It always amuses me to see we discuss kit more than bushcraft so heres a question to get you all thinking and maybe lose a bit of that unnessecary kit....
(Note i appologise if this has already been asked or started but i couldnt find anything)
What bits of our first aid kits could we throw out and replace with natural remidies that really work? Be it plant leaves, tinctures, bark lotions or powder, fungi etc etc to go back to how our ancestors would have cared for themselves before modern medicine
Ok so they may not be as good as modern medicine but there must be so many solutions out there that could mean we leave our tablets and bandages at home.
The ones that jump to mind to me are:
Strips of Birch polypore can be cut from the underside of the fruit and used as a plaster for small cuts.
The leaves from Plantain (broadleaf variety in particular) can be chewed to dry up the affects of hayfever.
Anything else guys and gals?
(Note i appologise if this has already been asked or started but i couldnt find anything)
What bits of our first aid kits could we throw out and replace with natural remidies that really work? Be it plant leaves, tinctures, bark lotions or powder, fungi etc etc to go back to how our ancestors would have cared for themselves before modern medicine
Ok so they may not be as good as modern medicine but there must be so many solutions out there that could mean we leave our tablets and bandages at home.
The ones that jump to mind to me are:
Strips of Birch polypore can be cut from the underside of the fruit and used as a plaster for small cuts.
The leaves from Plantain (broadleaf variety in particular) can be chewed to dry up the affects of hayfever.
Anything else guys and gals?