RE: hydrocele and castor oil packs

[Guest guest]

This is a question to all the practitioners who have experience in using the

castor oil packs. I have a patient who has had a hydrocele for a few years, and

does not want to have an operation as he and his wife are trying for a baby, but

the hydrocele is becoming very uncomfortable. I wondered if castor oil packs

would be a suitable treatment for this and for cysts in general? I would

appreciate your view as I have never used the packs myself so am a bit unsure of

when they are suitable.

Thanks

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[Guest guest]

hi anna

 

i've used castor oil packs though not for a hydrocele and found them to be very

useful for a variety of situations.  i can't see any reason why it would be

contra-indicated in this case.  i would say once or twice a day and for a

couple of days followed, once the liquid is close enough to the surface of the

testes to be visible, by aspiration with a clean needle, gauze etc then clean

with myrrh/calendula 90 once it has finished draining, and then dress the wound

with myrrh or hydrastis powder or powder of hydrastis checking/changing the

dressing once a day to make sure there is no infection.

 

i'm unclear whether you have been actually treating his hydrocele or whether he

comes to you for some other reason but depending on the cause the above may or

may not fix the problem.

 

however i thought surgery for this was quite routine and almost risk-free. 

anyone have any info re this because i should have thought surgery would almost

certainly not harm his chances of conception but would love to know if i am

wrong about this.

 

anyway, all the best.

 

kind regards, geoff

Subject: RE: hydrocele and castor oil packs

To: ukherbal-list

Date: Tuesday, 31 August, 2010, 20:09

 

This is a question to all the practitioners who have experience in using the

castor oil packs. I have a patient who has had a hydrocele for a few years, and

does not want to have an operation as he and his wife are trying for a baby, but

the hydrocele is becoming very uncomfortable. I wondered if castor oil packs

would be a suitable treatment for this and for cysts in general? I would

appreciate your view as I have never used the packs myself so am a bit unsure of

when they are suitable.

Thanks

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