Posted on 10/11/2009 9:28:50 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Agreed! We’ve been on the Range for about ten years. We’re getting our campsite on the place fixed up with a shed and greenhouse for the winter and working on the building plans for the house (way off of the grid). We’ve played outdoors almost daily during winters and love it (with proper gear, of course).
I’ll send a link to you by way of Freepmail—something that be of interest, if you’re not within view of neighbors.
Absolutely, sugar makes a very effective poultice. Honey is good too and has anti-biotic properties that the bees add to it. For a bite from one of those nasty spiders I would still look to use the plantain leaf and echinacea root. Echinacea and Baptisia both stimulate WBC activity.
Wow! I never found anyone who agreed with my post. Some friends asked what I would do with no doctor and a giant gapping wound and when I told them sugar they called me an idiot.
I told them the Romans and many civilations around the world are idiots, don’t blame me.
One friend did look it up and found it interesting and true.
Thanks for your post.
I understand. If you know the potential hazards you can make a safe decision about its use. I would have to see a doctor just to get a nitro patch. I don’t know how long they last but it might be a good thing to have in the first aid kit. Early treatment often makes a big difference as your experience proves.
I look forward to your FReep-mail. I’m afraid I am too close to town and lots of neighbors can view my house. I had to bury all of my missile silos so they would freak out. /s ;^)
Vinegar was a major antiseptic for most Mediterranean cultures. The vast majority of the grapes they grew were put into vinegar not wine and a lot of that was for healing purposes not cooking.
I saw a great show on Roman hospitals and they were very sophisticated. They used separate areas to confine infectious diseases from other patients. They had pretty high hygiene standards considering that they knew nothing about bacteria. At least not directly. They left detailed records that show they had fairly high healing success rates too.
I had the patches because my grandmother used them. We were caring for her then. At the time she was 97.
We cooked her meals, took care of her meds and stayed with her at night after she had a heart attack at 96. Prior to that she stayed alone at night at the family farm.
That is excellent. That’s a lot more than I knew about cayenne and yet not all that it is good for. It lowers cholesterol and can cure hemorrhoids. It is also the basis of effective arthritis creams. Bookmarked.
Loving family. That’s the best medicine of all. :-)
TNX
We just put my father-in-law in an alzheimers unit last week. I stayed spent heavy time helping them over the past 4 years. Mother-in-law has had 2 strokes and has fallen twice (cracked her spine).
Until 8 months ago, I spent almost every evening with them.
Recently I had to return home, was working out of town where they live. We have 24/7 home health care workers with mother-in-law now.
One of my friends told me recently, “getting old is not for sissies.”
I am just beginning this journey with Mom. She broke her wrist this summer but we got through that. Thank goodness for some great docs and nurses.
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