Spider Bite (?) ** Need Help

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charvmann2 writes:

 

>i have a customer that got bit by something about 3 weeks ago. the

>area is still swollen. it has an area in it that is hard as a rock

> & about the size of my fist. i would love to make her >something.

>yet we do not know what bit her. she said she did not feel a bite,

>yet there was a little red mark. i tend to feel it was a spider as

>i know the posionous ones can pack a punch. she is still suffering

> so. it hurts so much she can't sleep. it hurts even to walk.

 

 

Had that been me in that much pain, I'd have been to a doctor long ago!

Does your friend have an aversion to medical treatment?

That's a long time to suffer from a bite. I'd suggest that first.

 

I was once bitten by a spider as I sat poolside at night. I didn't feel the

bite, yet within minutes I had a swelling about the size

of a golf ball.

 

It didn't hurt at all, except when I touched it. The swelling was very hard.

I left it alone for a day or two, hoping it would resolve on it's own, but it

didn't, so I applied hot poultices for a few hours, changing each as it cooled

for a clean, hot one.

 

I used mashed up plantain leaves, hot water and cloth, but any drawing material

would do (I once made up an effective emergency poultice of grated cabbage to

draw a painful infection from

someone; had it not cleared up that night I would have taken them to the doctor

in the morning).

 

Anyway, the poultice I used on myself took a few hours to draw the

infection, which then easily ruptured. Disgusting I know, but a big relief.

 

Your client should change the poultices she uses as they cool, and throw the

used ones away if they hold plant material.

 

Even just a hot compress would likely help; renew it as it cools.

 

Watch the site of the rupture - she should clean it well and dress it,and watch

to be certain there is no more infection. Echinacea helps internally.

 

For something like this I'd suggest fairly aggressive doses for several days

until it's clearly cleanly healing.

 

Dara