Baptisia tinctoria [Bapt]
A solution of 1 part of the tincture of Baptisia to 2 parts water, applied by the dressing used in ulcers, cancers or old running sores in which there is a dull, constant pain, is said to be every grateful to the patient. Also give Baptisia 3, internally.
Carrots Boils carrots and mash them to a pulp and apply to foul ulcers or sores and it will sweeten them and often heal them. This is an old practice of the country people of England.
Charcoal Powdered wood charcoal was at one time, much in vogue as a dressing for foul ulcers or festering, gangrenous wounds. In the great European war powdered animal charcoal was extensively used for septic wounds. Whether better than vegetable charcoal is an open question.
Calendula [Calen]
Many persons hod that Calendula is, by all odds, the best dressing for fresh or old ulcers, or any kind of bloody wound or suppurating wound.
