A great band aid alternative from The Grapes of Wrath

"He urinated on the ground, picked up a handful of the resulting mud, and plastered it over the wound. Only for a moment did the blood ooze out, and then it stopped. “Bes’ damn thing in the worl’ to stop bleedin’,” he said." (from "Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Ten Book 12)" by John Steinbeck, Delphi Classics)