(Natural News) Preppers are resourceful people. They are also knowledgeable and can recognize the usefulness of certain plants, even one as unassuming as yarrow. Despite looking like a useless weed, yarrow has plenty of beneficial properties. (h/t to SurvivalSullivan.com) What is yarrow? Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a potent natural astringent. It is also known as devil’s nettle, […]

(Natural News) Herbal tinctures are liquid herbal extracts that confer protective effects against infections and diseases better than capsules or supplements. This is because tinctures best preserve the active constituents of the medicinal plants. Liquid extracts also enter the bloodstream faster and are absorbed better. When SHTF, knowing how to make tinctures, and the right ones […]

(Natural News) If a family member burns himself with boiling water, you need to know how to treat their injury to avoid serious complications like shock or infections. Boiling water burns and how to prevent them A boiling water burn or a scald is caused by direct contact with very hot water or steam. When your skin is scalded, […]

(Natural News) Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a versatile household product with a variety of medicinal and practical uses. It’s used to eliminate bad odor, clean stains, soothe stomachache and even extinguish small fires. Such a multi-purpose product should automatically secure a spot in your survival stockpile. But if you’re still not convinced, here’s a list of some of the medicinal and […]

(Natural News) You don’t often see homesteaders and survivalists hunched over in pain, but in the off-chance that you do, it may likely be due to a toothache. A toothache can be caused by tooth decay, tooth fracture, a damaged filling or bacterial infection inside a tooth. Some toothaches may also come from temporary gum irritation and will […]

(Natural News) What you’re about to see here is an extraordinary breakthrough in “green chemistry” and natural medicine. Pharmaceutical companies have spent millions of dollars researching biologically active nanoparticles that can be used to deliver drug payloads to specific tissues in the body. Here, I show you how to make your own ionic silver / […]

(Natural News) A recent study published in the journal JAMA suggests that vitamin C may be beneficial for people with sepsis. Researchers examined the effect of vitamin C on organ failure, a common complication of sepsis that often leads to death. They found that it lowered mortality rates among patients with sepsis and reduced how long they stayed in the hospital. While […]

(Natural News) As part of the PrepWithMike series of urgent how-to videos, I’ve posted a new video that shows you how to make herbal medicine by extracting it with a common solvent (water) that’s accelerated with the use of an ultrasonic cleaner. You can find the video link right now at PrepWithMike.com. This technique — […]

(Natural News) When SHTF, medicinal plants and herbs on hand become indispensable. But instead of foraging for them in the wild when disaster strikes, it’s better to grow them in an outdoor or indoor garden for a more sufficient and stable source of herbal remedies. (h/t to SurvivalSullivan.com) Potent medicinal herbs to have in your […]

(Natural News) Natural products and homeopathic substances have been an important source of medicine since ancient times. In North America, traditional forms of medicine, like Cherokee traditional medicine, has provided numerous aromatic and medicinal plants that both the Cherokee people and European settlers in the continent used. Several of these Cherokee medicinal plants are still […]