How To: Remove Stubborn Splinters in Your Skin Using a Bottle
Incredibly tiny in size, splinters can be frustratingly difficult to remove from your skin. If large and not completely embedded, a splinter can usually be extracted using tweezers, tape, or glue, but if it's small and in there pretty good, you'll have to get more creative.
How To: Make a Simple Herbal Extract
Hello there, people. Today, I am going to show you how to extract the essence from a useful plant, using either alcohol or olive oil. This is how you take a plant and turn it into a useful (and preservable) medicine. For those of you who know nothing about herbal medicine, let me explain it for you in a nutshell...
How To: Make a bong out of any plastic bottle
Looking for something to smoke out of but have nothing around the house? Have a look at this tutorial and learn how to make a working bong out of any plastic bottle (Coke bottle, water bottle, etc)
How To: Insert a urinary catheter into a male patient
Catheterization is used to drain a patient's urine freely from the bladder or to inject liquids for treatment and diagnosis of certain bladder conditions. Cathing is usually done at a clinic by a nurse, although self-catheterization is also possible.
How To: Correctly use a Neti pot to eliminate sinus headaches
If you have a cold or stuffy nose, the Neti Pot is an ideal way to clean out your nasal passages. This device is a totally natural and safe way to clear your airways without medication.
How To: Clone a marijuana plant
This is a step by step guide to cloning marijuana using different methods. Instead of raising a new plant, and germinating it yourself, cloning just involves clipping off from an existing plant and then turning it into a new plant of its own. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to clone a cannabis plant.
How To: Hack Your Brain to Stop Motion Sickness
Many people deal with motion sickness on a daily basis, and if you're reading this, chances are you're one of them. Kinetosis can make your stomach roll, your entire body sweat, and make you feel fatigued and dizzy at even the slightest movement, whether it's related to carsickness, seasickness, or airsickness. And let's not forget the worst part—vomiting.
How To: You’ve Been Taking Pills Wrong Your Entire Life—Here’s How You Should Be Swallowing Them
It's a rare person who enjoys swallowing pills—and equally rare to find those who can toss a pill back easily and effortlessly without gulps of water and coughs. The transition from liquid medicine to pills, tablets, and capsules can be a rough one, and some of us still struggle well into our adult lives. Yet the reason your pills are getting caught in your throat may not be the medication's fault—it's all in how you swallow.
How To: 10 Ways to Get Rid of a Migraine Fast Without Any Medicine
When a migraine strikes, it can be crippling. Intense and sharp pain not only at the temples, but radiating throughout the entire head; feelings of nausea and digestive discontent; an unbearable aversion to light, sound, and even the smallest of movements.
How To: Make Black Eyes, Bruises & Hickeys Fade & Heal Faster in 5 Different Ways
I've never had a black eye, but I was in a car accident that turned my entire ear dark purple a few years ago. Believe me; it was enough to get more than a few funny looks.
How To: Make Aspirin from a Willow Tree
In this article, I will be showing you how to make a crude form of aspirin from the bark of a willow tree. It is a great remedy for headaches, hangovers, and other minor pain. The use of the willow tree as a mild pain reliever goes back to the Native Americans, who used it in much the same way that I do.
How To: Make methamphetamine
This video shows you how to make Methamphetamine. The process for making it in chemistry terms is called an acid catalyzed dehydration of an alcohol using an E2 mechanism. The chemical compound being used is called Ephedrine. To turn Ephedrine into Methamphetamine you first need to break down the OH molecule and replace it with a H molecule. In order to do this it needs to be soaked in a mixture of Hydrochloric acid. What this does is breaks off the OH molecule. The next step is to add a Hydr...
How To: Make a non-toxic clay pipe for smoking marijuana
We are taught how to make a non-toxic pipe using baking clay and an eyelet and socket. First you form a bowl out of the clay with your hands. When thats done you poke a hole on the top to form the bowl, then a hole on the side towards the bottom to create the shaft for the pipe. Freeze it. While that's being froze the shaft of the pipe can be made. Rolling the clay the longer piece is formed. The inside is hallowed out. Blow through it to make sure its usable. Attach the long piece to the bow...
How To: Make a disposable pipe out of tin foil
In this video, we learn how to make a disposable pipe out of tin foil and a Sharpie. First, take the Sharpie and place it into a strip of foil and roll the foil tightly around it. keep rolling it until you are at the end of the strip of foil. Now, make sure it is tight around the end of the foil then you can remove the Sharpie from the foil and you will have a tube shape. Now, bend down so you have a pipe shape and flare out one end of the foil. This will create a pipe that you can make and t...
How To: Draw blood with three different phlebotomy techniques
Drawing blood is only responsibility for hospital nurses, but a very important one, so knowing the proper procedure is up to you to master. You can only become efficient at taking blood samples by practicing, but you should also know all of the phlebotomy methods for extracting blood cultures. This interactive video module will help familiarize you with the phlebotomy medical procedures (three different versions), but is not meant to be your sole method of instruction— always ask for supervis...
How To: Make a pen pipe
This video shows you how to make an improvised smoking pipe out of a common plastic Bic-type ball-point pen. The guide shows how to remove the pen cap and ink cartridge. Next, the video shows how you can use a razor blade to cut a wedge-shaped hole near one end of the plastic barrel. Once the hole is cut, the guide uses a hot glue gun to attach a hardware socket above the wedge-shaped hole. The socket will serve as a bowl to hold the smoking material. After letting the glue set for about thir...
How To: Make a simple stem and bowl from a household item
itsjustanherb420 gives up a brief and enlightening tip for when you desperately need a stem/bowl for your bong. If you're a stoner that loves to get high using creative methods, then check out this video! This tutorial is simple and easy to follow and involves unscrewing a doorstop, removing the rubber tip, cleaning it off, and finally putting it to good use. itsjustanherb420 also has additional tutorials to teach to how to make a screen for your new stem/bowl.
How To: Tape an ankle to prevent an injury in basketball
This video demonstrates how to tape an ankle in order to prevent an injury in basketball. To do this, first it is necessary to start off with some ace pads. The foot should be in a neutral position at a 90 degree angle. The ankle must be pre-wrapped with tape high toward the shin. Anchors must be applied around the top up by the leg and then another anchor with tape around the foot. Then there must be stirrups applied from the medial to the lateral. 3 stirrups are applied. Then they are ancho...
How To: Get rid of a runny nose & sore throat
No one likes being sick, and having a sore throat and runny nose can be some of the worst symptoms. Get yourself back on track, and healthy, with the Renegade Health Show as she details how to get rid of those pesky symptoms. Create this delicious, healing drink with hot tea, lemon, ginger, honey and a little bit of cayenne pepper (if you have some available). Those sniffles will melt away as this tasty drink soothes your body and warms your insides, making you feel much better.
How To: Use massage to treat migraines
In this clip, we're going to be talking about how to treat migraine headaches. There's several different ways. If you want to go the more natural way, you want to go on a very easy and relieving way, we're going to start out by cupping our fingers underneath the neck and just kind of staying there. Try massage for migraine relief. Learn to treat headaches and migraines with massage in this health how-to video.
How To: Draw blood with a butterfly needle
If you need to learn how to use a butterfly needle to draw blood (phlebotomy) then you've come to the right place. This video will show you what you need to know to get it done. Please see the creator's comments below:
How To: Make a foil pipe
This is a video showing the steps on how to make Foil Pipe There are no verbal directions during the entire video, simply the hands of the person
How To: Make a drug vaporizer with a light bulb
You need hydrogen peroxide, a light bulb, scissors, duct tape, a straw and a water bottle to construct this drug vaporizer.
How To: Care for and water marijuana plants
This video tutorial shows how to effectively water marijuana plants. Don't let your weed investment die of dehydration. Watch this how-to video and learn how to care for and water marijuana plants while growing indoors at home.
How To: Determine the sex of your marijuana plant
Male or Female? How do I know? Check out this horticulture tutorial video to learn how to figure out the sex of your cannabis plant. Check out this award winning video that will help you grow your own marijuana plants. Whatever you may call it - the icky sticky, ganja, reefer, cannabis, pot, weed or maryjane, this marijuana growing video will help you cultivate your pot plants like a pro.
How To: Transfer blood specimens with the BD Transfer Device
Check out this video tutorial to see how to tansfer blood specimens with the BD Blood Transfer Device.
How To: Give a testicular self exam
Screening and early detection is the key to beating any form of cancer. Share this with a friend. You may save a life.
How To: Obtain a blood sample through venipuncture
This medical how-to video gives you tips on obtaining venous blood samples. Follow along and learn how to obtain blood samples with a venipuncture procedure. This procedure is very common in the medical field. To start venipuncture you need to have the needles, vacuum container, and blood tubes ready. Watch to learn the step by step process.
How To: Draw blood from an arterial line
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw blood from an arterial line. First, you will need a catheter, tubing, regular iv tubing, 10 cc syringe, transducer, fluid bag, and iv saline bag. First, waste a couple ml's of blood by turning the stock cock off to the system and draw back a couple liters of blood. After this, turn the stock cock off the syringe and take out the syringe, then add a new one. Now, take your sample of blood and draw out 5 ml of new blood. Take out the syringe, then cap it a...
How To: Use a curved needle for suturing arterial lines
This video shows the method to suture arterial lines using a curved needle. We will use the new arterial line kit for our demonstration. We will use a curved needle as it is safer than the straight needle. Hold the suture with the hamostat at about sixty percent from the tip of the needle. Do the turn the key method to bring the needle out from the other side. Unclamp it and re-clamp it at the tip of the needle. Continue the turn the key method. Pull the suture up and through. Cut the suture ...
How To: Stop a cough with acupressure
Learn how to stop a cough with acupressure. The next time you're hacking up a lung, try stopping it with the ancient Chinese healing art acupressure.
How To: Clean a corn cob pipe
Replacing cigarettes with a pipe? Let's learn how to clean the pipe so the tobacco will be fresher tasting.
How To: Use a BD Quikheel Safety Lancet on an infant
BD Quikheel Safety Lancet The BD Quikheel Lancet is a safety-engineered product designed for heel sticks on infants and premature babies. It features a sweeping surgical blade that permanently retracts after creating an incision. Additionally, it offers a tapered window providing the healthcare worker with the ability to accurately position the lancet.
How To: Get rid of a stuffy nose using chamomile
Nobody enjoys being sick. Having to deal with the runny nose, sore throat, and cough is just horrible. Having a stuffy nose is also no fun, either. It prevents you from breathing through your nostrils, can cause headaches, and makes it hard to talk. So, one of the best ways to help get rid of it is by using chamomile. This plant is perfect to not only breathe in, but to drink as a tea. So watch this tutorial above to find out more about how to use it and how it works. Enjoy!
How To: Get rid of toothache with garlic, lemon and salt
Is that toothache bothering you? Watch this video on how to reduce the pain using common household products.
How To: Take lutein supplements and know the side effects
Lutein is a natural supplement that is popular for people who wish to improve their vision as it deteriorates with aging. This herb works with your body to greatly improve your eye sight. In this clip, Dr. Ray Sahelian will walk you through the pros and cons of lutein and make sure you know exactly what to expect before starting a course of herbs.
How To: Use a neti pot correctly
Seeking relief from a cold? There's more to using a neti pot than just pouring a saline solution down your nasal cavity – or is there? Find out with this how-to, which presents a complete guide to properly using a neti pot to relieve nasal congestion. Breathe easy with this free video guide.
How To: Use acupressure to induce labor with the shoulder/back
There are many different methods that are used to help induce labor. Some work and others don't. One of the hit and miss methods is acupressure. The acupressure points along the back and near the shoulders are great targets for helping induce labor. They are also just great point for helping relax someone who may be pregnant when they are having the baby or just had the baby. So if you're interested in using a home remedie to help induce labor,this video is for you. Sit back and enjoy!
How To: Make ice water hash
It should be noted that the tip shown in the video makes use of illegal drugs known as cannabis or marijuana. Although the video creator does not specifically promote the use of this drug, he is using the buds, leaves of the marijuana plant in order to make hash. This video explains how to make use of all the parts of a marijuana plant. He promotes not wasting the product and using all of it. He slowly narrates and shows step by step how to make hash in real time.
How To: Keep a cut from scarring
Keep it clean, covered, and coated, and say goodbye to that scar from the get-go. You will need running water and mild soap, self adhesive bandages, antibiotic ointment, petroleum jelly, sunblock, and silicone gel sheets. Warning: See a doctor immediately if your cut is extremely deep, won't stop bleeding, or appears infected.
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