HERB - ear wax? and other wound dressings?

[ladygrania@juno.com]

Interesting!  I just got through teaching my Medical Assisting class that
ear wax is the equivalent of ear canal sweat.  Its main function is to
keep things, bugs etc, from getting down to the canal.  I would expect
that earwax is about as antibacterial as nasal excretions.  How about
just putting a clean, dry dressing consisting of telfa, and enough
padding to protect the nail bed.  A finger cot, looks like a tiny condom,
would help keep it dry.  Otherwise,  go with the neosporin or bacitracin
or polysporin ointment. 

Have fun at Pennsic and think of those of us holding Pennsic pity
parties.

Grania

On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:42:41 -0400 (EDT) Jenne Heise
<jenne at tulgey.browser.net> writes:
> So last night, as the nice emergency room doctor  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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