These aren’t the herbal supplements or vitamins or minerals. And maybe I shouldn’t say these are “must-have” supplements. Some of them can be DIYed if the need arises. However, I’m one of those lazy bums who hasn’t jumped on the unnecessary hardship bus. The short bus, if you will. I tested out making hardtack to see what all the fuss was about and for the benefit of you readers who didn’t want to test it yourselves. Only fools riding the short bus of unnecessary hardship plan on living off hardtack. Yeah, it was edible. It was also time-consuming. No, it wasn’t palatable. No, I don’t want to do it again.
Among the following supplements, activated charcoal, pectin, gelatin, and sugar can all be made at home. That production will rob our future selves of precious time and energy (gotta have fuel to make all of those), and they are relatively inexpensive to buy now. In fact, when you think about the opportunity cost, they’re all a screaming deal.
I’ve blogged on all of these supplements, so this article is more of a review and quick reminder to make sure you have them.
Activated charcoal is used to treat so many medical conditions; it’s as valuable as the most versatile herbs. Its most valuable uses lie in treating poisoning, including acetaminophen overdoses and food poisoning (especially botulism), as well as endometritis (childbirth fever).
Baking soda is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of Dakin’s solution, a tool and wound disinfectant. It also slows the progression of chronic kidney disease and end stage renal failure.
Chitosan’s only purpose is to make clotting gauze. If you’ve got Celox gauze to treat an army, you don’t need this.
DMSO is used for alleviating pain in joints and muscles, something herbs do quite well. DMSO is unique in that it penetrates into the skin quickly and carries the active constituents of tinctures in with it. That could be quite valuable.
Gelatin is almost pure protein in an easily digestible form, which makes it essential for anyone who is critically ill or has suffered serious injury. And it appears to lower the mortality rate for septic shock. That alone makes it a winner.
Kaolin is the active ingredient in QuikClot, the better choice for stopping external bleeding. Make your own QuikClot gauze for far less at home.
N-acetyl cysteine also treats various forms of poisoning, just like activated charcoal, but it has a larger window during which it may be effectively used. Activated charcoal must be administered within 4 hours; NAC has an 8-hour window. It synergizes well with many antibiotics, especially ciprofloxacin, to reduce antibiotic resistance. And it is effective in managing sepsis.
Pectin has several medicinal uses, but what you want it for, what it does that nothing else can, is prevent the body from absorbing radioactive cesium and strontium, and removing it from bodies that have already absorbed it. No other natural, storable substance can do that.
Sugar continues to amaze me at its ability to heal chronic wounds. Yeah, other herbs could do it, but probably not as well. And most everybody has sugar.
Links to related posts:
Activated Charcoal https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-medicinal-uses-of-activated-charcoal.html
Baking Soda https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-medicinal-uses-of-baking-soda.html
Chitosan https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2024/12/diy-chitosan-dressings-good-meds-for.html
DMSO https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2023/03/dmso-for-doomsday.html
Gelatin https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-medicinal-uses-of-gelatin.html
Kaolin https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2025/03/diy-quikclot-hemostatic-dressingsgood.html
N-Acetyl Cysteine https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-medicinal-uses-of-n-acetyl-cysteine.html
Pectin https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-medicinal-uses-of-pectin.html
Sugar https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2018/12/herbal-medicine-sugar.html
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