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This is probably only going to be interesting to people that are "preppers" but it is something people ask a lot about.

So, what do you do for medical prep? What kind of medications? What kind of med kit? Do you build your own kit or do you have a pre-built one? Do you have a "medical plants" book or something?

I have seen some companies pop up around that will now prescribe you various things like antibiotics, hcq, zpack, etc that you can't just buy at the store and a normal doctor won't prescribe them to you because you are "prepping". But, they get around that by having doctors on staff and they will prescribe a medical kit with various non OTC medications and instructions/guides of when to use what. I feel like that could be useful if you live somewhere that there are large scale natural disasters or if you live far away from medical facilities. What does everyone else think about those companies? Have you used one before?

This is probably only going to be interesting to people that are "preppers" but it is something people ask a lot about. So, what do you do for medical prep? What kind of medications? What kind of med kit? Do you build your own kit or do you have a pre-built one? Do you have a "medical plants" book or something? I have seen some companies pop up around that will now prescribe you various things like antibiotics, hcq, zpack, etc that you can't just buy at the store and a normal doctor won't prescribe them to you because you are "prepping". But, they get around that by having doctors on staff and they will prescribe a medical kit with various non OTC medications and instructions/guides of when to use what. I feel like that could be useful if you live somewhere that there are large scale natural disasters or if you live far away from medical facilities. What does everyone else think about those companies? Have you used one before?

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My thought is that you shouldn't use rubbing alcohol on an open wound. It destroys animal cells. (unless, maybe, you cut yourself on a nasty sewer pipe or something where you have a serious concern for developing sepsis and don't have anything else.)

The whole goal is to kill as much bacteria as possible that got into your wound without also causing too much damage to your own tissues in the process.

In my honest opinion, for small cuts, peroxide is pretty good for flushing and killing bacteria. I say this because with small wounds, your major concern is preventing an infection, you're much less concerned with encouraging immediate healing as it isn't an impairing wound (but, it could be if it gets infected). For more serious wounds, Iodine, but you still don't want to use it on really deep puncture wounds where it could pool, because it will eventually damage cells just like peroxide does.

If you are looking for a less intense and natural alternative, I've used honey to some success. It has been used extensively throughout history, and there are many studies on the topic.