Re: Potato starch and black pepper

July 25, 2004

Oh yes. Whenever I had a wood splinter in my hand I would be the

envy of all the children in the neighborhood (hehehe.) Mom would

wrap a piece of fat raw bacon on me and sure enough, that salty meat

would draw the wood right into it and out of me by morning. I think

it was a combination of the fat softening the skin and the salt

drawing that pulled the foreign matter out.

> welcome back!

> For drawing out boils, cysts, 'risings' etc, a piece of 'sow belly'

(salt pork) used as a poultice. I do remember momma using that to

draw out a tiny splinter from my hand that was pretty deep. Now....

whether it came out as a result of the gathering of puss and the body

ejecting it...with my help... or if it actually 'drew' it out. <G>

Anyone else have experienced this?

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: peacefulglow

July 26, 2004

Yes, make sure it is a fatty piece. The thick strip kind is best.

Mom would lay a piece on the sliver and then wrap my finger up with

gauze and tape. The next morning the sliver would be in the bacon

fat. (Don't use canadian or english bacon..use american strip bacon)

> So you just take a piece of bacon and wrap it around a sliver and

it'll take it out??? A regular piece of bacon?

>

> Candace----- Original Message -----

> From: peacefulglow

> Oh yes. Whenever I had a wood splinter in my hand I would be

the

> envy of all the children in the neighborhood (hehehe.) Mom

would

> wrap a piece of fat raw bacon on me and sure enough, that salty

meat

> would draw the wood right into it and out of me by morning. I

think

> it was a combination of the fat softening the skin and the salt

> drawing that pulled the foreign matter out.

>

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