SURVIVAL
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- the ability to live longer, with the least amount of pain, and the greatest possibility of a future. The innate, compelling desire to survive is possibly the most powerful drive of all living creatures. Those immersed in a technological society have become very dependent on outside support systems to provide us with what we need to live. Food, electricity, shelter, medical care - all those commodities and services which supply not only our basic needs but enhance our comfort, are readily available. What if you could not flick a switch to have light or to boil a kettle of water? What if the shelves at the grocery store were suddenly emptied of food or medicine was not available from the chemist to cure a severe bout of diarrhea? What if the water mains were suddenly turned off or municipal water supplies became contaminated or poisoned? What if...? What if...?
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| Survivor Medicines |
| Aloe
(Aloe vera): Common across Africa, this plant used in China, India
and also by the Romans and Greeks, has many applications nowadays
• Slicing off a leaf
produces a gel which can be applied directly to burns and other
wounds, as well as insect bites; |
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