Prepping has become a way of life to some, and a hobby to others. A majority of those prepping seem to have a blind area, that needs to be covered!
I asked my Sister what she would do for a deep cut, or dysentery. Both conditions used to be very dangerous, and if the SHTF occurs; could be so again! She told me she would go to the ER...My fault for not teaching her more. Assuming the SHTF is here, there will be little or no medical help available; we will in fact, be on our own! Have you thought about it, or planned for it? Will you and yours be safe if they must rely only upon you for their medical problems? What will you do for their medicine?
BTW, a bad cut can be closed on the homestead by using a butterfly stitch;
I cut this one out of tape, to show you what it should look like! I have added actual stitches to my medical supplies, and I've learned the proper knot to use them.
Diarrhea is best treated with immodium short term, and long term by these: apple pulp, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, carob, carrots, fenugreek, oak bark tea, pomegranate, psyllium, and simple tea. As with all herbs, the list is long to allow you to use what local herbs you can find. Slippery elm is supposed to help too. So if you learned any one of these herbs, you could treat this problem.
Here is a good video on this subject:
This Man is an above average source for herbal information. He is the author on One of my PRINTED (digital copies may not survive) herbal medicine books that will be my reference material. The Internet will be spotty at best after things crash, so plan to be without it!
Now to the specifics, knowledge is the foundation, and herbals are the bricks. You must have both! In the video above he explains how to get the knowledge, at a Rate you can retain; by using and learning single plants. This is a good method, but time grows short; so purchase printed reference materials ASAP! Be sure to include books on wild crafting, because that will give you a decent method to find, what you just learned that you need.
Prepping first aid supplies that are OTC is important, as a bridge to herbal methods newly learned. These also make barter supplies, so a few extra here aren't wasted.
For long term, you should have a pharmacology garden. Buy seeds as soon as you know you'll need that specific herb. I buy some that read as good, sometimes even if I don't need them right then. You can't buy too many right now. As with all prepping, buy things that are easy now, but will be hard to get (or overly expensive) later; and seeds always fall into this category!
But fill this gap, and you will become your own doctor. This is likely the single most important survival skill, because if you don't make it because of medical skill lack; you may as well not prep the rest of the stuff! Every week, learn something new on medicine. It could save your life!
Patriot nurse sells a 4 hour course on homestead first aid online for $129; I trust her, and recommend this. Knowledge is power, and survival. Barbara O'Neil from down under Is another source for home remedies, that I respect and recommend!
I have a friend in Venezuela, who had already dropped over the SHTF cliff. She's a nurse, and had to remove a friend from the hospital; because the staff was buried, and he was getting no care. He had been accidentally run over with a power boat, and had large slices down the side from the propeller. When she got him home, they were all infected. She had to remove the stitches, to drain the wounds! Could you handle this with your prepping? She boiled water to irrigate, and used plantain to help to heal them. I reminded her that colloidal silver would help as a powerful antibiotic. She made some by passing DC through two pure silver coins in boiled water. There was no medicine available at any price. She was able to beat the infection, and tape the wounds shut with butterfly stitches. He healed up, and began helping with food from the jungle. Her Internet went down, and I lost her, but I still pray for her! They had prepped well everywhere else, but were limping on first aid items. I was talking her through building a ham radio, but we didn't finish before she went dark!
So please have another look at a full replacement for a failing medical system, and begin today! We have to out think the fools in charge in order to survive, sadly that is not very difficult....
