Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Jane, I wish you lived in my neighborhood! LOL! Mara > An old patient rang me yesterday very worried because her GP told > her that if her leg did not reduce in swelling and redness after > the excision of an SCC on her lower shin she would have to be > hospitalized. > > Visited her 2 hours later to find an adhesive synthetic dressing > had been applied directly to the 1.5 cm wound and was surrounded by > scarlet, swollen, inflamed, painful cellulitis, about 10 " long and > extending around the lower leg with the ankle about twice its > normal size. > > I removed the 2 cm dressing which removed all the skin underneath > it, washed the whole leg in Organic Calendula tincture 1/8th > teaspoon in 1/2 cup of sterile normal saline, popped a few Apis 30 > homeopathic pilules under her tongue, then rolled-on DMSO all over > the lower leg right up to the edge of the wound and then applied > MiracleII Gel on top of that, left it for a while, applied cotton > gauze and a crepe bandage over the lower leg and returned the next > day. > > Next day I repeated the procedure except i put a waterproof > dressing (Molnlycke non-stick) over the wound so she could shower, > by the time I left the ankle was the same size as the other one, > the legs were the same colour and size, the offending leg perhaps a > little pinker immediately around the wound. > > She was very happy. So was I! > > Best > > Jane > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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