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Dr. Ingrid Naiman (Ingrid)
| | Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2000 - 01:06 am: | |
Zinc chloride is a very interesting substance.
It is made by pouring hydrochloric acid on zinc. In other words, it is not a naturally occurring substance but rather man-made.
It looks much like salt: it is crystalline in appearance and dissolves easily in water. However, the similarities end here. As it dissolves, the water becomes warm, even hot. The solution that results is caustic, but not as caustic as some claim. It does not actually burn anything and everything indiscriminately.
In my estimation, it is more reactive with morbid tissue than healthy tissue. It is added to escharotics as a kicker. It makes the herbal products more aggressive and swifter in action. This said, I have no evidence that proves that it also makes the products more effective or even more painful.
Pain seems to relate more to the extent of the reaction than the substance used to cause the reaction. In theory, bloodroot, being a member of the poppy family, is used to buffer the harshness of the zinc chloride. In reality, this does not appear to be true.
Bloodroot is simply a Native American approach to escharotic treatment whereas zinc chloride is a European method (probably French) used extensively in times past. At some point in the last century, the two methods converged and merged into one.
It appears to be possible to use a paste or salve that is purely herbal and to obtain the same, if not better, results, but the treatment often takes a bit longer. Once the surface skin has reacted, zinc chloride does not appear to enhance the process. In fact, it may simply constitute an additional and unpredictable risk factor. |
tracysway
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 12:53 am: | |
My experience in useing Raber's remedy (page 203) is to paste just enough to cover a small area the size of a dime or less for one hour. Then clean it off with H2O2. It will continue to burn and if begun early in the morning, it will be mostly down to tolerance levels by night. Once the eschar forms, it's important to leave it alone.It can be covered so long as it's not a tight cover. In five days, it will fall off by itself, almost to the hour and during this time will not hurt. Soon as the eschar comes off and there is no more work to be done on that spot, then take a cotton ball and soaked it in a solution of Willard Water and Colloidal Silver kept in place with a band aid. Each time the cotton ball dries, spray some more on it or replace it with a new one. Try to keep this wet and covered until the hole has been filled and there is no longer any scar, usually ten to fourteen days. My experience with this is it normally takes up to nine months otherwise. I've seen this done over 10 times and it always works.
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