Graeme Dinnen

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Must-Haves For Your First-Aid Kit

Unless you’ve been living in blissful ignorance beneath a rock, you’ll know there’s another pandemic poised to step onto the stage. Like an over-rehearsed understudy, it’s waiting for its cue to provoke panic and hysteria.

The last pandemic, as it happens, was less of a medical crisis and more of a pilot episode – a grim experiment to see how far they could push us, and how we’d contort ourselves to comply.

But now, we’re older, wiser, and, dare I say, a touch jaded. Enter Fauci and his band of apostles, singing a strangely amnesiac hymn: “We never made you do anything.” Masks? They were voluntary. Social distancing? Merely a suggestion. Ventilators, lockdowns, vaccines? All part of a grand buffet of choice, they insist, forgetting the rather pointed knives held to our throats.

This isn’t a postmortem of the last pandemic – no doubt lawyers will handle that autopsy with the finesse of a rugby scrum. Instead, think of this as a survival guide, a dispatch to prepare you for the bumpy road ahead.

Challenging health times, they’ll call it, though we’ve learned the language. Stay sharp, stay curious, and don’t forget to read the small print.

By all means stock up with Ivermectin and Fenbendazole if you can source them where you live. They are not just animal dewormers. Don’t wait until everyone else has bought them before you, or your government has banned them.

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Iodine

Firstly, iodine is ruthless. It doesn’t discriminate between bacteria, viruses, or fungi – it wipes them out with a flourish, like a microscopic samurai. A cut, a scrape, a rogue thorn in the wilderness – dab on some iodine, and you’ve just saved yourself a lot of hassle, or worse, a trip to A&E where someone half your age will tut over your tetanus jab status.

Then there’s the survivalist angle. You’re out camping, or perhaps the world’s gone pear-shaped and you’re now an unwilling contestant in the apocalypse. Iodine won’t just clean your wounds – it’ll purify your water. A few drops, a bit of patience, and suddenly, that dodgy stream looks more drinkable than a fluoride-infused bottle of water from the supermarket.

And let’s not forget the thyroid. Poor, overlooked thyroid, quietly regulating your metabolism while you binge on crisps. In a pinch, iodine can keep it ticking over if your diet’s gone iodine-light. It’s science, survival, and skin-saving in one tiny bottle.

So why iodine? Because we’re mostly iodine-deficient anyway, and because it’s clever, indispensable, and just a little bit smug about it. Add it to your kit – it deserves recognition.

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DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide). A name that sounds like it belongs on a periodic table, or whispered by a mad scientist as he stirs his bubbling beaker. But don’t let the name put you off – it’s the quiet genius of the first aid world. Misunderstood, occasionally maligned, and utterly indispensable.

Nicknamed “The People’s Medicine” it is derived from tree lignin through the production of wood pulp from coniferous trees such as pine. DMSO is in my opinion the most potent free radical scavenger known to man.

The skeptics will call it niche, unproven, maybe even risky. But in the hands of someone with a little curiosity and a dash of caution, DMSO is nothing short of revolutionary. Add it to your first aid kit. Trust me – you’ll wonder how you lived without it.

Dr. Stanley Jacob at the Oregon Medicinal School was told by a pharmaceutical representative: “I don’t care if DMSO is the major drug of our century, and we all know it is, it isn’t worth it to us”.

Hmmmm.

What is it, you ask? A chemical solvent, yes, but calling DMSO a solvent is like calling Van Gogh a doodler. This stuff has magic. Rub it on your skin, and it doesn’t just sit there – it dives in, carrying whatever you’ve mixed it with along for the ride. Medicines, anti-inflammatories, whatever – it delivers them straight to the tissues, bypassing the usual bureaucratic nonsense of pills and injections. Efficiency in a bottle.

Pain? DMSO’s got you. Swelling? Handled. Bruises, sprains, strains – it’s the fixer for all those bodily niggles that get in the way of modern life. Athletes swear by it. Farmers use it on prize horses. Yet somehow, the rest of us haven’t quite caught on.

And here’s the kicker – it’s anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant, all while being surprisingly gentle when used correctly. It’s like the Swiss Army knife of the medical world, except it doesn’t come with an awkward corkscrew.

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Diatomaceous Earth

Diatomaceous Earth (DE), a name that’s both a mouthful and a mystery, is nature’s answer to modern irritations. This fine, powdery substance, formed from ancient, fossilised algae, is the sort of thing that sounds implausibly magical – and it is. In pest control, it dispatches ants, fleas, and bedbugs with the ruthless efficiency of a Victorian nanny: no toxins, no fuss, just desiccated little corpses. In the garden, it breathes life into soil while holding moisture. Food-grade versions promise glowing skin, sturdy nails, and detoxed innards. It’s old-school cleverness: simple, effective, and rather too good to be true.

DE is a lesser-known but highly effective chelator. It rids the bloodstream of a plethora of unwanted matter, including mycoplasma. The reason it is so effective is the micro-netting configuration of the fossilised shell flour catches everything in its wake. It’s ideal for sifting out the crap from vaccines.

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Bicarbonate of Soda

Keep this in your home for the next COVID release, or any poor health condition for that matter.

Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda to its mates, is the humblest of powders, lurking in the back of your pantry, wedged between the self-raising flour and that long-expired jar of cream of tartar. But don’t let its domestic dullness fool you. This unassuming white dust is the MacGyver of first aid, a multi-tasking marvel that earns its spot in any 21st-century first-aid kit.

Burnt yourself on the oven, or maybe while flambéing that ill-advised crème brûlée? A paste of bicarb and water soothes the sting better than an ice cube melting its way down your wrist. Bee sting? Ant bite? Bicarb neutralises the acid like it was born to do so. It’s a tiny chemical miracle, performed without fuss or fanfare.

Indigestion? Heartburn? When your gut feels like it’s auditioning for a dragon, a quick sip of bicarb in water will calm the fires faster than you can say “pass the indigestion tablets.” It’s a temporary fix, sure, but effective – like borrowing a fire extinguisher when your dinner party’s about to end in flames.

A study at the University of Massachusetts found that washing fruit and vegetables in bicarbonate of soda can remove up to 96% of surface pesticides.

And here’s where it gets clever. Bicarb isn’t just for emergencies; it’s for the what ifs. What if your shoes smell like despair? What if your breath is less than minty? What if you need to clean something, quickly and without judgment?

It’s cheap, cheerful, and unapologetically useful. So, bicarb in your first aid kit? Absolutely. The world needs less drama and more practical solutions, and this powder delivers every time.

Bicarbonate of Soda Spanish Flu Case

In an interview recorded in 2007 by the Alabama Department of Public Health, Mrs. Edna Register Boone of Mobile, Alabama shares a story of survival.

The remarkably alert 100-year-old recalls being a member of the only unaffected family in the small rural community of Madrid in southern Alabama – at a time when the Spanish flu pandemic was taking a terrible toll on neighbours and friends.

As the only family to be spared the effects of the deadly pandemic, the Boones became “automatic nurses” to their neighbours. Mrs. Boone, who was ten years old at the time, vividly remembers carrying jars of soup to afflicted neighborus. She also recalls that her father tended a sweet potato patch and shared the harvest with the community.

Mrs. Boone spoke movingly of entire families dying from the virus, of neighbours having to bury each other, and of the desperate efforts of the small town’s lone, overwhelmed doctor.  Yet, there was one silver lining. “It brought our little town closer,” she recalled.

At her mother’s insistence, Edna and her brothers took half a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water every day before breakfast.  “I’ve often thought that’s what saved us,” she said, noting that her mother believed the mixture would “neutralize the system.”

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Paramount in this field is quality. The markets these days tend to be saturated with watered-down or substitute versions. Think olive oil, most of which is adulterated with other cheaper oils. which we can’t see when we hold up a bottle.

Iodine: Quality is not a convenience; it’s a lifeline. And in moments when recovery isn’t a suggestion but a necessity, mediocrity simply won’t do. The iodine from Activation Products is a beacon in a sea of mediocrity – pure, potent, and primed for when your body’s reserves demand replenishment. Activation Products are not just popular products; they’re elemental.

Click here for more on iodine deficiency

DMSO: is available online. We get ours in the UK from Regency Organics. I strongly recommend you read Amandha Vollmer’s eye-opening book ‘Healing With DMSO’

Diatomaceous Earth – available online. We buy our FOOD GRADE Pure DE Fresh Water Sourced from UKHealthHouse.

Bicarbonate of Soda: available online. If you want top-quality bicarbonate, find a stockist from here: https://www.superiorsoda.com.au/find-a-stockist

Graeme Dinnen

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