Food
Seven common herbs can replace half your medicine cabinet. Echinacea for immunity, peppermint for digestion, chamomile for sleep. Grow them on a windowsill and dry what you don't use.
Medical
Bug bites turn serious faster than most people think. Know how to pull a stinger, when to reach for antihistamines, and how to spot a snakebite that needs antivenin. Stomach bugs in the field dehydrate fast. Treat the vomiting before it takes you down.
Medical
Shock kills faster than the injury that caused it. Cool, clammy skin and rapid breathing mean the body is failing. Heatstroke and hypothermia attack from opposite ends but share one truth: spot the signs early or lose someone.
Medical
A bad sprain in the field is a broken ankle as far as your mobility is concerned. RICE it: rest, ice, compress, elevate. For fractures, splint above and below the break. Do not push through the pain. It only makes the damage worse.
Medical
A blister left alone becomes an open wound you cannot walk on. Drain it clean, dress it, and keep moving. Burns need cooling, not butter. Serious wounds need pressure, packing, and a dressing that holds. Learn this now, not after the injury.
DIY
Events like the recent Nepalese 7.8 earthquake, while a world away for people in the U.S., nonetheless make many of us sit up and take notice, especially for those living in quake-prone regions. The “Big One” has long been predicted to hit for so long the thought of it is more a running joke than...
Defense
When disaster looms preppers envision relying solely on their own survival skills and strategies. And why wouldn’t they? While interest in preparing for the worst has grown among the general public the popular view of post-collapse society is grim, With images from the likes of Mad Max and The Wa...
DIY
Patients of all sorts, not just preppers, are concerned about the expiration dates that are provided with over the counter and prescription medications. I mean, we all probably have that ancient aspirin bottle that just sits in our medicine cabinet gathering dust while we wonder if they would sti...
Medical
This Article was provided by our friends at – ThePrepperPages.com What Preppers Need to Know About Their Medicine Cache in 2 Minutes. If you’re suspecting the expiration dates stamped on your medications are a ploy to keep you in the chain of perpetual consumption –then you’re spot on. In this po...
Medical
The goal of anyone contemplating homesteading is ultimately geared toward achieving a level of self-sufficiency. Whether that goal is realized through growing one’s own food through various gardening strategies or raising backyard poultry or cultivating a homegrown source of power, the motivation...
Medical
As a prepper busy stockpiling all the emergency essentials as possible, usually on a shoestring of a budget, wondering where your household’s wastewater goes after it swirls down the drain could not be further from your thoughts. But just maybe that waste or gray water is worth some consideration...
Defense
Epidemic, an outbreak of a deadly disease, it’s the plot of a multitude of post-apocalyptic science fiction movie. It’s the catalyst for the zombie apocalypse craze splashed across TV and the movies. The scenario is one of the most fearful, a microscopic, virtually invisible invader killing every...