What could we do to help a six-year-old girl who suffers from boils on her bottom? Well, let's start with the folklore remedy of taping a large slice of garlic to the boil, which should be left on overnight.
If you can get over the shock of waking up to a mouthful of black saliva, placing a charcoal tablet against the boil and leaving it there to dissolve overnight could help absorb the toxins from the affected area.
Zinc has so many important functions and potential uses that both doctors and patients should think of zinc more often for
Phytolacca americanaPhytolaccaceaeNames: Pokeweed.Habitat: N. America Collection: The root shoul
Anemone pulsatillaRanunculaceaeNames: Pulsatilla, Wind Flower, Meadow Anemone.Habitat: Europe and parts of Rus
Ulmus fulva
Part Used: Inner bark.
Constituents: Mucilage, composed of galactose, 3-methyl
galactose, rham
Melaleuca alternifolia
Myrtaceae
Names: Tea tree
Habitat: Swampy, low lying wetlands in New South Wal
Tussilago farfara
Compositae
Names: Coughwort, Horsehoof, Foal's Foot.
Habitat: A com
Echinacea spp.
Compositeae
Names: Purple Coneflower
Habitat: Throughout North America
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Papilionaceae
Names: Foenugreek
Habitat: North Africa, India, cultivate