Guest guest Posted March 21, 2001 Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 LOL... wish I'd have known about that when I got the cactus thorn in my great toe. It's still there, as far as I know! The irony, of course, is that it was a prickly pear cactus in my mother's yard that I stepped on! :-) Crow > " Inamarx " <inamarx >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 > > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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