64 SHTF Medical Tips That Work

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1. Putting toothpaste on a sting stops the pain
2. Baking soda is an excellent antacid
3. Eating activated charcoal will bind ingested chemicals and poisons
4. Aloe Vera gel takes the heat out of burns
5. Natural yogurt stops the irritation and clears vaginal thrush
6. Natural yogurt takes the heat out of sunburn
7. A strong magnet will draw metal to the surface of a wound
8. Olive oil smothers head lice killing them. Repeat after 5 days
9. Olive oil treats psoriasis and dry eczema preventing cracking
10. Cling wrap is the ideal covering for burns
11. Cinnamon sticks in a jar with water makes antiseptic mouthwash
12. If a wound has glass in squeeze both sides of the wound and it will pop out
13. White vinegar treats fungal nail infection. 1 part vinegar 2 parts water
14. Duct tape will hold a large wound together until you can deal with it
15. Scrape stings out with an ATM card.  Pinching…

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Aging canned goods: Why time and heat can make your canned tuna and Spam even more delicious | Slate

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… Standard canned goods aren’t generally deemed age-worthy. Food technologists define shelf life not by how long it takes for food to become inedible, but how long it takes for a trained sensory panel to detect a “just noticeable difference” between newly manufactured and stored cans. There’s no consideration of whether the difference might be pleasant in its own way or even an improvement—it’s a defect by definition…

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Should You Be Hoarding? | Laissez-Faire Bookstore

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…Historically, government has frowned upon hoarding. In an economic collapse or disaster, that frown turns into a scowl in a flash. Anti-hoarding laws are passed or miscreants are arrested under frivolous laws like transporting gasoline in unapproved containers. Again, government criminalizes hoarders not merely in order to assert its control, but also to deflect blame from the policies and inefficiencies actually responsible for empty shelves. By stirring up public resentment toward those who own one more can of peas than their neighbors, politicians avoid the full and just brunt of the anger…

via Should You Be Hoarding? | Laissez-Faire Bookstore.

Complete Disaster Non-Preparedness: DC Grocery Stores Out of Food, Gas Unavailable, Grid-Down As Summer Heat Rages | SHTFPlan

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