[Homestead] Snow peas and other stuff

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Thu Nov 13 20:52:34 EST 2008


I will anxiously await your reply to Marie...Detail this for me.

I got a redwood splinter a few months ago.  We got a old park bench made 
of redwood.  We replaced the wood with oak, and replaned and reused the 
redwood, making a shower bench.  I was trying to get it under the sink 
and I suppose one of the legs wasn't sanded enough.  We may not have the 
trees, but we do have the wood...lol

B

Lynda wrote:
> Bev, btdt with the spider bites.  I use a glycerin pack.  The glycerin will, 
> literally, draw out the poison.  It also reduces pain.  Soon as I find any 
> type of bite (extremely allergic!!!!), I put a pack on and change it every 
> 12 hours.  Within a couple of days I have a nasty looking pack because it 
> has opened up the bite and the "guck" is drawn out.
> 
> It's an old "Gramma said" remedy that the whole family has been using since 
> before when.  Used it on cysts.  Used it on redwood splinters and believe 
> me, you do NOT want to get a redwood splinter!
> 
> I've also used the glycerin pack on DH when he got a bone bruice on the 
> bottom of his foot and it caused a sort of ingrown corn/callus type thing 
> (cone shaped) and it softened it up and drew it out enough to remove it.
> 
> Great stuff!
> 
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky at bellsouth.net>
> To: <homestead at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Snow peas and other stuff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rebecca Lewinski wrote:
> 
>> Bev, about that spider bite.  Have you tried putting really hot damp
>> compresses on it?  I'm very prone to skin infections from scratches
>> and bites.  If the injury is in an easily reached place, I soak the
>> area in as hot of water as I can stand (without burning!) for a few
>> minutes, five times a day.  Otherwise it's the hot compress.  The
>> heat treatment must mimic inflammation, as it seems to kill off
>> whatever bacteria is multiplying in the injury--I haven't had to see
>> a doc to treat a skin infection in ages since I've started using damp
>>  heat.  We also found out by accident that the heat seems to break up
>>  whatever the itch factor is in things like flea bites (doesn't work
>> on mosquito bites though!).
> 
> Yes, hot compresses are standard treatment, the first and main source of
> treatment usually. Today, I had to start antibiotics.(erythromycin) The
> inflammation and swelling was getting worse, the size of a paper plate
> and I can't just wait it out because my arthritis meds lower my immune
> system.  I am not sure that it is a spider that bit me, but I can't
> think of what else it might be.  It is the season to carry wood in from
> the woodpile, and I have seen wolf spiders and other spiders in the
> woodpile.  I always toss the wood from the pile into the wheelbarrow to
> dislodge critters, but spiders reinhabit the pile after it is on the
> porch.
> What the heat treatment does, I think, is that it brings additional
> blood supply to the injured site.  In the blood there are white cells,
> so the heat is like calling the calvary.  If you can cause the white
> cell numbers to surge more often than the bacteria divide, you are
> winning the battle. <G>  For me, I have a weakened immune system to
> begin with, so infections are never good.  Just because I have this, I
> can't take my arthritis meds this week.  I was just recovering from
> being off my meds for a couple of weeks last month-from the last stupid
> bite, and now this.  The bite itself is annoying all on it's
> own..sleeping is uncomfortable and I hate holding the compress on, but
> the domino effect of the consequences of any kind of infection is what
> is really bothersome.
> It's a little thing though compared to the medical issues of some on the
> list.
> 
> Bev
> 
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