Abscess - Treatment Of An Abscess With Folk Remedies And Methods

An abscess is a surgical disease and often requires surgery. A neglected abscess can lead to serious complications, so be sure to consult your doctor before starting treatment.

Traditional medicine knows many recipes to treat mild forms of superficial abscesses or to alleviate the course of this disease. But at the same time, in no case should you open or squeeze out the abscess yourself.

To treat an abscess of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, juice or gruel from crushed leaves of aloe tree is often used in the form of dressings and lotions. For these purposes, the lower leaves of the plant are most often used. It is recommended not to water the plant for several days before cutting the leaves. The cut leaves are crushed, and the juice is squeezed through cheesecloth. After that, a bandage moistened with juice, or porridge from leaves are placed under the bandage. For less effective treatment, it should be changed every 10-12 hours.

Aloe juice quickly cleanses local inflammation. Treatment of an abscess in this way most often guarantees rapid scarring of the wound and, as a result, its healing.

In order for the abscess to mature and break through, onions are often used in folk medicine.

You can use fresh onions. To do this, rub it into a fine gruel, wrap it in gauze and apply it to the sore spot. The lotion is changed every 4-5 hours.

It is also practiced to boil the onion in milk or bake it in the oven. Without waiting for the onion to cool down, attach it to the abscess and bandage it. Alternatively, grind the baked onion and mix with the grated "Baby" soap (1 part). From the resulting gruel, cakes are made and applied to the wound site, replacing every 5 hours.

Sometimes in this recipe, grated garlic, potatoes or beets are used instead of onions, changing the dressing every three hours. In this case, the sore spot is pre-steamed in hot soapy water or an aqueous solution of iodine.

To treat an abscess, you can use an ointment that is easy to make yourself.

For its preparation, it is necessary to take honey, Vishnevsky's ointment and alcohol in equal proportions. In no case should you use vodka. All ingredients are mixed until completely homogeneous.

The resulting ointment is applied to the abscess site and left under a bandage overnight. It quickly relieves inflammation, and the seal resolves in a few days.

Traditional medicine is well known for the medicinal properties of propolis in the fight against abscesses. To do this, use propolis ointment, which is easy to make at home.

To prepare the ointment, you will need 100 g of unsalted animal fat. It is melted in an enamel bowl and brought to a boil. Then, crushed propolis (about 10 g) is added to the fat cooled to 70-80 ° C. Stirring constantly, the mixture is cooled and then purified by passing through a gauze filter. After that, the ointment is ready for use.

It can also be used to treat a wide variety of wounds, burns, frostbite and ulcers.

For the early ripening of the abscess, you can use rye bread. To do this, it is steamed and applied warm to the wound. Cover with cabbage leaves on top, wrap with paper and bandage. The compress is not removed during the day.

This method is also effective for treating unopened boils.

But do not forget that even a bursting abscess cannot be squeezed out. It must be washed with a weak solution of potassium permanganate and then a warming compress should be applied to the wound for two days.