Plantain can save your life! Plantain is an herb that will draw a poison or infection out. I was told a story about a lady who was hiking overnight with 2 friends. They ran into a nest of Poisonous spiders (Brown Recluse) The lady remembered hearing about plantain and chewed a piece up and put it on her bite before she laid down for the night. The next morning she was the only one to wake up the other 2 ladies had perished. This story is extreme but true. Plantain is an amazing healing herb. The next time you get bit by something chew up a piece of Plantain and put it on the bite for 20 minutes or longer and see what happens. It is amazing how well Plantain will work. This herb can be used fresh or dried. For the dried herb let it mix with a little warm water to rehydrate it and place on the affected area. Plantain also works well on splinters. It will draw the splinter out.

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Yarrow can also save your life. Yarrow stops bleeding in it's tracks. Yarrow has been known to stop bleeding in some large wounds. A little story about Yarrow that happened to me. I was repairing the fence on our chicken coop and doing the typical guy thing of bulling and jamming. Well may arm got caught on the edge of the fence and I started bleeding like crazy. I mean bloody everywhere. I ran quickly to my garden where I knew Yarrow was growing on the edge and quickly grabbed a large piece and folded it up and placed it in my gushing arm. I held pressure for a few minutes with my other hand. I then let go to take a look. I found a dried blood stained piece of yarrow but the bleeding had stopped. Yarrow is amazing. Yarrow can be used for other things but for stopping bleeding it is a life saving herb.

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#3 Calendula Calendula officinalis

Calendula may not be deemed a life saving herb but it sure comes in handy when you get bruised badly. As you may have figured I like to tell stories so here goes with another. Not so long ago I loaded a bunch of heavy folding table into the back of my wife's explorer. Of course the seats where down so they could fit. I loaded them through the back window and piled a bunch of heavy boxes on top of them. Well when I got to my destination I went to unload them. Not thinking I open the hatch (not the window). All of the tables and boxes cam rapidly sliding out of the vehicle and about 500 pounds of force hit my lower leg. Well I have strong bones so I didn't break my leg but I can tell you the pain was unbearable. I had a bruise instantly forming about the size of a Football and I could not walk. I remembered that I had put some Calendula in a jar with Olive oil about a week or so earlier. I grabbed the infused oil and spread it all over the bruise. within 2o minutes i could hardly feel the pain. If I walked I could feel the internal bruising but sitting still the pain was practically not there. Within 3 days you could hardly see the bruise. It took awhile for the internal stuff to heal but boy was the outside much better thanks to calendula. Now you can use this same treatment with a cream that has calendula in it such as red Fox Herbals first Aid Cream.

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Ginger is one of my favorite herbs. I always have it around during the cold & flu season becomes of it's warming effect on the body. Ginger is great for colds but is also great for nausea, vomiting and motion sickness. it is great for people who get cold. If you are hiking for example and all of a sudden a storm comes through and soaks you to the bone Ginger is your best friend. You can chew on a small piece but better yet if you are able to get a fire take some ginger root and boil it in water to make a tea. Drinking Ginger tea will warm your body and make you feel much better. Ginger is such an amazing herb and can be used for so many different things.

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   I like to keep Echinacea with me for that just in case herb. With any injury or trauma it is always good to boost your immune system. Echinacea in my book is more of a follow up for first aid. Echinacea will strengthen your immune system to help fight off any infection rather it be external infection from an injury or internal infection from sickness such as a cold or motion sickness. It is also good during cold & flu season at the first sign of a cold. I drink an Echinacea tea 3 - 4 times a day to give my system a boost. An alternative would be White Pine tea which is full of vitamin C.

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