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Not to be a total iconoclast, but just out of curiosity, as I've been
travelling I've been continually impressed with "local" curatives, and I
was an out and out tradionalist when it came to medicine.
Where did your wife get her knowledge from on these things?
ciao
Daryl.
Paris
On Sat, 2002-03-02 at 06:25, wrote:
> > Actually, I heard the other day that apparently honey is bacteriostatic so
> > if you use it to cover a would, apparently it'll keep yu from getting
> > infected.
> >
> > Just thought it was interesting, and er, a lot more hygenic than the other
> > thing... =}
> >
> > ciao!
> > Daryl.
> >
> My wife made me a believer in the curative powers of honey. She received a
> bad burn. With triple antibiotic creams, it was weeping and failing to heal
> altlhough it seemed to be resisting infection. She normally would have used
> honey from the start but the burn was so bad that she chickened out and
> opted for traditional treatment. After three days with no improvement, she
> cleaned it off and applied the honey. Within hours, the surface closed up,
> stopped weeping, and the pain subsided for the first time. A day later,
> still wary of the holistic approact, she reverted to traditional medications
> but it again got weepy and sore so again she resorted to honey and again it
> healed rapidly. I saw it with my own eyes - I'm a believer. It is useful
> for any open surface wounds, not just burns.
>
> While on this subject another very convincing first aid she uses is powerful
> ground cayenne pepper on deep cuts and wounds to stop the bleeding. It
> seems like it would be painful but the nerves don't react to the strong
> pepper and the wound stops bleeding and seals up within seconds. She leaves
> the caked pepper in the open wound like a poultice and binds it closed to
> heal without a scar.
>
> Colin Foster,
>
>
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