HERB - ear wax? and other wound dressings?

[Jenne Heise]

So last night, as the nice emergency room doctor was removing my
fingernail to get out the piece of sewing needle I put in my hand, I told
him that I was going to be going camping and should I put any special
dressing on the wound, like Neosporin? He says, "Well, it would keep the
bandage from sticking; it doesn't do much else, but you can put it on if
you want to." He followed that up with "Ear wax is antibacterial, if
you're out in the woods you can just use some of that instead..."

1) was he just pulling my leg about the ear wax? Has anyone else heard
this from a modern source?

2) Other than Neosporin, (and ear wax) what would be a good wound
ointment? (I've already had to soak off the dressing they put on at the
hospital, ointment is obviously going to be a necessity. *sigh*) My mom
swears by Vitamin E; I used to use Zam-buk, a green herbal ointment from
Canada, but I can't get that anymore. Recommendations?

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.

"They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the 
	nuts work loose. 
They do not preach that His Pity allows them to drop their job when 
	they damn-well choose. " -Kipling, "The Sons of Martha"

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