Treatment methods are described using blood collected from a donor after subjecting thereof to remote conditioning such as remote ischemic conditioning via several episodes of short-term limb occlusion. Blood containing remote conditioning substances or a biologically active preparation containing such substances may be stored and used at a future time to afford a health benefit to the treatment subject. Extraction of remote conditioning substances may be done extracorporeally using dialysis or other blood processing methods following by returning of blood to the donor. Extraction of remote conditioning substances may be done during the time periods of their maximum presence in donor blood.