Self-help or my barbarism.

[Pete.]

I wouldn't advise anyone to try to DIY a serious wound but I do think that established health-system procedures might not necessarily be the best, and certainly not the only option. There have been plenty of examples of more rudimentary care resulting in much-reduced recovery times and lower instances of infection. For example, I remember watching a TV documentary type program that showed a hospital in Russia which specialised in brain surgery go outside to gather up piles of fresh snow to lower the patient's body temperature drastically. The recovery time was nothing short of extraordinary and the infection rate very low too, if that program was to believed.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

The last time I darned a wound at the surgeon's, it was solely because of the awkward incision location and depth. Without seams, you would have to block the entire hand. And so, I was able to use my palm and bend my fingers.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

As a child, my knees and elbows were covered in permanent scabs from abrasions. Times were simple. All summer and all daylight hours, we were left to our own devices, without adult supervision. Going home injured in a game was out of the question. Swallow your tears, find a plantain leaf or celandine juice, treat the wound and continue the game.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

I'd not be reluctant to try cobwebs. The last serious wound I had was a deep cut to my forearm, about 3" long and deep enough to see the veins and ligaments. I was trying to fix a rotovator and the spanner slipped off the nut. There was little blood or pain despite the depth of cut and it was clean. My wife cleaned it with colloidal silver water and covered it for a day. The next day she changed the dressing for one soaked in apple cider vinegar, and again the following day. Within a week it was properly healed with only a small white scar.

No pharmacutical companies were used in the treatment: I made the colloidal siver using distilled water and silver rods, Kali brewed the cider vinegar. Perhaps you remember the Jack and Jill rhyme from childhood.

By the way, never use apple cider vinegar on a wound that is not completely clean. It heals so quickly that it will heal over any dirt and trap it in the wound.

If I had accepted my friend's shocked offer of a lift to casualty it would have involved hours of waiting and bureaucracy, stitches, local anaesthetic, antibiotics (and later probiotics to restore intestinal flora destroyed by the antibiotics), nsaids, ... I much prefer natural remedies when I know them and have them to hand. I trust nature.

Never heard of apple cider vinegar. Can it be replaced with apple cider and taken internally with the same effect?

 

[Pete.]

Never heard of apple cider vinegar. Can it be replaced with apple cider and taken internally with the same effect?

Cider does contain a fairly good anaesthetic

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Cider does contain a fairly good anaesthetic

off. I miss Normandy cider. Greek sweet wines. Tokay wine. Condensed Spanish milk. The chain grocery store monopolies are f***ing dictators.

 

[Shiny Steve]

I have just picked up some Normandy cider, it's fantastic.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

I have just picked up some Normandy cider, it's fantastic.

A special variety of small apples grows there. Brilliant flavor on its own.

 

[500e]

Ware gloves did this last week waited as some don't like red
Roasted it on a 20mm bar just after tig Welding it

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Ware gloves did this last week waited as some don't like red
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Abrasive flap disc?

 

[DAPPH]

The saliva of dogs heals. Or maybe cleaning out a wound.

An old Viking idea ,,they noticed dogs lick their wounds some healed , however its a load of rowlocks, a dogs chemical defences for cuts and bites are almost 8 times better than a humans . Their slavia and germs in the mouth like a cats & are quite nasty bacterially t& should always be looked at medically .

 

[DAPPH]

Abrasive flap disc?

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Seeing it was done last Wednesday and today is Tuesday that's a seven day healing session it looks worse than many cuts and slashes I have sustained after five days of healing .
Numerous times after having stitches the stitches have been over grown by flesh and are bloody painful to get removed .
7 yrs or so ago I had a total left knee joint replacement , thank god they used stainless steel clips to close the 13 inch long cut as even they were starting to get healed in .

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Seeing it was done last Wednesday and today is Tuesday that's a seven day healing session it looks worse than many cuts and slashes I have sustained after five days of healing .
Numerous times after having stitches the stitches have been over grown by flesh and are bloody painful to get removed .
7 yrs or so ago I had a total left knee joint replacement , thank god they used stainless steel clips to close the 13 inch long cut as even they were starting to get healed in .

Thread pulling or tickling or no sensation. As a rule, I pull them out myself. Why waste the time of doctors, they have a lot of real work.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

An old Viking idea ,,they noticed dogs lick their wounds some healed , however its a load of rowlocks, a dogs chemical defences for cuts and bites are almost 8 times better than a humans . Their slavia and germs in the mouth like a cats & are quite nasty bacterially t& should always be looked at medically .

I do not have a dog. I wouldn't trust a cat. Your own saliva cleans wounds well. Although yes, there are enough microbes in the mouth.

 

[DAPPH]

Thread pulling or tickling or no sensation. As a rule, I pull them out myself. Why waste the time of doctors, they have a lot of real work.

Had 58 external stitches in my left shoulder joint ..... 39 cm cut , every one had grown over the knot by day seven .
On day ten when they took the stitches out I was a gibbering wreck till a civi nurse told the military nurse to get lost and she'd take my stitches out . Local anesthetic spray applied and stitches remove almost painlessly but they bled quite nicely for a few hours.

 

[Prajna]

I do not have a dog. I wouldn't trust a cat. Your own saliva cleans wounds well. Although yes, there are enough microbes in the mouth.

Pi$$ too. It's sterile and a miracle medicine for many ailments. I use it as a mouthwash when I have abscesses and it sorts them out in no time. Good also for cuts, bites and stings and, I'm told but haven't tested, reputably, for snake bites. I advised a friend to try it for a fungal infection in his toenail and it cleared that up a treat (much to the amazement of his wife, who had been thoroughly scornful in the beginning.)

 

[Seadog]

Pi$$ too.

But whose?

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Pi$$ too. It's sterile and a miracle medicine for many ailments. I use it as a mouthwash when I have abscesses and it sorts them out in no time. Good also for cuts, bites and stings and, I'm told but haven't tested, reputably, for snake bites. I advised a friend to try it for a fungal infection in his toenail and it cleared that up a treat (much to the amazement of his wife, who had been thoroughly scornful in the beginning.)

Do you mean urine therapy? Hmm ... there was a surge of such an original application 25 years ago, yellow newspapers from every iron told about this method.

 

[Bobupndown]

Pi$$ too. It's sterile and a miracle medicine for many ailments. I use it as a mouthwash when I have abscesses and it sorts them out in no time

That's a new one on me. I'll not rush to try it.

 

[Barking Mat]

Ah, that niche subject of 'watersports'.

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