How To Craft Medicine
For each type of man-made medical item there is a natural alternative that you can craft from the environment. This will come in very handy if you survive for a long time. Natural medical items include:
- Old Man's Beard lichen - alternative to antiseptic
- Reishi mushrooms - alternative to antibiotics
- Rose hips - alternative to painkillers
The mushrooms and rose hips must be brewed into tea at a fire before they can be used. The Old Man's Beard must combined with a bandage to create an Old Man's Beard Wound Dressing. This can be done from your quick menu or at a workbench.
Old man's beard is particularly valuable because it prevents the need for carrying around a bottle of antiseptic which helps to decrease your carry weight. The teas, however, are made with water so they take up extra weight. If you're going to carry around rose hips and mushrooms, do it in raw form if you're trying to conserve carry weight. Wait until you actually need them before you make them into tea.