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.
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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