ECHINACEA: ARE HERBS SAFE TO PUT
DIRECTLY ONTO A WOUND? You may be thinking - "Would I
really want to powder Echinacea or another washed and dried
herb root, and pour it on to an open wound? Sounds crazy. You'd get
an infection!@ All I can say is - I've done it many times, and
never had a problem!
If I had a wound I wouldn't hesitate to pour Echinacea onto it and
bandage it on. I would probably combine it with a couple of other
herbs - Garlic and Cayenne pepper would be good, and both are
easily available. The proportions of around six parts of Echinacea
angustifolia to one each of the other two herbs would be fine. To
make the mixture more mobile, it could be mixed into a
chemical-free ointment (such as Comfrey Ointment), or even mixed
with some Olive Oil.
I would probably use a low-aroma variety of
garlic powder in this mixture - though any garlic would do well.
Cayenne pepper is the type sold at any grocer or supermarket;
though from a herbal supplier, it will be fresher.
I have used a mixture like this on open wounds on a number of
occasions. In all cases when I have used it, healing has been fast
and sure. I have never used antiseptic ointment, or any other drugs
in such cases, and would not dream of doing so.
CHOPPED OFF END OF THUMB RE-GREW
LIKE MAGIC!
In one case - with the addition of some Comfrey
Root powder to the mix (comfrey stimulates natural cell growth) - a
chunk of thumb which had been sliced off with a craft knife
(painful!) completely re-grew within six weeks. This was after a
hospital had tried - unsuccessfully - to sew the said piece of
thumb back on. After the six weeks, healing was complete. Scarcely
any scar tissue was - or is visible!
It is recommended that the herbal dressing -
which is bandaged on -should be changed daily. But I know of one
case where this was not done (where a finger was cut through to the
bone) - and the healing was still sure, fast and effective! (I
recommend more careful attention - this person was just a 'bad'
patient!)
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