Natures Pharmacy And Siberian Native Woodcraft

[@prunesquallor3444]

How can this type of content ever get boring? Walking in the Siberian Taiga with a genuine Siberian bushman who loves to impart his bushcraft to a universal audience. Life is good indeed.

[@miguelsanchez8238]

Great video. I am a forester and banging a wooden peg into a tree is not going to harm it at all. It will just produce resin for protection and grow around / over it . I have found pig netting, iron nails, musket balls and even an old iron gate and railings in the middle of perfectly healthy trees. (Not so healthy for my chainsaw though). Trees are amazingly resilient.

[@wrxs1781]

Buy a Garret pinpointer , show you where the metal is.

[@anesthetized7053]

i had an interacion with someone who was a "tree enthusiast" (which is a generous way of putting it) when i was building some wooden footholds up to the top of a tree to build a rope swing on one of the branches. The footholds were secured by iron nails, which deeply concerned the tree enthusiast. they caused such a racket that we had to hire an arborist to come and weigh in on whether or not the tree was being harmed. It goes without saying that the tree enthusiast was no longer an issue after that. trees have much more serious things going on than a couple of nails or an axe wound.

[@paddor]

Try a copper nail 😏

[@PassDaMethod]

Anyone who gets their panties in a twist about traditional bushcraft techniques is not worth paying any attention to. You're too concerned about whining from people who know nothing of what it means to be one with the land and nature. Forget them Lars, keep on sharing these wonderful experiences with others who appreciate them as much as I know you do!

[@bobcostas6272]

Does it come with blackjack?

[@brianengel1392]

Thank you for taking us along on your walks in the woods. Please don't hesitate to show us the old ways of doing things. If someone is offended by the old ways then they are not interested in leaning about history. I am an old man stuck in Richardson, Texas (Dallas County} and I can remember the days back in the 1960's when I hunted. We used anything we could fine to make deer hunting work. There wasn't all this fancy stuff to use. Now deer hunting has become a giant industry that only the rich can afford.

[@opalprestonshirley1700]

No, nothing you present is boring. When people who have been doing something for hundreds or thousands of years show you ways to survive, you listen to them appreciate these little bits of wisdom. Safe journeys.

[@BryanDenlingerKJVM]

Balsam Fire sap is good to put on cuts, because it is antiseptic. We live in Northern Maine, and our Balsam Fir trees look identical to yours. The sap is also good for burns, sores, or any other wounds. One other point. We tap our trees for Maple and Birch sap, and pound a wooden peg into the hole when we remove the tap from the tree. The trees heal just fine. City people have no clue sometimes! :)

[@curtforeman9014]

I love this channel!!!And the Blah Blah Blah!

[@JavaThePuff]

Tralalalala

[@billl605]

tra la la

[@REXOB9]

and all that funky stuff

[@edgarfriendly7571]

Sitting in front of a roaring fire, in my own shelter in my back yard. The moon and the stars are out, a cup of Hungarian Goulash soup in my hand, watching a new upload from SR - doesn´t get much better than this. Skoal from Denmark :-D

[@antoniescargo2954]

Gulyas leves, porkolt (o's with Umlaut). Porkolt made of Hungarian Grey Cattle, szurke marha,

[@starryoneawake]

Totally NOT boring! Funky and awesome! I think Nature's Medicine is the BEST!

[@elaineoutdoors9581]

People who don't understand nature are always going to cry about stuff, but we know that nature is tough and have ways of surviving, that's why nature has made it this long, lol...good job Lars and great to see you! :)

[@anulfadventures]

I have moved from the grasslands of the west to the woodlands of Nova Scotia. My son and I have been trying to learn the different trees of the forest. There has been this tree with smooth gray bark with bubbles we have been trying to ID. Is it Fir? Hemlock? Hem/Fir? Ah!! Thank you Survival Russia! It is actually Balsam Fir. Not to worry about a wooden peg in a tree. We have 100 yr old wire fencing surrounded by living trees deep in the forest.

[@MikeVroman]

We have the same trees here in Minnesota. The resin from the blisters is the best antiseptic I have ever found. Just take some with the tip of your knife and pot it on a cut or scratch and it will stop the bleeding and make it heal faster.

[@bunba_77_15]

You can make a salve with sap, little bit of natural oil and bees wax. Very good for little cuts and all types of skin conditions.

[@briandourn2900]

Cheers from another Minnesotan

[@MikeVroman]

I've never tried making it into salve, I usually make salve from what grows near the house. I've got so many Balsam trees in the forest it's easier just to get the sap fresh. I'll try to make some salve next year when I get more beeswax so I can have some to travel with.

[@MikeVroman]

@@briandourn2900 Hello!

[@LaughingMan44]

The ones in Russia might not have the exact same properties if they're not the same species, it's important to check these things.

[@cybersean3000]

Resin: As children, we would take a small twig, poke it in a resin bubble, and throw them in water to watch them "race". In a dead tree, you can harvest the wood where the resin has concentrated. We call this "fatwood" and it is excellent for starting a fire. I think the liquid resin can be heated and concentrated into pitch or pine tar. This is much like the black stuff at the base of old pole holding up telepohone or electrical wires. "Do something awesome every day!"

[@richardsolomon8076]

Good to see your smiling face Lars, the Siberian folk really know what works well in nature, I'd trust the words of an old timer from there any time 👍👍

[@scamdemicusmaximus5109]

We could hear the poor tree screaming all the way here to old Denmark, when you viciously axed it with your evil axe! Just kidding, carry on, Lars, your videos have been missed, good to have you back.

[@patricksullivan2816]

There is nothing wrong with having one foot in the old world and one foot in the present. The old world knowledge about how to do things is just as useful now as it was when it was practiced. I think the coat hanger is a good idea. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@blueeyeswhitedragon9839]

What does make me cry is the likelyhood that loggers will enter your forest and cut down those trees which you do not own on your own land. We all enjoy your sojourns into the Russian woods and to look at a clear cut will change the nature of your videos. Here's hoping that the loggers find better hunting grounds somewhere else.

[@barukkazhad8998]

😊

[@raytheron]

The oldtimers lived WITH Nature, not just IN it. They took better care of their environment than most "treehuggers" do, so I wouldn't waste a second on their worries about a stake in a tree. I have seen healthy trees that have grown around bicycles, pipes and rocks, even. And it's no different from grafting, anyway.

[@richardanderson6874]

Get well soon, Lars. God bless you and your wonderful family.

[@michelerucker3755]

Forest management is very appropriate and also very different than nature or tree worship! Thank you for another pleasant video😇😇😇

[@yashjoshi456]

One must utilise and never must misuse for sake of fun, ignorance or even happiness. Lars, you are doing great ,just keep mentioning in your videos that even a blade of grass must not be misused because many people would imitate you and your ways. I loved it when you said that one must never plan to cut down branches to prepare one night bed(of course if things are unplanned and emergency like stuff then necessary measures can be taken) in forest rather one should plan to bring sleeping mat which can be awesome ✌🏻

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you :)

[@billkenny7843]

No worries about the piece of wood.you always leave the woods like you found them and you only take what you need.good man

[@nickhulley4350]

there's NO 'going nuts' here! your videos are so very informative and I hear you loud and clear, my grandfather showed me many things about the woodlands, it is soooooo important to keep these 'old time' knowledge avenues open to the next generation and they must be encouraged to pass it all on as well - keep up the fantastic work, really appreciate all your output over the years

[@PMPCMining]

The resin from that tree is extremely awesome in fighting infections from cuts and scrapes. It will help heal the wounds and stop the infection. You can put it directly on the small cut, wound or scratch. It will cover and mak a protective barrier. My grandmother taught me as a child while camping.

[@irishrover63]

I learned something today and that is what matters. Passing down skills and information that native people used is priceless. Modern ideas are not always the best or environmentally friendly. Natives survived and passed on those survival skills to their kids. :)

[@jamesellsworth9673]

FINE to see you in the woods again! The foundation for your new home looks MASSIVE! As a sometime farm lad, we figured that we took trees and we planted trees...we bred cattle and we had cattle slaughtered. We were part of a cycle of LIFE.

[@bobcostas6272]

Your B-roll is better than most peoples A-roll

[@rondickson7906]

Never boring. A cool life style.

[@gameoverlord8012]

it´s never boring!

[@maniagokm3186]

Oh Lars! Something I know about first hand - balsam sap on burns. Fantastic! Scalded my hand with boiling water at last summers Karamat course. Kelly Harleton whipped out the balam tree - pop the balam blisters and plaster that stuff on liberally, dress with anything fluffy - cattail, milkweed fluff etc and leave alone. Looks ugly as hell, and it'll get dirty, but just leave it and let it wear off on its own. It works. Keep applying as the blisters open up or whatever. Burn sensation was gone in 5 min - ugly dirty furry hand for four or five days, but no scarring or pink skin etc. Live and learn! RIP Mors.

[@michaelcarron3418]

Honey in the tea, also Black Elderberry good for colds, chicken soup. Sauna, sweat it out clears sinus's.

[@Solarlube]

Too many things are left in the past in exchange for new ideas. This is a practical application with self healing properties. Da is good!

[@glencsiro]

Glad you and mrs survival are better, your absence was noticed, take care and keep being awesome.

[@dtunzzlistener]

Licorice Root added to my coffee and yet bought for teas for health, including chaga. Learned how tea is good for us, and sometimes better than food. Especially because what food can do to the gut if it's nicht so gut or funky dear. That root is good for repiratory and as sweetener for coffee. Coffee I may have tonight, by my "Suburban Tissue Fire" missing the forest for a few moments.

[@davidrasch3082]

Natives know because their survival depends o what they know.

[@tinkermouse-scottrussell3738]

I live in Canada's north if you were dropped here with me I am sure you would believe you were at home. and yes same bark. Play Safe From Elliot lake Ontario Canada.

[@philt5782]

Been to Elliot Lake many times. Lived on Manitoulin fer a long time.

[@corvusduluth]

@@philt5782 Wiiki/Wiikwemkoong

[@brushbum7508]

IT AINT BORING LARS, WE MISSED YOU ! TAKE CARE..

[@carldean7347]

Your forest is the same as the forest where I live near the center of Alberta, Canada. It's exactly the same mix of trees, we call it a boreal forest.The tree you call larch, we also call tamarac there are two kinds red and yellow. The red we use for fence posts because they last for years before they taught in the ground. I like your channel and watch it all the time, keep up the good work. Thank you Carl

[@SC-sf8xt]

Balsam fir is same here in British Columbia. The smell always reminds me of christmas. I like you are respectful of native people of Siberia who live off the land

[@BradyPatterson]

Others have said already but Balsam Fir is same here in Canada. Good medicine. I collect the sap for healing. If I get cut, add a little bit and a tiny piece of toilet paper, moss, etc and you have an instant bandage with antiseptic properties. Also, it works better than anything I've ever seen for healing burns.

[@southernwanderer7912]

Great remedy for colds, sore throats.

[@tjellis1479]

You can hang about 200 used face masks on that hanger in my part of town. Gather up all those floating masks from sidewalks and curbs. Decorate the front lawn with them.

[@songman0]

When you live in woods this coat hanger can save your time to find a right way to go back to the BASE. When you are in dark wood where you cant see a sun to orient, panick come very quickly. In daytime forest produce a oksigen, but when is dark, trees need a oksigen to live and then produce carbon dioxide. My father was work as forest worker and lived in the woods. Place for resting or camping usually is on clear place , log roads, or similar where is a less trees. Marking a way trough a woods is esential when you go deep i the forrest, but usually 99% wood dumbers forget this and trouble is happened.

[@lyric8006]

Dear Lars, please do not be concerned about coddling or babysitting your western listeners. Just state the facts. If we are too soft, then it’s time we learned from you. You are the Best.

[@toddmuller5992]

I used to be an arborist in SE United States. We would drill through oak trees to install a bolt to secure split trunks. The tree grows around the hardware. To be extra safe you can spray insecticide on a wound.. but with resinous trees you don’t have to do that.

[@luluwan5212]

And those balsam "bubbles" make great firestarter when birch bark is scarce as well as decent glue when heated up.

[@Takman74]

Balsam fir is native to Canada as well and looks much the same as what you have in your location. Most people here hate these trees because of their resin sap. It sticks to everything and makes a huge mess on your clothing, chainsaws and gloves. Here we use black spruce tips in the same format that you use Balsam. We harvest the fresh bright green tips off the spruce and brew that as tea. It has the same properties as balsam. What you call Lartch, we call it Tamarak. It burns very hot due to the resins in it. In Canada tamarak is harvested and the resin is refined into turpentine.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent video. Our Balsam Fir also has those bumps with the resin. Thank you for the hanger trick. And you're right, it doesn't hurt the tree to have one small notch in it.

[@richardhutchings921]

Lars, I have missed your video's. I hope you and the family are getting well. Stay safe my friend.

[@mistersmith158]

my levels of awesome just went up thank you team Survival Russia

[@Hukfyn]

Well said. The reality of life In the woods. Keep well👍

[@JamesBuell88]

I'm so beat from work it took me 2 days to finished this video. Glad to see you back Lars. Sissy-lala's that complain about stuff like this aren't worth listening to. I miss the siaga AK trees. I get why you don't show that anymore but still don't like that you can't. Love your work. Love your life. Cheers from Idaho.

[@Browneye2566]

Hi Lars - I bet Mrs survival Russia is excited & looking forward to the new round house with 12 corners. One thing I'd like you to cover well in your videos is how you will design and build the Russian stove inside it. Mrs SR will probably have big ideas for how she wants the stove to look like.

[@lookoutpath6520]

Yes Canadian Balsam Fir looks the same. Native peoples use the sap as a wound & burn treatment & sore throat, cough medicine ("Buckley's cough syrup " is our commercial version in stores). 👍

[@Dr_Won_Hung_Lo]

Resin from trees are good for a lot of things. It's a great glue when heated! It's also what we make pure maple syrup from

[@froschnmaximus9108]

Those who are triggered by this sibirian hanger, should look up what fruit farmers do with their trees... ^^ In my childhood we had a treestump from wich was growing 3 branches with different types of apple, also seen a tree with apples on one side and pear on the other. This hanger is nothing compared what humans had done over centurys in the orchards.

[@mueckenhoeffer]

What you are talking about is simple grafting, which preserves or reuses the stump of a diseased or damaged tree.

[@NorthernChev]

I'm a fruit farmer. And all fruit farmers regularly tear out and replace ALL the fruit trees every 10-15 years, depending on the breed. So, your example is not a good one for defending this. And what we "do with our trees" is splice them. It promotes cross-breeding and better fruit. ...or are you referring to the tree shakers? Because, again, we don't care due to replacing ALL the trees on a regular basis. Not a forest.

[@Rokonroller]

I worked west coast of Canada, the balsam trees had a purple cone that was tightly bound unlike a segmented pine cone, it was very tight & very sticky & the fragrance was as beautiful as a flower.

[@JDseller1]

Lars glad your feeling better. I look forward to seeing your house building posts. It may sound funny but I would enjoy the cold weather over all the bugs you have in the summer.

[@angelwithbrokenwings2456]

Yes ! Canaan fir. We call blister pine. I take my science class and we taste resin!!

[@VE3FAL1Fred]

Yes boiling it takes away nutrients. I boil the water, add the balsam and steep it as well and all good. Will make a full pot and just warm it next day to use if I want more....Fred

[@SilvaDreams]

Boiling it doesn't remove nutrients, it draws out all the tars and oils in the needles and sap that you really don't want to drink as they'll make you sick. But one reason it is good for when sick is because it has a ton vitamin C and vitamin A.

[@wrxs1781]

Hello Lars, the spruce you were talking about is swamp spruce found in wet areas. Also if loggers put time and money into the area you are in, it means one thing. Firewood, nothing worth taking to the mill. Richard from Canada.

[@rogermace4516]

Love the coat hanger idea......... There is no difference between what you did and grafting fruit trees ........... Awesome video

[@Baneironhand]

My grandfather used to do search a rescue up north in Canada. They used to carry a spade bit and drill a hole in trees for pegs in a similar manner. Mostly they used them for hanging ridge poles for tents and shelters if no branches were in the right spot. probably used them for packs and stuff too.

[@mongomay1]

Thanks Lars

[@jasonwhiteside2993]

In Canada we sometimes call the Larch tree Tamarack. Same tree, different name. Stay healthy and keep the videos coming. Good job, Lars.

[@iangillham9647]

Survival Russia notification stop what I’m doing and watch it!

[@MegaMoe63]

Well said! Have a great day!

[@pierrrejette9023]

There he is.

[@jamesguthrie6918]

You and Mrs. Get well soon. I would like to see you back out for 2-3 day camps in the new shelter. Get well first tho.

[@TheDaikashido]

thank you for your work! I think the plants and animals can survive humans; I care little for opinions based on theories that come out of funded laboratory clean rooms.

[@gertvanpeet3120]

Tomorrow..snow in central Spain! Now a small bit in Scotland....more to come....

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Lars , Have missed you . welcome back .

[@loupiscanis9449]

Sorry for not giving you grief over the hanger but i am not a troll , and also I don't Feed the Trolls , Keep up the good work Lars , (Your "B roll" better than a lot of "A" content of some others )

[@wendyhutchins945]

So glad to hear you and Mrs are on the mend! :)

[@fackeltattoo6666]

Love from Germany

[@njwrye]

I love these Siberian way skills! Thank you for sharing them!

[@stew88dodge]

Hahahaha “no need to cry about a piece of wood in another piece of wood” well said sir!

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

We too have woken to a beautiful sunny clear blue sky and a heavy frost, looks like we will be having a cold winter this year, nice, now the wife and I are off to the woods for a walk and a cup of fresh tea, we alway's take a brew kit for a fresh tea. Cheers Lars nice to see you again and atvb to you and your family.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Winter here seems to be a bit slow this year. We are bouncing above and below freezing all the time. Atb to you too!

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

@@SurvivalRussia A real winter here, freezing temperatures, frosts, snow, are quite rare nowadays, they are now mainly just cold and wet, the 70's was the last decade we had normal winter's but we do occasionally have a proper snowy winter.

[@rockytopwrangler2069]

Good to see you Lars ,, looks to be a good day .. always things to learn and share...

[@joeylandry4933]

Good to see you load a new video. Looking forward to seeing you put your 12 cornered house up.

[@lordmetal3842]

you should get the old logging marker stick sand them a bit make them look new and out them in a circle around your camp and mark them with this .. отвали, не заходи сюда..it would be funny to see there reaction...love your videos always looking forward to your next one.

[@trickert3129]

Welcome back Lars. Thanks for sharing the cool Siberian hanger trick!

[@francineheykoop4917]

I recognize the tree, me and my sister did pop the biggest bubbles that were on that tree. and my mom had a job of getting it out of our hair and clothes, we were up in Quebec, Lac creve fin . In Canada.

[@luluwan5212]

The stick hammered into the spruce tree thing I have NEVER seen before..very slick.Of course, nowadays, I'd probably tie a stick to the trunk with paracord, but if cordage was scarce...

[@sungazer454]

In the Alps in Austria, they make a Schnaps mazerat from Pinus Cembra „Zirbelkiefer“ called „Zirbenschnaps“ with the fresh shoots laying in alcohol for some time, spiced with vanilla, cinnamon and sugar. Delicious stuff..

[@NEUWRIGHT]

And all that funky stuff!

[@makanaokalanichong808]

Aloha from Oahu, Hawaii.

[@charlesjhemphilliii4792]

That white Burch bark is a great pain killer if you make a tea out of it.

[@stevecrook5776]

Great to have you back Lars the wait was worth it

[@clivegreenall309]

Good to have you back Lars. Best wishes to you and your family. Regards from S Africa. Clive

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you and all the best to you guys down in SA!

[@lightningthunder1536]

Thank you

[@ryankullar9754]

Balsam tree's in the USA have smooth bark and soft needles and Christmas wreath r made from the branches and the spruce trees have rough bark and pointy hard needles and a lot of people in the states use new growth spruce tips 4 a lot of things also like tea,salads dry them grind them for a spice like nutmeg or just eat them raw.the conifer tree that loses it's needles like that here in the states is called a tamarac tree is the only conifer that loses it needles here in the states

[@tinkmarshino]

I don't know if natives are always right.. but they do it best.. I too think it is awesome in the forest.. But I am getting to old to get out much anymore.. But I sure do like your show.. only city folk have funky ideas about nature and those that live in it.. and they will probably die having only ideas and never spend much more than a weekend or so out in it.. and that will be at a camp site in their motor home..

[@LPx007]

Awesome to see you back Lars!! I love hearing you tell your stories about the Siberian natives...and you're absolutely right Lars, people who ramble about stuff like that are truly clueless and don't even see the irony about the stuff they actually do or buy. Anyway....keep it up and drink lots of balsam fir tea!💪🏻

[@insanesoninlaw]

Balsam fir has soft flat needles unlike spruce which are the sharp and rounded ones. Balsam fir trees in Canada look very similar to these and have the same resin blisters all over them. Good to see you back finally

[@artjaazz1]

There's a lot of balsam firs in the Carpathians (Ukraine) as well, and the bubbles too! Grows natively btw

[@SurvivalRussia]

Cool, thanks.

[@bear0907]

Thank you Lars for taking us out for a walk with you. Hope you and the family feel better soon.

[@justinballot9604]

I love your video's. Im from South Africa in a tropical area (hot and humid) so in my spare time I either go to the beach to swim and fish and collect mussels, or I go to the nature and game reserves and do day hikes. Your video's have taught so much and I get 'nature cravings' where I just want to go hiking. Im planning a week trip away in winter to one of the colder areas and will make the Siberian log fire. Keep up the good work. Love your channel.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you! Have a good time :)

[@garryclarke1234]

Nice to have you back mate,hope you and the Mrs recover well

[@stefanrobinson2920]

Good to see you again Larz