Sores that won't heal and Horsetail herb

I'LL TRY IT

Thanks for the info.

That's good to know. Might be worth a try when all else fails.

Actually of all the things posted at GLP, I like the health related stuff the best. Tonight I painted a nice square of iodine on my thigh for the first time, to see how fast it absorbs. And today I got some sunflower oil so I can try the oil pulling that everyone's talking about.

Thank you...I wish I'd known it earlier as had trouble with this for almost a year. Appreciate the info.

Thanks for the replies.

Here is a Web page I found about Horsetail.

[link to www.ankn.uaf.edu]

The person I know actually used it twice on different sores with amazing results. Here is a warning from that Web page. It is interesting to note that my friend walked into a health food store and bought horsetail pills off the shelf and he said the bottle had no warnings about taking it internally. He opened the gelatin capsules and poured out the contents to make a poultice.

Warning:
While the external use of horsetail is probably safe, and it is used for healing and drying sores as a poultice, pack, or ointment, continued internal use is not a good idea. Although shoots are eaten when young, horsetail should not be consumed raw because of the toxic thiaminase (which is, however, destroyed by cooking). And persons with hypertensive disease and or other cardiovascular problems should not consider using it.

I found this old thread when I was searching for something else. Seems like something kind of cool to keep in mind.

Horsetail is the herb that they make extracts from as a source of silica. I have read things about silica saying you need it to assimilate calcium, among other things. It makes your hair and nails grow really strong and fast.

I heard of a fellow who had a sore that would not heal. He got it overseas ( military) Nothing would help it. He was taking the hulls off black walnuts and got the stain on his hands and the sore. It healed within a few days. Just saying. Try rubbing the inside of the green hull of a black walnut ( Juglans nigra). What can it hurt?