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Showing posts with label Insect Bites. Show all posts

Cotton Plant for healing wounds and soothing the pain of burns

Who would know that the cotton plant is use as a medicinal plant aside from being a popular product as cotton itself. Cotton is widely use today in every field mostly in medicine. This is use healing wounds, for some first aids. Cotton is cultivated in large areas. The pod caontains seeds covered with fine hairs that are the fiber source. The pods are harvested, and the cotton wool is processed for many purposes. This plant can grow in 2 meters. When applying some medicine and cleaning on your wounds you use cotton the product of the plant. But you can use the plant also to heal your wounds and burns.

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Cotton is use as medicine for the treatment of urinary problems and promoting the flow of urine, Effective in the contraction of the uterus after child birth, For healing wound and soothing the pains of burns, checks excessive bleeding during menstruation, in case of inflammation of any mucous membrane, dysentery, diarrhea and also inflammation of the small intestine.

Preparation:

  • The root of the cotton plant is used fresh, in decoction for urinary problems.
  • The leaves are used in infusion again ts inflamation  of any mucous membrane, dysentery, diarrhea and also inflammation of the small intestine.
  • The extract of the leaves is good for healing wounds.
  • The application of the crushed leaves soothe the pains of burns. The flowers are also used for the same purposes as the leaves.
  • Infusion of the seeds is recommended during painful menstrual periods.


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Insect Bites using Onions

Who would know that your favorite onion for salad and sandwiches can be use to relieve the itchiness causes by insect bites like mosquitoes and other bugs. I experience some mosquito bites during night and when we go on a mountain climbing. I cannot resist to scratch the insect bites then sometimes causes rashes. I read some remedies that helps overcoming insect bites itchiness. And this is by using an onion.

Relieve the itch from bug bites with an onion. The sulfur in onions neutralizes the
chemicals that cause the itch. Simply slice a yellow onion in half and
rub one of the cut sides on the bite. The itching should stop immediately. Refrigerate the
onion in a sealed container to use again if the itching resumes. Make a fresh slice before
reapplying it.

So remember to keep some fresh onion at home so if you experience insect bites use an onion.
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