I'm looking for herbs that fit one or more of these categories: most effective in treating a certain condition, the only one known to treat a certain condition, and the ones with the most uses. Said conditions I'd like to prepare for include viral infection, bacterial infection, snakebites, various pain, liver problems, poison ivy, asthma, heart problems, lupus, burns, bleeding, digestive problems, and others. So far I'm going with black cohosh, blue cohosh, weed, sweet gum seeds, and garlic. Any other suggestions?
Top 18 herbs for an advanced first aid kit?
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Sounds like an interesting project Firekin4! Planing a long trip?
For burns I would suggest looking into witch's hazel its great for stopping inflammation while cooling and soothing. I've used it a few times myself and it worked like a charm.
I would also look into chaga, which i a medicinal mushroom that boost the immune system and digestive system. It has dense sugars that act as food for your natural probiotics keeping them strong and you healthy!
Hope this helps.
Sounds like an interesting project Firekin4! Planing a long trip?
For burns I would suggest looking into witch's hazel its great for stopping inflammation while cooling and soothing. I've used it a few times myself and it worked like a charm.
I would also look into chaga, which i a medicinal mushroom that boost the immune system and digestive system. It has dense sugars that act as food for your natural probiotics keeping them strong and you healthy!
Hope this helps.
Nah no long trips, too many vaccination requirements, just a life off the grid in the woods with bears and rattlesnakes for neighbors. You never know what daily life might throw at you, plus when the grid collapses, all the pills expire, and no more are being made, the earth can still heal us as it will soon heal itself. 
Are either of those effective dried?
Are either of those effective dried?Fungi
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Awesome, I lived and worked off the grind in the Catskills for awhile there is something so freeing about wilderness. Amen about healing yourself from the world :wave:
Witch hazel is typically made into a lotion, I've never used it dried so I dont want to steer you wrong. Come to think of it you could use almost any essential oil as an antibiotic.
Chaga is best stored dry, then you would brew it into a tea when you're ready to consume it. The best part is its great for you and it tastes great too!
Witch hazel is typically made into a lotion, I've never used it dried so I dont want to steer you wrong. Come to think of it you could use almost any essential oil as an antibiotic.
Chaga is best stored dry, then you would brew it into a tea when you're ready to consume it. The best part is its great for you and it tastes great too!
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Artemisia annua cures cancer particularly prostate, is great against parasites such as malaria and Leishmaniasis, and other uses. You have to use iron a few minutes/hours before the Artemisia for cancer. Effective dried. Better the green. }Green cured my vision problem. I had to use reading glasses for fifteen years, took the green from plants a friend had, and haven't needed glasses since (six and a half months). Cured a large, oozing lymphoma in two weeks, and cured the Leishmaniasis I had, along with a schizotoma parasite infestion.
