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06-10-05, 17:14
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Eccinatia used in the treatment of wounds.
Here is something for the improvised medicine types. My nieghbor who this last December died of a heart attack. Had a doctorate from Purdue on Herbal medicines. My dog was hit by a care last Oct, I was hunting or something and when I came home I saw tissue int her yard and when I went in the house there was blood trails up and down the stiars on the couch kind of all over.
Talk about being worried, I thought maybe it was one of the kids. Anyway, a neighbor came by and told me what had happened and that my wife took the kids and Dog to find a Vet that was open to help. Nearest vet that was open was 45 min. away I figured the dog would bleed out. To make a long story short the dog lived and when my wife got home the vet did a good job of sewing the wound up. A large 4" laseration to the back right leg down to the bone.
In the morning I decided to look it over when I grabbed leg it was about 105 degrees in temp. So I took the bandages off and the tissue looked terrable, and the heat was starting to make it stink. The sutures had torn away from the skin, this is a Basset hound, so you can imagine the wound looked quit large. I told my wife it wouldn't do anygood to sew it up because it might make the skin to tight it was better to let it fill in naturally. I went next door to my nieghbor who was at one time also, a vet. And he came over and looked at the wound and agreed with me about sewing it up. He said "wait here" a few minutes later he came back and said "open up the bandages and poor this in the wound". He took it out and it looked like a jar of dirt.
I said "Dick, what is that"(his name is Richard but goes by Dick). He said it was the ground up root of the Eccinatia plant. He went on to tell me that the American Indians would poor this into open wounds after battle or hunts and in a few days the wound would be infection free.
So, reluctantly I did as he said, but also I had some Tetricycline as back up just in case. I was absolutley amazed by what that powder did. That night I went to take the bandages off and the leg was at normal temp, as I took the bandage off a lot of the powder which looked like coffee grounds now came up with it stuck to the bandage. Tissue that was exposed was very pink and looked good, no more stench, the powder Eccinatia had also, pulled a lot of the dirt and debrie from the wound as well. I was and still am quit amazed at the recovery my dog had, we had to do this with the powder 3-4 times a day. In a about 5 days we left the bandages off, and let the dog and nature do the rest.
I just thought this might help, if you already new about this never mind.
Dick told me a little more about this plant if you would like to know the rest just PM me. The day before he died he told me he was a WWII veteran.
http://www.socnetcentral.com/vb/showthread.php?t=49851
Eccinatia used in the treatment of wounds.
Here is something for the improvised medicine types. My nieghbor who this last December died of a heart attack. Had a doctorate from Purdue on Herbal medicines. My dog was hit by a care last Oct, I was hunting or something and when I came home I saw tissue int her yard and when I went in the house there was blood trails up and down the stiars on the couch kind of all over.
Talk about being worried, I thought maybe it was one of the kids. Anyway, a neighbor came by and told me what had happened and that my wife took the kids and Dog to find a Vet that was open to help. Nearest vet that was open was 45 min. away I figured the dog would bleed out. To make a long story short the dog lived and when my wife got home the vet did a good job of sewing the wound up. A large 4" laseration to the back right leg down to the bone.
In the morning I decided to look it over when I grabbed leg it was about 105 degrees in temp. So I took the bandages off and the tissue looked terrable, and the heat was starting to make it stink. The sutures had torn away from the skin, this is a Basset hound, so you can imagine the wound looked quit large. I told my wife it wouldn't do anygood to sew it up because it might make the skin to tight it was better to let it fill in naturally. I went next door to my nieghbor who was at one time also, a vet. And he came over and looked at the wound and agreed with me about sewing it up. He said "wait here" a few minutes later he came back and said "open up the bandages and poor this in the wound". He took it out and it looked like a jar of dirt.
I said "Dick, what is that"(his name is Richard but goes by Dick). He said it was the ground up root of the Eccinatia plant. He went on to tell me that the American Indians would poor this into open wounds after battle or hunts and in a few days the wound would be infection free.
So, reluctantly I did as he said, but also I had some Tetricycline as back up just in case. I was absolutley amazed by what that powder did. That night I went to take the bandages off and the leg was at normal temp, as I took the bandage off a lot of the powder which looked like coffee grounds now came up with it stuck to the bandage. Tissue that was exposed was very pink and looked good, no more stench, the powder Eccinatia had also, pulled a lot of the dirt and debrie from the wound as well. I was and still am quit amazed at the recovery my dog had, we had to do this with the powder 3-4 times a day. In a about 5 days we left the bandages off, and let the dog and nature do the rest.
I just thought this might help, if you already new about this never mind.
Dick told me a little more about this plant if you would like to know the rest just PM me. The day before he died he told me he was a WWII veteran.