witches, herbalists help please ( or anyone who knows)?

Question

do you guys know of anything I could use as a poltus for drawing an infection out of a cut ?
preferably simple things I would perhaps have in my cupboard etc
I am asking here cause I know and trust you guys
thank you thank you

it is for my husband ...
I am trying the bread one just now as i dont have many of the other ingrediants ..
and also I vaguely remember mum doing this when I was young
so will let you know how it goes
but tomorrow I am shopping for some honey lol

Answer 1

Sweetie, this comes from actual experience. Do not try to "cure" an infection with herbs and "home remedies!" Infections are dangerous and even a small one can spread through out the body and kill a person in less than 24 hours if not treated properly.

About 4 years ago, my husband fell from a catwalk at work and had a nasty, but "minor" cut on his thigh. The nurse dressed it, and he continued to work. The next morning, he couldn't walk, his leg was dark red and purple, and he had a fever of 102. I rushed him to the doctor's office and the doctor wanted him to take an ambulance across the street to the hospital! At that point, the doctor was sure that my husband was going to loose his leg. The battle was for his LIFE for the first 48 hours.

Happily, we did get him to the hospital in time, and after a week of IV drugs, my husband left the hospital with two legs. His recovery took a month and a half. It was two weeks after he left the hospital that he could walk again.

Four years latter, my husband has SERIOUS issues with the lymphatic system in his leg. There isn't a day that goes by that the same leg doesn't cause some sort of problem for him.

The original cut wasn't very deep, it was about an inch long, and it was cleaned and dressed straight away. It nearly killed him, it nearly took his leg, and it still bothers him.

The signs of infection are redness, tenderness, heat around the sight, and oozing (which can be white, green, yellow, or clear). If you notice a red line radiating out from the infected area GO TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY.

The danger is real, and very serious.

Answer 2

Hi hon, I hope you're not injured :(

Try honey, preferably non-heat treated. This has been used in Australia with some sucess to treat antibiotic resistant super bugs.

Also, tea tree oil is very effective and has been used in similar treatments to honey, with very good results. I had a wound on my leg and it became badly infected to the point where the wound was growing larger daily. Antibiotics and prescribed ointments didn't seem to work, I tried them for over a month. The tea tree oil cleared it up in about a week. Use it sparingly, but make sure the wound is well covered in it. It WILL hurt though :(

You could also try a ground up garlic paste.

All that said...if it doesn't start to look any better within 24hrs, or the patient feels un-well, or the wound enlarges or the limb becomes hot, seek immediate medical attention.

Best of luck and healing thoughts (((((((Pangel)))))))

Answer 3

I use a product called "Drawing Salve" which has pine pitch as one of it's ingredients. It is something my family has used since before I was born! Another is from a book called "common herbs for common healing" It consists of hops, shredded carrots, and golden flax seeds... you boil it and put it in a clean linen bag. You place it over the cut or abscess. It should pull out the poison or infection. This one I used on an abscessed tooth and the following day the infection was gone! Hope this helps! And as the others say, honey. The Egyptians used it to heal wounds for it's anti-bacterial prospects!

Answer 4

Use a bread poultice

Put slices of bread into a basin, pour over them boiling water and put in a warm place for a few minutes, when the water should be poured off ,replaced by fresh boiling water, poured off again,and the bread pressed, beaten with a fork and made into a poultice. Bread poultices are invaluable for their bland non-irritating properties. Recently (Winter UK 2002) a friend of mine was working in the garden and put a garden fork through the flesh of his foot. The wound became badly septic and began to turn into a cellulitis ascending the leg.The patient felt very unwell, weak and feverish, despite continued antibiotics and a tetanus injection.There were several visits to the GP and changes of antibiotics but to no avail. I advised a bread poultice as the skin was by now sore and breaking down badly, black in places. A bread poultice left on over night grows its own penicillin in the warm moist environment. Over the following week he improved daily leading eventually, over about a month ,to complete cure.The patient himself felt much better in himself from the first days' application. He was also given well indicated Homeopathic remedies but on a local level it was the poultice that gave the greatest comfort and relief. Remedies used were Arnica, Hepar Sulph and a combination of Echinacea, Gunpowder and Pyrogen, all well known for their action in infection which if left could lead to generalized septicaemia (blood poisoning) and gangrene

Answer 5

salt can be painful if it is used pure but i use it to draw poison out of stings salt attracts moisture so it works well for that. if your willing, take a measure of salt wet it so it will stick then wrap over it so the granuels do not get all over the place the effects are very quick a sting will loose its swelling in 10 to 20 minutes. it cant hurt to try if thats all you have.

if you have the time let me know what you decide to use and how it works i may need a new remedy one day and i would enjoy knowing you are feeling better.

Answer 6

Aloe Vera. it is absolutely the best natural remedy I have ever tried for infected cuts and wounds. I've heard honey has worked well for many people, but unfortunately it hasn't worked that well for my family. Maybe it was the type of honey we used. Anyway, I hope you find something to help your hubby!

Answer 7

I realize you probably don't have these herbs in your cupboard..but you might have them growing in your yard or garden.

Both of the following plants will draw-out anything--infections, blood poisoning, foreign objects, etc. I learned this from an Ojibwa Medicine Woman. I have personally experienced their powerful healing as well as seen them work on other people. Both are made into poultices using leaves. In the case of Heal-All, also use flowers. I have included a site to get more detailed info because I realize that different areas have different names for plants. Also, you can order the plants from the site.

1. Plantain, Common (Plantago major)
aka Broad-leaved Plantain. Ripple Grass. Waybread. Slan-lus. Waybroad. Snakeweed. Cuckoo's Bread. Englishman's Foot. White Man's Foot. http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/placom43.html

The Common Broad-leaved Plantain is a very familiar perennial 'weed,' and may be found anywhere by roadsides, meadows and in people's yard (I have tons of it growing right in my front yard among the grass--I live in northeast Wisconsin)

2. Heal-All / Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)
aka Prunella, Brunella, Self Heal, All Heal, Woundwort, Wound Root, Slough Heal, Blue Curls, Dragonhead, Hercules' Woundwort, Hook-Heal, Heart of the Earth,Prunella. Self-Heal. Hook-Heal.
http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/selfhe40.html
Familiar perennial 'weed,' and may be found anywhere by roadsides, meadows and in people's yard and even planted in gardens!

Answer 8

You could use some loose black tea (just cut open a regular tea bag if you don't have loose) or a bay leaf. Just wet it with warm water, clean the cut, and lay it on like a band-aid. After it's completey dry, *gently* peel it off or *gently* rinse it off with very warm water. Then pat it dry and put a bit of aloe or cucumber on it.

This is also good for cat scratches, insect bites, and bee stings--it prevents itching and heals.

Answer 9

cant find anything you can use as a poltice but teatree oil is very safe more so than others but lavander oil is almost just as good at combatting an infection so i suppose you could mix lavander pettals after steaping in watm water with tea tree oil and maybe some willow bark for some pain relief but i am not sure how affective it would be

Answer 10

smearing on honey is a good idea, also take 10 capsules of garlic oil a day for 3 days, its is a powerful antibiotic, with none of the side effects of phamaceutical ones! It really does work.