Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and nothing in this article should be taken as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs and/or remedies mentioned in this article. When you or a member of your family gets a runny nose, a sore throat, aching … [Read more...]
The One Plant Every Survivalist Should Grow
Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and nothing in this article should be taken as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs and/or remedies mentioned in this article. If you could only grow one food as part of your emergency preps, which one … [Read more...]
Build a DIY Emergency Toilet That Will Last
No Matter How Tough or Skilled We Think We Are, When We Gotta Go… We Gotta Go There are a lot of things in life that we take for granted, but there’s one in particular that we rarely think about. It’s the ease and convenience of a bathroom for a biological function that can … [Read more...]
How To Set Up A Medical Quarantine In Your Home
Of all the disasters that could happen, one of the most frightening is a deadly pandemic. I used to always say an EMP is the scariest disaster--and it is scary--but now that I'm a father of two small children, a pandemic is particularly frightening. At least with a widespread … [Read more...]
50 Lost Remedies from The Old Days
Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and nothing in this article should be taken as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs and/or remedies mentioned in this article. Long before big box stores with their shelves of medicines, and long before … [Read more...]
This Will Be The #1 Killer After The SHTF
Large-scale disasters present a lot of big and scary dangers that get plenty of attention in the survival community: riots, gangs of looters, mass starvation, collapsing buildings, and so forth. However, the number one killer that comes with almost every type of disaster is … [Read more...]
11 Native American Herbs & Recipes Worth Learning
Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and nothing in this article should be taken as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs and/or remedies mentioned in this article. When it comes to emergency preparedness, one of the most overlooked topics … [Read more...]
9 Deadly Infections People Will Get After The SHTF
There are plenty of threats that people associate with a major disaster. Infection, however, is rarely one of the first threats to come to mind. Nevertheless, it is one of the most dangerous. In the absence of modern medicine and modern conveniences, deadly infections will run … [Read more...]
The Urban Survival Toilet
If the grid goes down and you're trying to stick out the disaster at home, one of the most immediate problems you'll have to deal with is what to do with human waste. If the water stops running, you won't be able to flush your toilets, and you don't want to just keep using them … [Read more...]
11 Herbal Alternatives to Antibiotics
Disclaimer: If your doctor prescribes antibiotics, you should take them as directed. What we're talking about here is a situation where antibiotics aren't available. In that case, you can try these alternatives, but even then there is no guarantee they will work. Oftentimes, … [Read more...]
5 Preventive Health Measures To Take Before The SHTF
In the past, I've written about the importance of getting your teeth fixed and stocking up on contacts and glasses before an emergency. I admit, it's not the most fascinating topic, but it's extremely important and I don't think preppers talk about it enough. If you've ever … [Read more...]
Similar to Morphine: Natural Painkiller in Your Backyard
Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and nothing in this article should be taken as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs and/or remedies mentioned in this article. Recently I read an article about the medicinal benefits of lactuca virosa, … [Read more...]
What Will You Do If The Sewage System Is Down?
One of the most commonly overlooked aspects of preparedness is the question of what to do with excrement after the SHTF. Disaster movies often show people starving to death or killing each other, but one of the most common ways people die during disasters is from diseases like … [Read more...]
How to Keep Eating Healthy After The SHTF
In a SHTF event, when food delivery systems are down and the stores quickly run out of all food supplies, how will you keep eating healthy? Does healthy eating have to include the “grocery store staples?” I think there are ways to eat healthy, or at least avoid super unhealthy … [Read more...]
Survival Hygiene While On The Road
You have the tactical training, you’ve got the tactical watch, pants, plans and boots. By now I am sure you have a bag filled with all sorts of hi tech tools for water filtering and purification, navigation, self-defense, first aid and fire craft. Have you considered Tactical … [Read more...]
17 Natural Antibiotics Our Grandparents Used
Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and nothing in this article should be taken as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs and/or remedies mentioned in this article. I've written about the importance of stocking up on antibiotics, but since … [Read more...]
4 Things You Must Eat To Avoid Malnutrition
Nutrition is a topic that doesn't get much attention in the prepper community, but it should. Let's say you're living through a long-term disaster and every day you're eating rice, gravy, pasta, sauce, and canned soup. You'll certainly be getting enough calories, but what about … [Read more...]
Grey Water: What It Is and Why It’s So Important
Water is widely understood to be one of the greatest survival needs. Most survival teachers state that you need one gallon of water per person, per day for drinking and cooking. Unfortunately, many have taken that to mean you need one gallon of water per person, per day to … [Read more...]
