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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