I want to know what plants can be used to treat some specific illness. I know that quinine tree was the treatment for malaria. Willow bark is a natural pain killer. And mint tea will help with diarrhea. What other plant based or animal based treatments do you know? Especially for nausea...

Prepper Ed's question, as a new thread in regard to the current outbreak of the Wuhan CoronaVirus. "Can any medical professionals comment on primitive treatments for pneumonia-like symptoms? Let's assume the hospitals are full and all the respirators are in use so people have to treat...

Hi Everyone, I am Micheal and I recently joined this Forum. I am from Chicago, USA.:) I need a help. :xeye: I am a Patient of Sinus. A Very Common Disease as you know. I even tried several methods but I couldn't find any permanent method. I even consult with a doctor and she gave me...

I picked up about a pound of this stuff with the intention of storing it long term for water disinfecting purposes. I've discovered it's a real pain to store and I've decided against keeping this stuff in my house. I've done some research but haven't found any practical home disposal methods...

I keep "enough." Mainly because if our BOV were completely empty (which it never is) we still have enough stored to get to our farthest possible BOL if we need to. If it were full then with what we have stored we would have twice as much as we need to get there. The other reason we keep it is...

I may have missed something, but what are the benifits Cryo teatment vs Heat treatment? Can you do both? (I know how cryo and heat treatments work, but if some oe has specific input on the benifits please let me know. )

Hey everyone, just a quick word. I'm about to buy a Johnson & Johnson first aid kit, the basic one, or the deluxe one. But does anybody know anything about the deluxe one? The basic one has 170 pieces, and I heard the deluxe contains 200 pieces. We have the 170 piece in our house, and to me...

Although this is far from a full-fledged encyclopedia, it can be the difference between life and death in a wilderness survival situation. Anyway, here is a small guide to some of the plants that can be used, and have been before the Europeans settled in North America, for medicine. Alders...

I had a question regarding water. i have a slow running creek running about a mile back in the woods behind my house. If the SHTF and i ran out of water besides boiling it would i need to do anything else to the water to make it safe to drink? the water is not stained to bad and is a offshoot of...