And in addition, I would recommend the following:
Tincture of Iodine.
Good antiseptic, but more importantly, if you have no KI (Potassium Iodide), tincture of Iodine can save your life.
Any decent farm supply store has multiple types of antibiotics you can buy cheaply, without prescription. As always, use good judgement about allergies, etc.
Gatorade bottles hold water, which is a good thing. They can hold hot water, which during a cold night, under the sheets, can be an even better thing.
You can still drink/use it when it cools!
There are a zillion tips I have seen and will try to put more up!
Gatorade bottles hold water, which is a good thing. They can hold hot water, which during a cold night, under the sheets, can be an even better thing.
You can still drink/use it when it cools!<<<
An excellent idea, thanks for reminding me of it, my floor is cold and a large one might make a nice warm foot rest.
I knew about using bags of frozen vegetables for ice packs on sprains, swelling etc.
Yes, Iodine should be stored and Peroxide.
With all the talk of ‘dirty bombs’ the Iodine really is an important supply item for the medicine cabinet.
I have listened to Dr. Bill Wattenberg on kgo.com radio for many years, in his real life, he teaches and invents nuclear and other weapons and things for the Gov.
He says that if you are hit with a dirty bomb or a nuclear explosion and live past the blast, then leave the area at once, go to a safe place, do not wear your clothes into the house, remove them, seal in a plastic bag and discard, they will not be cleanable.
Take a shower and wash your body and hair, use Laundry Soap, not the oil based regular soaps, as they will bind the nuclear to the skin.
And stay in doors and out of the fall out and dust.
He says that if you are not killed in the explosion, or by falling timbers, then if you get the contaminated clothing off and take the shower, you should survive.
I have known many farm people who used the animal antibiotics, but I do not, as they do not have the same health controls as the people meds do.
But, if I was desperate, I bet I would change my mind.
Important to me are Oregano and Lavender Essential oils.
The Oregano kills germs and will cure a sinus infection, in a day or so, by simply smelling it from the bottle, 5 or 6 times a day........LOL, it stinks, so it must be good for you.
The Lavender, will relax you, all you need to do, is remove the cap and smell it, I can’t say or spell the ingredients, but they are there and it has been used for many years.
I often have to use both, to keep breathing, even using an oxygen generator 24 hours a day.
For headaches, I put the lavender on the temples and the back base of my neck.
My first bottle was for soap making, which I never made, but I did get the lavender and then one day, with a headache already going, read on the internet, that it would cure it and tried it.......it works and i was hooked.
Another important use, is with cranky babies, don’t put it on the baby, but on the skin of your shoulder, under the blouse and lay the babies head there, it will slow down and relax.
I gave my daughter in law a tiny bottle of it for her purse, she used it the year she fought a loosing battle with cancer, said it helped her and that my son often asked for the bottle, while they were once again waiting for her tests and results.
We put a drop of lavender or spearmint on our pillow at night and it helps you to sleep.
Please keep posting your tips, they are good ones.