[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
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> 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
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> 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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