In this article, we will look at how to use a baked onion to draw out pus.
Purulent processes (boils, boils) at least once in a lifetime occurred in all people.
In traditional medical practice for the treatment of abscesses, an integrated approach is used - oral antibacterial drugs and drugs for external use, for example, synthomycin emulsion and Vishnevsky liniment. In folk medicine, baked onions are quite popular for pulling out pus.
From boils
This vegetable has been used in the treatment of many diseases since ancient times. Among them are abscesses that occur due to penetration into the wound or under the skin of a staphylococcal infection (boils, boils, carbuncles). Baked onions were used to draw out pus. It was used both as an independent medicine and in combination with other components. Today, this method of dealing with pathology is no less popular.
Thanksheat treatment, the onion significantly loses its sharpness. At the same time, it retains the ability to eliminate purulent accumulations. This feature allows you to use baked onions from boils without any restrictions and contraindications. In extremely rare cases, skin irritation may occur (in patients with hypersensitivity).
Not everyone knows what draws out pus onions very well.
Baked onion properties
The main healing properties of baked onions are:
- suppression of the activity of many pathogens, inhibition of their reproduction processes;
- acceleration of the maturation of the boil;
- preventing the development of multiple furunculosis and eliminating existing foci of inflammation, which subsequently combine into a carbuncle.
The maximum effect of baked onion therapy is given when used in combination with drug treatment. Antibiotics, penetrating into the blood, fight inflammatory foci from the inside, and onion compresses contribute to the speedy breakthrough of the abscess.
It is possible to treat an abscess on your own using folk methods only in cases where there is only one abscess, and the inflammation process is not complicated by fever and high temperature. If there are multiple foci, you need to urgently contact a specialist.
Cooking method
How to make a baked onion to draw out pus?
All existing baking recipesabout the same. The only difference is where this medicinal vegetable will be cooked:
- in the oven;
- on the stove;
- in the microwave.
For all these methods, the onion must be peeled, cut into two parts and placed cut-side down in a dry dish. Fats and oils are not used for this.
For baking on the hob, you can use a small frying pan. To do this, the onion is placed on the bottom of the dish, covered with a lid and simmered over low heat for 10 minutes.
Tell you how to cook a baked onion to draw out pus.
If the oven is used for cooking, wait until the temperature inside the oven reaches 170 °C before placing a pan or baking sheet with onions in it. It takes no more than 5 minutes to bake.
Proponents of traditional methods of treatment are often interested in how to bake onions in the microwave, and whether it will lose its healing properties. In the microwave oven, you can also cook baked onions, but for this you need to use special dishes. The container with the onion is placed in the microwave, the maximum power is set, the time (10 minutes), and then you can start cooking.
How to bake onions in foil, it is important to find out in advance.
The last method is convenient because you don't need to time the clock. The microwave oven will turn off automatically when the baking mode is over.
It is strictly forbidden to expose abscesses to heat, therefore, before applying a compress of baked onions to draw out pus, you need tocool.
Application
Baked onions can be used in many ways: apply a whole half of the onion or divide it into slices, prepare a gruel supplemented with other ingredients.
The halves of the onion are applied to the abscess, fixed with a plaster and wrapped with a warm cloth on top. The duration of the treatment procedure is 2 hours, after which you need to make a fresh compress. There are also several recipes for preparing a mixture using baked onions.
Laundry soap recipe
You will need: baked onion, plastic bag, laundry soap, bandage, warm scarf. Grind the baked onion in a blender and mix with grated soap. The mass is laid out on a bandage, a layer is formed. Then the compress is applied to the abscess and covered with a bag, and on top with a scarf. Keep it for no more than two hours.
Recipe with honey
Required: onion, natural honey and flour. Mix in equal proportions gruel from wheat flour, baked onions and honey. The mixture is applied to the abscess, covered with a gauze napkin and wrapped in a scarf. If the honey is candied, it can be heated in a water bath.
Recipe with garlic
To make a healing mixture, you will need fresh garlic and baked onions in a 1: 1 ratio. A small amount of such gruel is applied to the site of the abscess, covered with a cotton pad, fixed with a plaster. The duration of the compress is 2 hours. Fresh garlic containsessential oils that can cause irritation, so this recipe should not be used by people who are prone to allergies.
Baking recipe
This method of cooking baked onions involves baking them in foil. This method helps to cook the onion in such a way that it retains all the nutrients and moisture. For this, a small piece of foil is taken, into which the bulb is wrapped. Then the product is placed in the oven, which is recommended to be preheated. Keep the onion in the oven for 15 minutes, after which the foil is removed, and the onion can be divided into several parts and applied to the site of the abscess at intervals of 2 hours.
Treatment of pus under the nail
Accumulation of pus or an abscess on the finger near the nail in medicine is called "felon". This is inflammation of the tissues of the periungual region - the lateral ridges or cuticles, provoked by exposure to pathogenic streptococcal bacteria or staphylococcus aureus. In some cases, localization of inflammation extends deep under the entire nail, captures tendons and even bone tissue.
The following types of felon are distinguished:
- abscess under the fingernail or toenail;
- focal, when the pathology affects only one finger;
- extensive, when there is suppuration of several fingers.
This disease can also be cured with baked onions, especially if it is mild. Onion for pulling pus under the nail is used externally, with the help ofcompresses. You can use one of the above recipes for making onions for this. The compress is applied to the finger, fixed with an adhesive plaster, and wrapped with a bandage on top. It is necessary to keep such a medicine for approximately two hours, after which it should be replaced with a fresh one.
The effect of the application comes in about two days. The abscess should burst and its contents flow out. After the breakthrough of the abscess, baked onions can no longer be applied, because an infection can get into the open inflamed tissues, which will seriously complicate the course of the disease. After removing the pus, it is best to use any antiseptic solutions for washing the periungual area, such as hydrogen peroxide or alcohol solutions.
How to treat an abscess on the finger near the nail, we told.
Prevention
No one is safe from the development of boils and boils, but the likelihood of their occurrence can be significantly reduced by observing the rules of personal hygiene. Furunculosis can also occur on nerves, due to a weakened immune defense, therefore, a balanced diet is not in last place in preventing the disease. But when the disease nevertheless overtook, it is necessary to take all measures to eliminate it in a timely manner - consult a doctor or use alternative therapy methods, including using baked onions.
Reviews of baked onions for pulling pus are presented below.
Reviews
Treatment of purulent abscesses with onions is considered safeway of traditional medicine, which has no contraindications. Despite this, it will not be superfluous to find out from a specialist whether this method can be used against the background of the use of medications. You also need to know that with suppuration of a different nature and localization, onions are used only to draw out pus, but it cannot solve the cause of the formation of an abscess, like all remedies for external use of traditional or traditional medicine.
