Guest guest Posted March 21, 2001 Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 Dear Anat, I stay in the desert, in Tucson. A friend of mine who worked in he greenhouse, got a big horrible thorn jabbed into her foot. the thorn broke off and the end part stayed logged onto the bone of her large toe. She was in similar dilemma as you. she hobbled on that infested foot for two weeks, when someone gave her this strange advice'. Liz, the torn victim, had to take a prickly pear leaf. This can be found all over this area. Scrape off the skin of the green thick, leaf. Just a dollar size piece would do. Then take the green 'flesh' of the prickly pear, and paste a wad of that on the infected spot and secure with elastoplast's of a bandage. this is to hold the leave pulp in place on your finger. Leave this on overnight.The pulp will extract the foreign object. Liz complied and the very next day sprinted around with a grin of relief on her face. A similar thing happened to me, but not on such a grand scheme. I tried the pulp treatment, and had the culprit jumping out of my skin over a day or two. This advice is so simple and easy, that one is tempted to dismiss it! I believe that this was a commonly used Indian muti./ healing medicine. Hope you can find the leaf of a prickly pear plant. Kind regards, Ina marx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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