• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    I mean for dealing with worm parasites in the field, given limited supplies and (I’m assuming) this being a pretty old manual, this isn’t too bad.

    Basically instructions for forcing out the entire contents of your stomach or using something that is probably handy to kill them before they do too much damage to you.

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      1 month ago

      I’ve actually done this once before, as I was briefly having belly issues and honestly couldn’t eliminate the possibility of a parasite.

      It made me feel a bit weird for a day or so, but not too bad really. It did slow my cigarette craving for a while too. It didn’t outright evacuate my guts as you might assume, also apparently I didn’t have any intestinal worms thankfully.

      I think the way this is meant to work is that if you do have worms, the nicotine is supposed to shock the little demons into unclamping their jaws and basically evicting themselves.

      I’d stand by this technique for survivalists in a pinch though.