[Herbalist] Herbal Remedy Help?

[tonia burk]

You might give the following suggestions to your friend (from "The
Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants").

I would try a small amount first in an unaffected area and watch it for 24
hrs to make sure you won't have a reaction and make the problem worse.
Also, try not to scratch...this can cause scarring and infection, and it's
best not to try the following treatments on an open wound.

Essential oils:
dab 1 drop of neat tea tree or clove essential oil on the affected area
twice a day.

Garlic:
Just as Katherine described!

Ointments or creams:
Apply ointment or cream of calendula or comfrey to affected area twice a
day. (these should be available at your local health food/herb shop)

Lemon:
Dab pure lemon juice onto the area, or dilute 1 tsp of lemon juice with 1
tbsp water and use as a skin wash twice a day.

Herbal paste:
Mix 1 level tsp of slippery elm powder with sufficient calendula, myrrh, or
echinacea tincture to make a thick smooth paste.  Place on and around the
boil, and bandage securely.  Remove after 1-2 hours.

I also found internet references to applying peppermint oil and castor oil
topically.

Best of luck with it.

Randalin in Kyrra

>From: "Katherine Blackthorne" <kblackthorne at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: herbalist at ansteorra.org
>To: herbalist at ansteorra.org
>Subject: RE: [Herbalist] Herbal Remedy Help?
>Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 19:14:18 -0800
>
>
>>I'm also interested in anything that might prove efficacious for this,
>>or if anyone knows of any anti-fungals that aren't so toxic as to be
>>more dangerous than the ailment.  It would be nice to not look like a
>>snowstorm from the scaling, and if it quit itching I would be forever
>>beholden.
>>
>>--
>>Eoin Caimbeul
>
>I don't know if this will help something as extreme as yours, BUT...
>
>A week or two ago, I was talking with a friend when I spotted a round,
>red-spot on his elbow that almost looked like a cigarette burn.
>
>"What's that?  Lemme see..."
>
>~pained look~ "Um, I was hoping you wouldn't notice..."
>
>"Looks like ringworm."  (I have no idea where I pulled that knowledge from,
>but a bit of research proved it DID look like ringworm.  Which, by the way,
>is a fungal infection -- not a parasite.)
>
>Since he had no insurance, he asked me what he could do.  I hit my books,
>and all the herbal treatments I found were topical.  The easiest was
>rubbing
>fresh garlic on the site.  Plantain (the wayside herb, not the bannana),
>walnut, and a few other things were also recommended.
>
>His ringworm had started around the hairline and was spreading.  It stopped
>spreading immediately and was gone in a few days.
>
>--Katherine Blackthorne
>
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