Guest guest Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 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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