>> Frostbite (frostbite) - Treatment Of Frostbite With Folk Remedies And Methods

Calendula officinalis. Two tablespoons of calendula flowers are poured with two glasses of vodka and insisted for three days in a dark cool place. A napkin soaked in tincture is applied to the affected skin 2-3 times a day.

Calendula flowers can also be used to make an ointment to treat frostbite and burns. To do this, one teaspoon of raw materials is mixed with 25 g of petroleum jelly and left for one hour in a warm place. Ointment is applied to the affected areas of the skin 3-4 times a day.

Spruce. Spruce needles are poured with two glasses of water, taking five tablespoons of chopped raw materials. Then keep the medicine on low heat for ten minutes, closing it with a lid. Insisting at night, the composition is filtered and taken orally warm throughout the day in small portions.

The tartar is prickly. Six tablespoons of tartar herb are poured into one and a half liters of boiling water and kept on low heat for five minutes. After removing from the stove, insist for one hour and filter. The finished broth is brought to a volume of three liters, adding water, and the damaged limbs are immersed in it for half an hour. The total amount of broth can be increased while maintaining the proportions.

Shepherd's bag. One tablespoon of herbs is poured with one glass of boiled water, covered with a lid and kept in a water bath for half an hour, then cooled and filtered. The finished broth is stored for no more than two days. A napkin soaked in broth is applied to the affected skin 3-4 times a day.

To prepare an ointment based on beeswax, you need to take 100 g of wax, 500 ml of sunflower oil, 10 onion bottoms and a handful of spruce sulfur. The ends of the onion are cut off along with the husk.

Oil, wax and spruce sulfur are placed in an enamel bowl and boiled for an hour over low heat. Half an hour after the start of cooking, the bottom of the onion is added to the mixture in turn. After 30 minutes, the solution is filtered hot through cheesecloth folded in several layers, after which the ointment is cooled. A folk remedy for the treatment of frostbite is applied to the damaged skin 3-4 times a day.

Another traditional medicine recipe for the treatment of frostbite is based on the healing properties of potatoes. To prepare a potato compress, you need to quickly knead the tubers freshly boiled with the skin. The puree should be hot, but in no case burn the skin. The compress is applied to the frostbitten area and wrapped with a rag. After the potatoes have cooled, they are removed, and the skin is smeared with lemon juice diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 5.

Treatment of frostbite with folk methods can be carried out using animal fats. It is recommended to lubricate the affected skin with cold rabbit or goose fat daily; it is better to alternate this procedure with the use of other traditional medicine.

You can add fresh, grated turnips to the goose fat. To prepare the product according to this recipe, take two parts of root vegetables and one part of fat. The finished mixture is applied to frostbitten skin areas several times a day.