One of the first things to get sold out in stores during a crisis are over-the-counter (OTC) medications. These medications have a wide range of uses and are generally safe for most people to use, which is why they’re available without a prescription. You might take these OTC medications for granted now, but when SHTF… Read More

Nature provides us with many useful plants that have healing properties and other survival uses. However, many of these plants are considered weeds and people remove them from their lawns and gardens without considering their usefulness. A “weed” is simply a plant that is considered ugly and thrives in neglected lawns…but you’ll change your mind… Read More

People have known about the healing properties of frankincense for millennia and have used it as medicine since ancient times. Even as early as 500 B.C. frankincense was used to treat medical problems. Frankincense was considered rare and was highly sought after. It was considered so special that it was given as a gift to… Read More

Essential oils are derived from plants. Essential oils contain different properties depending on which plant they come from and have a variety of medicinal uses. This makes them a useful tool to have during a survival situation where pharmaceutical medications might not be available. Uses for essential oils range from simple things like cleaning and… Read More

Why should preppers learn about colloidal silver? For one thing, this natural supplement can treat many common health issues. Plus, it’s possible to make colloidal silver yourself (as you’ll see below). This can easily come in handy after SHTF and medicine supplies run low. Staying alive in a survival situation requires keeping your body healthy…. Read More

Many preppers know about fish antibiotics, but there are plenty of natural antibiotics you can make or grow yourself. And yes, it’s true that your doctor can (and will) prescribe antibiotics if you ever get an infection, but there are two problems with relying on drug-based antibiotics. Number one, they’ll be hard to come by… Read More

In the early 1330s, a deadly disease began to spread in Asia.  The sickness killed people with such terrifying speed that one observer wrote it was as if victims “…ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise.” Even more frightening was how rapidly the disease seemed to jump from one person… Read More

Even ignoring the threat of nuclear war, billions of people still risk facing dangerous levels of radiation poisoning. By now, many have forgotten about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and consider it to be an isolated incident. What no one talks about is the fact that roughly 80 percent of the radioactivity from the Fukushima… Read More

Most of us are aware of the basic hydrogen peroxide uses for survival, such as disinfecting scrapes, cuts and other wounds. However, there’s a multitude of other hydrogen peroxide uses just waiting to be discovered by the majority of preppers. For instance, not only can this magnificent liquid help your plants grow, but it can also fight deadly disease in… Read More

I’ve noticed that most preppers know the importance of food storage, but few of them have the must-have foods for adequate prepping sitting in their survival pantry. Well, my job is to help you get prepared to the best of my ability; that’s why I came up with this handy-dandy checklist of long-term food storage. This covers all… Read More