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To: Rte66

I remembered a salve my grandmother used to have that she put on all our boo-boos. This is a site for info it but buying from them is EXPENSIVE. I have seen it on Ebay before, It works. I am going to hunt for some as soon as I get some time (haha) to dose my skin tags and moles.

http://www.blacksalveinfo.com/


3,352 posted on 11/16/2007 7:07:32 AM PST by gopheraj
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To: gopheraj

I’m not absolutely certain but I believe the origin of this is related to use on farm animals. My brother married a farm girl and that’s where I got the information.


3,353 posted on 11/16/2007 7:29:53 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: gopheraj

Did a little searching. Icthymol Ointment. It’s available at Walmart according to “someone”. Pharmacists know a lot. He/she’s your best source. Medicine has progressed in 50 years!!


3,357 posted on 11/16/2007 9:38:17 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: gopheraj

Thanks for the info. The website linked messed with my puter (still using my old virusy one, until the BionicHand and BadFinger get healthier - for some reason, the virus monster has been on its best behavior for 2 weeks) so I couldn’t read the details.

I won’t try anything else for a while, until all the prescription ointment is gone, since it was all the “other stuff” that messed it up so badly before. It does still *look* bad, so I’ll eventually call the doc and ask if there’s anything else I can do to make the scarring go away.

At least I have coerced the BionicHand (my right hand, mouse hand, with injured right-click finger, when covered with ointment, a white cotton Mickey/Minnie Mouse “therapeutic” glove, then covered over that with a vinyl disposable glove, can “do anything” in the kitchen - not too hot at the puter, tho) to help with Thanksgiving preparations. *that’s some progress* Had to promise no pumpkins to be scraped, unlike last year!

I have gone AMA and covered each hand at various times the past 3 days, just to perform household chores and shopping. I was appalled to see that now my hands are all wrinkled up like a 90-year-old’s when the ointment is not on them. It seems to have dried them out badly - or maybe the BP meds have done that.

If I had made a living as a hand model, I could now be on disability! However, I *didn’t.* Thanks again - keeping the link in my notes.


3,418 posted on 11/17/2007 9:02:43 AM PST by Rte66
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