12 Indian Bushmen Emergency First Aid Applications!
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1) Hadzabe Medicine
2) Healing Mold
3) Healing Moldy Bacon
4) Kalahari Snakebite Remedy–
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5) Pygmy Poison Arrow Remedy
6) Camel Dung Remedy
7) Indian Stretcher
8) Apache Hypothermia First-Aid
9) Aztec Sutures
10) Catawba Healers
11) US Army Teaches Its Soldiers To Lie
12) Chippewa Bark Medicine
13) Filipino Licking Cure
The Hadzabe are World Class hunters who are located around Lake Eyasi (5th largest lake in Tanzania) in Tanzania, Africa, near the Ngorongoro Crater. A hunter-gatherer group, they still make fire with fire sticks (friction), carve their own weapons, hunt their own food and they speak a “click” language similar to the Khosian bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. And for medicine, they still use natural medicines to cure ailments, treat wounds,…
These World Class survivors live in this region which is complimented with foothills, savannas, and oases. And complimented with many different species of unforgiving plants, insects, small game & big game and weather inherent with this region. Even though the Hazdabe are World Class survival experts in their region, many have disappeared off the face of the Earth because they’re located in a very unforgiving food-chain rich wilderness environment.
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Hadzabe Medicine: No doubt the Hadzabe had many natural cures for ailments, wounds and serious sickness. Here’s one worthy of your attention. Mold growing on cave walls was used as a medicine. Exact details of how the mold was applied is unknown. HOLD THE PHONE!!!
Here are 02 Healing Mold Concoctions you have to know. OK, let’s start with Healing Mold.
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Healing Mold: African tribesman made an unknown concoction, let it mold then applied the moldy concoction to the wound. And as you know penicillin was derived from mold. But here’s more proof on the healing power of mold. In ancient Egypt, a physician named Imhotep was so popular, after he died, he became the Egyptian god of healing. Anyway, while he was alive (1600 B.C), Imhotep recorded 800 recipes and 700 drugs related to medicine.
A treatment for sores was to place moldy bread at the wound site. Mud was also used. So now you know how ancient Egyptians treated open sores – with moldy bread. Not until recently did modern medical research reveal that mold and mud often contain filamentous bacteria and filamentous fungi which are the basis for modern day antibiotic wonder drugs.
I know you’ve been on one of your outdoor ventures and had moldy bread in your possession. And what did you do with it? You threw it away. Now you know a reason to keep moldy bread.
Note: Penicillin, an antibiotic is derived from the mold Penicillium notatum. Its antibiotic action was first discovered in 1928 by British bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming.
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Healing Moldy Bacon: According to Jude C. Williams, M.H., master herbalist, to aid in the healing of an infected open wound, place a piece of moldy bacon fat over the wound overnight. The moldy bacon will draw-out the infection from the wound. Clean and re-dress as necessary.
Note: Another readily available ingredient to heal wounds are oak leaves. Look for signs of acorns and you got an oak tree of one species or another. Gather a handful of fresh oak leaves and bend and squeeze then so they’re bruised releasing their healing ingredients. Apply the bruised leaves to the wound and wrap & secure with a warm bandage. Clean and change dressing as needed.
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Kalahari Bushmen!
The Kalahari is located in southern Africa and includes parts of Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nambia, Botswana, and Swaziland. The Kalahari covers 275,000 square miles of dry desert-like sands, grasslands, and brush. It’s truly a desert for it has no sources of standing or running water. Only after a periodic rainfall is there any standing water. In 1849, Scottish explorer, David Livingstone crossed the Kalahari Desert. Many Boers (South Africans) attempted to cross the Kalahari but died of thirst. The only people to survive the unforgiving Kalahari are bushmen.
Today, instead of 60,000, there are only several hundred to a thousand Kalahari bushmen and family members that live like their ancestors and here’s one of their survival tricks so You’re Ready Anytime Anywhere!
Kalahari Snakebite Remedy: Bushmen of the Kalahari had a snakebite remedy for killer snakes to include the puff adder. It wasn’t a fancy technique, but it’s what they used. The puff adder is an extremely venomous pit viper. It can be identified by its crescent-shaped yellowish markings. Bushmen attempt to remedy the snakebite by slicing into the wound site followed by sucking out as much venom as they possibly could.
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Pygmy Poison Arrow Remedy: Pygmies and bushmen used a few different sure death poisons (from plants and beetle pupa) to lace their arrowheads and forward shafts to kill small game and big game. And in some cases, poison-tipped arrows were used against their human enemies. Of all the different poisons, I have found no detailed documentation on any antidote. However, there is one account of a pygmy doctor who worked on a white Belgium explorer named Jean-Pierre Hallet who lived in Central Africa for 12 years. Hallet was shot with an arrow in his right shin. Feeling a burning sensation, the arrowhead was laced with poison from the kago plant (member of the milkweed family) which attacks the nervous system. He had only a few hours to live unless something was done real quick.
The pygmy doctor first made an “X” incision at the site of the arrowhead penetration. As much blood as possible was allowed to bleed from the wound site. Next a tourniquet was applied to the upper thigh. But a more intrusive measure was required. The pygmy doctor made a major deep slice into the upper thigh near the groin. A large amount of blood was allowed to flow. The new wound was vigorously massaged to allow the poison to escape via the flowing blood.
The pygmy doctor closed the wound by allowing the wound to bleed freely again. Applying a large amount of brownish-gray swamp salt to the puddled blood, the pygmy doctor made a paste of it. Pulling the wound apart, the paste was allowed to enter deep into the wound. The pygmy doctor then pinched the wound shut. Meanwhile, the brownish-gray swamp salt was applied to the arrowhead wound site.
Several small wet leaves were applied to the upper right leg where it was cut open. Large leaves were applied on top of the small leaves and secured and tied in place using hand-made string. The leave bandages were changed every 02 days. In less than a month, Hallet was alive and hobbling around. The kago poison was sure death but Hallet beat the odds big time.
The medical procedure you just read about sounds a lot like a medical procedure practiced for hundreds of years – bloodletting which is used to detoxify the body.
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Pygmy Poison Arrow Remedy: Pygmies and bushmen used a few different sure death poisons (from plants and beetle pupa) to lace their arrowheads and forward shafts to kill small game and big game. And in some cases, poison-tipped arrows were used against their human enemies. Of all the different poisons, I have found no detailed documentation on any antidote. However, there is one account of a pygmy doctor who worked on a white Belgium explorer named Jean-Pierre Hallet who lived in Central Africa for 12 years. Hallet was shot with an arrow in his right shin. Feeling a burning sensation, the arrowhead was laced with poison from the kago plant (member of the milkweed family) which attacks the nervous system. He had only a few hours to live unless something was done real quick.
The pygmy doctor first made an “X” incision at the site of the arrowhead penetration. As much blood as possible was allowed to bleed from the wound site. Next a tourniquet was applied to the upper thigh. But a more intrusive measure was required. The pygmy doctor made a major deep slice into the upper thigh near the groin. A large amount of blood was allowed to flow. The new wound was vigorously massaged to allow the poison to escape via the flowing blood.
The pygmy doctor closed the wound by allowing the wound to bleed freely again. Applying a large amount of brownish-gray swamp salt to the puddled blood, the pygmy doctor made a paste of it. Pulling the wound apart, the paste was allowed to enter deep into the wound. The pygmy doctor then pinched the wound shut. Meanwhile, the brownish-gray swamp salt was applied to the arrowhead wound site.
Several small wet leaves were applied to the upper right leg where it was cut open. Large leaves were applied on top of the small leaves and secured and tied in place using hand-made string. The leave bandages were changed every 02 days. In less than a month, Hallet was alive and hobbling around. The kago poison was sure death but Hallet beat the odds big time.
The medical procedure you just read about sounds a lot like a medical procedure practiced for hundreds of years – bloodletting which is used to detoxify the body.
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Camel Dung Remedy: Birds perch themselves on camels while pecking away at insects found on the camel’s hide. The pecking penetrates the camel’s hide producing open sores. To remedy the sores, camel dung is placed on the site to cool the hide as well as to dry it for healing. Can this same application be used to remedy hide sores for other animals using their own dung? Camel dung is also used as fertilizer for crops (carrots, cotton (for cordage) guinea corn, millet (grass seed), onions, spinach, sweet potatoes, turnips,…).
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Indian Stretcher: This stretcher absorbed bumps on the trail. If an Indian was badly hurt he was placed on a stretcher which were 02 long thin poles attached to either side of a horse’s shoulder. The poles were long enough, yet sturdy they were springy and acted as shock absorbers. A long blanket was secured to both poles and the injured Indian secured to the stretcher. And like a travois, both ends of each pole were carved so they were pointed to cut down on drag, resistance, friction, and tracks.
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Apache Hypothermia First-Aid: In 1846, the Lehmann’s family travelling from Germany settled in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas. On 05 June 1859, Herman Lehmann was born. In 1864, the father of Herman died and his mother remarried. In May 1870, Herman almost 11-years old was playing in the field to scare away crows.
With him was his brother Willie 08-years old, his small sister Caroline, and the baby Gusta. Out of nowhere they were attacked by a small band of Apache Indians. Herman and Willie were quickly abducted and hauled off with the escaping Apaches. Willie was eventually left behind after close contact with Texas Rangers, but 10-year old Herman was “Indianized” for the next 09-years by the Apache and later the Comanche till he was recaptured by the brave and famous Texas Rangers and returned to his family.
The Apache had a unique first-aid to remedy for killer hypothermia. One snowy winter day, Herman (Herman Lehmann – was 11-years old when abducted by Indians) was off collecting the horses. As he was doing his duties the snow fell hard, so hard it covered his tracks and he lost his way. Herman wandered lost and kept wandering into the night. The last thing he remembered was the painful sting of the cold.
Next, he felt warm; he saw deer, buffalo, and antelope were all around him – Herman was near death – he was hallucinating. The next thing Herman knew, he was rescued and retrieved. At camp, the Apache did the following first-aid to fight and remedy killer hypothermia:
a) Buffalo Meat: Herman was wrapped in buffalo meat to help him thaw from his former frozen environment.
b) Meat Rub: He was rubbed all over his body with buffalo meat to get the circulation going.
c) Bucking Bronco: Herman was placed on a bucking horse and thrown off. This continued for several rides. This was done heat-up his core temperature.
d) Cold Dip: Herman was then dipped in cold water and rubbed.
e) Blanket Wrapped: Herman was taken to a shelter where he was wrapped in buffalo blankets.
f) Fuel: Resting, Herman was given some big chunks of buffalo fat and meat. This provided the nourishment and fat his body needed to metabolize and raise his body temperature.
g) Sleep: Allowed to rest for a few hours.
h) Fuel: He was given another full meal for nourishment his body needed. So close to death Herman made a full recovery.
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Aztec Sutures: You already know Aztecs used maguey cactus spines as sewing needles and maguey fiber as sewing thread. But to close open wounds, they used human hair to suture the wound closed. For open wounds like sores, they applied salt to it.
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Catawba Healers: The chosen Catawba healers began to learn their craft when young in their teen years. They learned the healing qualities of many plants, fruits, bark,… how to prepare them and which was best for which injury, ailment, malady. The Catawba also used the spirit world to help him heal his patients. Back then, the modern European medical field called Indian medicine men “quackship” but amazingly the medicine men had high cure rates! This baffled European conventional medicine.
Mother Nature for a fact provides us with healing plants and such. And I’m sure the “placebo effect,” a mind-over-matter application also helped out to because those wounded & sickly Indians BELIEVED – BELIEVED they would be healed and they were! Whether the plants really worked or not, they were healed anyway because the Indian BELIEVED they were going to be healed and so they were!
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US Army Teaches It’s Soldiers To Lie: Even the US Army teaches a mild form of Mind-Over-Matter to their soldiers (namely the US Army Special Forces – Green Berets) when applying first-aid – it’s called lying! When soldiers are hurt, sick,… other soldiers are instructed to NEVER tell the casualty their true condition but to exaggerate how good the casualty is doing and “it’s nothing at all you big baby – what are you screaming for?” when in reality the soldier may be close to death. This exaggeration is called psychological first-aid.
Why lie? Cause if you told the soldier the truth it could diminish and worse yet delete his “Will To Live” and send the casualty into despair and shock which may end their life. So the bottom line here is “lie through your teeth and tell the casualty their wounds are not life-threatening and he should be up and around in a couple days. Lie through your teeth or the casualty is dead.”
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Chippewa Bark Medicine: Those very savvy Chippewa (also called Ojibwa) reigned from Michigan to north of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. The Chippewa were plant experts using approximately 69 different plants in their territory. And you can bet each plant had multiple uses.
The inner bark from a white pine sapling, wild plum sapling, and bark from the wild cherry were gathered. Small sections of the white pine were placed in a container of boiling water with bark from both the wild plum sapling, and wild cherry tree. All ingredients were boiled till the bark was soft.
The bark was removed from the white pine sections and all the bark from all 03 trees combined and mashed to a pulp. The bark was dried and used as needed. When needed the 03 bark concoction was moistened with water and applied to any wound, even wounds that became gangrene.
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Filipino Licking Cure: Of the ’12 Indian Bushmen Emergency First Aid Applications’, pay attention to this one cause odds are you own a dog or two or you know somebody that has a dog.
On 08 December 1941, Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. US and allied forces eventually surrendered. Army Air Corps Staff Sergeant Ray C. Hunt, a POW participated and escaped from the famous Bataan Death March. Evading the Japanese he luckily found a safe haven with Filipino civilians. Half dead they nursed him back to health.
SSG Hunt initially weighed in at more than 160-pounds. Having survived the fighting and now on the Bataan Death March, he weighed in at a skinny and sickly 100 pounds. Lost, he wandered into a village half dead. They fed him and let him bathe. SSG Hunt’s foot was in bad shape with a throbbing painful ulcer. The ulcer spread drilling a hole in his foot down to the bone. With decaying flesh around it, it smelled terrible.
The Filipino family had a dog who came over to smell the wound. The dog attempted to repeatedly lick it but SSG Hunt kept kicking the dog away with his bad foot.
The Filipino woman saw this and urged him to let the dog lick his wound and so he did. The dog’s licking hurt like crazy but he tolerated the extra pain.
As days passed with more licking by the dog, SSG Hunt was surprised that the ulcerous wound started to heal and heal fast – solely by the dog licking the wound! In a week he saw remarkable healing progress! Now you know your dog is more valuable besides being a friend and chasing those 9-life critters; your dog could also be a healer!
Why did this work? Animals lick their own wounds and wounds of family critters cause their saliva contains an antiseptic (destroys disease-causing microorganisms). Make sense uh! The dogs saliva contains an antiseptic. Do humans saliva contain antiseptic? I don’t know but I would bet it does – RFIR.
And here’s a quote from page 03 of the December 2000 AASN (Newsletter): “To help charcoal remedy that poison ivy, just take a pinch or so in your hand, and add your spit to it and make a charcoal paste. Apply the wet paste to the affected area. As a bonus, saliva may have antiseptic qualities to it. It’s found in animals saliva, so why not human saliva.”
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MOST IMPORTANT NOTE: Now that you read & viewed ’12 indian bushmen emergency first aid applications’ – You’re Ready Anytime Anywhere. However, before you go out on your next outdoor adventure, please re-read “How To Plan Your Outdoor Adventure!”
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