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POPSBefore you get the flu, make a flu care kit For directions on how to mix the salt/sugar rehydration solution, see here More that wouldn't fit: stomach-settlers of your choice: if you like Rolaids or Pepto-Bismol, great, but you might also think about things like dried peppermint (peppermint tea), candied or dried ginger, and dried catnip (catnip tea) rubbing alcohol and gauze pads or cotton balls/cotton wool -- can be useful in reducing fevers a copy of the Merck Manual of Medical Information (Home Edition) -- one of the single most useful books any household can own, can help you know the difference between, say, "just a cough" and pneumonia a copy of Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook -- an unbelievably useful basic diagnosis, treatment, and prevention handbook for common health care issues