Aspirin From a Willow Tree:
In a bug out situation, or even just camping out in the wilderness for awhile, you may not be able to bring all of the medicine you wish you could. Even if you do manage to bring some pills with you, circumstances may be that you run out of your medicine until the end of…
Post Collapse First Aid: What You Need to Understand to Survive
A fact often neglected in many bug out preparations is the harsh reality of having a first aid kit: You are definitely going to need it. It’s easy to treat simple scrapes and cuts in our day to day life, but when you’re out in a dirty environment with no access to medical aid, a…
(VIDEO) Why an Israeli Bandage is Something You NEED to Add to Your Bug Out Bag
Overlooking medical supplies are one of the biggest mistakes that many preppers make when packing their bug out bags. Many simply grab a one-size-fits-all first aid kit and load it into their bug out vehicle or their bug out bag without ever opening the kit to take a look at what supplies are included. Ignoring…
Have a Spider Bite? Try These Natural Remedies While Bugging Out to Treat It
Bug bites can be painful, itchy and are overall unsightly and annoying. Among the worst of these bites are those of spiders. A spider bite can have symptoms that last for days or weeks, resulting in raised welts or a painful and itchy rash. Although most people just apply an antibacterial and some rash ointment,…
How to Control Your Diabetes When SHTF
When You Have A Serious Medical Illness And SHTF, It’s Hard To Know How To Handle It. Read This Advice On How To Handle Your Diabetes Off Grid And You Need To Survive: Diabetes kills or helps kill close to 100K people each year in the US. According to the American Diabetes Association, in 2012,…
Supplements You Need on Hand to Treat Radiation Sickness When SHTF
Nuclear Attacks: We Don’t Want To Think About Them But They Can Happen. Nuclear Radiation Is a Reality We Must Consider And Here’s How To Combat The Consequences Of Radiation Poisoning: You have a bug out shelter, plenty of food, lots of gear and an extensive first aid kit. But do you have the necessary…
How Charcoal Can Help Your Gut Avoid Serious Food Poisoning Consequences
Charcoal: This Detoxifying Resource Can Bind And Banish Harmful Chemicals… Which Is Exactly What You Need During SHTF And Your Stomach Is Giving You Troubles. Find Out How To Properly Use It HERE: When you find yourself living off of the land, chances are at some point that you’ll eat or drink something that will…
Medical Myths You Might Believe and How You Need to be Prepared After a SHTF Scenario
If we ever find ourselves in a chaos situation, the grid goes down or, as some call it, the SHTF – the human race will need to divide reality and myth when it comes to medical matters. People may have to deal with illness, disease, punctures and even death. While hope and prayer are never…
CPR Fundamentals a Prepper Should Know
As most of us know, CPR is an emergency response to someone who has stopped breathing or who has had their heart stop pumping blood. The principle behind it is to mimic the natural movement of the heart and lungs thus artificially introducing oxygen and blood flow to a person until either they revive or…