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Here's to Your Health:  Is it a splinter? Draw salve?  |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 6:27:41 PM
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I have something near the tip of my finger, just below the nail on the top of the finger. It is swollen and red, and every few days gets very painful until the skin opens and clear stuff comes out. This has been going on for over a month.
It seems too minor to bother a doctor with (or pay for a doctor visit) but I can't see any kind of splinter or foreign object, and it is beginning to annoy me. I am wondering if it is some kind of fiberglass fiber or other microscopic something or other.
When I was a kid, my dad had something called "draw salve" that smelled and looked like tar. I don't know if this still exists or if it was good for splinters (I think he used it for boils) Does anyone know if a similar product is still marketed? or if it is for splinters?
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 7:20:23 PM
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I bet it's Ichthammol. It is black and smells like tar. Yuck. It will draw out anything that's under your skin though. I get mine at our local small pharmacy, but maybe WalMart or CVs may have it. Good luck in your search! :)
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 9:37:43 PM
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Walmart carries it but you have to request it from the pharmacist, they have to special order it in for you, and yes it is called Ichthammol.. (the name meaning it is derived from fish ingredients.) looks and smells like tar, used for boils and drawing salve.
It usually costs only about $2 a tube, not expensive at all.
Hope it clears up soon for you.
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 10:00:54 PM
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Try plain old honey...works great.
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gateway girl
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Shari
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 8:13:51 PM
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There is a salve called "Prid" it is an over the counter med. Comes in an orange tin and looks and smells like tar. I bet that's what your dad used. I use it quite often because of metal shavings. My DH is a blacksmith and sometimes I help. I'm always getting metal splinters and "prid" draws them out
Gateway Girl
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2007 : 5:54:59 PM
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| You could try Bag Balm. We use it for everything. |
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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Jana
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 1:43:39 PM
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I think I've seen drawing salve at Walgreens. Also, you could use an Epsom salt solution. Works great for drawing splinters and healing blisters!
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 7:27:51 PM
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| I'm so excited to see this post! My mom had a tube of black, tarry looking "drawing salve" that she put on very special bad splinters when we were kids. The tube was leftover from her father's pharmacy, so it was at least 10 years old when I was in grade school and the name was worn off the tube. I would love to get some of that stuff, and now I have some names to look for. Thanks! |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 04:54:00 AM
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I found some "draw-out salve" at Rite Aid. It has ichthammol in it, is black and tarry, but greasier than I remember. It says not to bandage the wound, but yuck! Who wants black vaseline smeared all over everything? So I bandaged it. I can't seem to keep the bandage on anyway, everytime I wash my hands I have to re-bandage. I haven't been using the salve for the last 3 days.
It's still swollen and red, but not so much.
As far as the salves, I did an internet search and found several "draw" salves. One is Dr. Christopher's Draw salve, one is PRID, and LOL, I found that one lady is advertising Watkins Petro-Carbo Salve as draw salve (I sell this, and didn't know it was draw salve! I've used all the other Watkins salves but never this one!) It does have some of the same ingredients as PRID. I also found a brand call Quret.
I think maybe the stuff my dad had was PRID, I kind of remember a red or orange tube.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Zahara
Farmgirl in Training
26 Posts
Buffalo
New York
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 1:28:27 PM
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well then try the salt. I have always found it to work. a glass/pyrex bowl/dish. fill with water just enough to cover the area to be soaked. The water should be quite warm. then put in any salt, regular works fine. put in tons of salt and stir until it is all disolved - dip your finger in (not the bad one) and taste it - this is to make sure you have enough salt - it should be VERY salty.
then if the bad finger is not currently open/skin broken then open it up. then put your finger in and let it sit for about a half an hour. when that salt first gets in there, it will probably sting - in fact if it does not put in more salt and make sure that the skin is open.
Once the salt gets in, then a couple of minutes later the yuck comes out. |
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jan 11 2008 : 06:09:31 AM
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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Posted - Jan 11 2008 : 06:13:19 AM
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Sorry for that...this splinter is inhibiting my typing!!
Anyway, Thanking you guys for all your wisdom. I got a splinter from firewood that went right under my fingernail. Man, it hurts. Anyway, I didn't want to go to the doc, but had no idea how to get it out. So, what do I do? Try the "search" engine at MaryJanesFarm! Lo and behold! Here it is! Heading out to find some of the salve mentioned in this post. I knew the Farmgirls would know how to handle it!!
Anybody else ever had an unreachable splinter under the fingernail?? |
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
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mrstinylady
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
CO
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Posted - May 29 2013 : 05:41:06 AM
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| Raw potato is a terrific poultice! Peel, wrap, cover or bandage it on and let it sleep on the would until morning. Voila! |
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