What is the Best Home Remedy For Boils?

When a hair follicle becomes infected by bacteria, pusthe local pub to numb the pain and discomfort. A local
forms, resulting in a boil - an inflamed lump with afarm-worker spotted the dressing on my neck and
white center. Boils are usually a trivial condition whichbeing told I had boils told me to apply dock leaves.
resolve once they burst after which the skin heals.Upon returning to camp I found two large dock
Young men, in particular, seem to be particularlyleaves and applied them to the affected area,
prone to multiple, painful boils, especially on their neck.covered with a bandage. The following morning, I
The main value of home remedy for boils is to 'ripen'removed the bandage and there on the dock leaves
the boil by bringing it to a head by cupping orwere four boils completely drawn out (the fifth was
applying a poultice.a 'blind' boil which was subse­quently lanced).' In
Hot compresses: Hot compresses are the mostmy opinion, dock leave is the best home remedy for
reliable method of bringing a boil to a head. Theboils.
simplest technique being to apply cotton wool whichSaliva: The anti-infective properties of saliva may
has been dipped in hot water to which salt has beenprevent a boil developing according to Mr Bryan
added.Evers from West Middlesex. 'Whenever I have an
Dock leaves: Mr Alan Grant from Devonincipient boil - one knows from the feel of it after
de­scribes his experience with dock leaves.experiencing one whether it is a boil or just a spot - I
'Whilst serving with the RAF I contracted four boilsapply saliva and in a couple of days it has gone.
on the back of my neck. I was working in theSeveral friends have cured their boils in the same
medical section at the time but conventionalway - very simple too.
treatments were not working so in despair I went to