Health Care – Hygiene, Sanitation & Dentistry

For health & comfort.

bodily hygiene basics [ germ theory ; washing hands ; safe waste disposal ; do nottouch common serving utensils to personal dishes]
cleaning dishes [ wood ash lye paste ]
combs / brushes [ notched wood , teasel seed heads , echinacea seed heads , yucca ,splinterbands, eel vertebrae ]
natural soaps [ alkali / ash water fat / oil antiseptic ; soapwort ; clematis ; yucca ; agave ; spanish bayonet ; sotol; Joshua tree ]
sand & snow bathing
sunning & airing bedding , utensils , containers
DIY laundry [ foot agitation method]
DIY cleanses [cleanses (for liver , kidney , colon ); fasting ; enemas ; tonics ]
primitive hand washing methods [ antiseptic plants e.g. pine ]
smudge pots
natural sunscreen [raspberry seed oil ; carrot seed oil; wheat germ oil; sesame oil ; coconut oil ; hemp oil ; avocado oil ; soybean oil ; peanut oil ; beeswax ]
natural bug-repellents [ witch hazel essential oils from: citronella , clove , lemongrass , rosemary, tea tree , cajeput, eucalyptus , cedar, catnip , lavender , mint; witchhazel herbs : peppermint, spearmint , citronella , lemongrass , catnip , lavender ]
handling corpses , carcasses & burials
pit / trench latrines [siting; digging / construction ; timing ; de-commissioning]
composting toilets [ nitrogen , carbon , oxygen , warmth, moisture ; Jenkins sawdusttoilet; 2 chamber toilet ]
greywater systems [ filter ponds ]
primitive toothcare & gumcare [chewsticks; toothbrushes ; toothpicks ; gargles; powders ; flosses]
basic dentistry [ cavities ; abscesses ; pyorrhea ; canker sores ; cold sores ; bleedinggums; gingivitis ; trench mouth ]
intermediate dentistry [ tooth removal ]