Home Remedy For Boils

Boils have to be one of the ugliest afflictions that can befall an individual which is why finding a home remedy for boils is so common. They are usually pretty harmless medically but because of how people usually react to them, boils can be a social nightmare to have to endure.

Basically boils, or furuncles, as they are known medically, are caused by an infection within a hair follicle that then swells and becomes inflamed. The swelling is caused by the pus from the infection and the boil often takes on a red tinge with an unsightly white/yellow pus topped head. Typically a boil will last for anywhere from between ten to fourteen days.

Without a doubt boils usually afflict those with lower immune systems. If you are run down or allow yourself to become run down, you are leaving yourself open to possible infections. Therefore aim to eat a healthy and varied diet, drink plenty of water and take regular exercise and your immune system is likely to stay healthy and on top form.

But if you have a boil, then a home remedy for boils that you could consider is the basic hygiene of the area around the boil. It's important that the area is kept clean. This can be done by mixing some salt into a bowl of warm water and then dabbing the the boil and the area around it, with a warm clean cloth. As you dab the area, gentle pressing on the boil will help relieve and reduce the inflammation around it.

Without a doubt, some of the home remedies people use to treat boils today were used to treat boils back in ancient times. Not least is the remedy known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;cupping!â&#x20AC;? This is where a cup is used as a suction pad to draw blood to the area of the boil, this then releases the pus under the skin.

Simply boil a cup in a pan of hot water. Take the cup out, cool the cup down slightly so that it does not burn the skin and then place the cup over the boil. As the cup cools, the suction is formed, the heat is drawn to the head and the pus drains out.

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Another winning home remedy for boils is to use a poultice on the boil. There are a variety of poultices that are effective in treating boils, one of which is to use onions. Onions have a known antiseptic agent that will heat up the boil and allow the pus to drain away. So slicing an onion and wrapping it in a cloth and binding it to the area, is a proven way to help heal the boil.

Finding the right home remedy for boils is not difficult. Once a little investigation is done, everything necessary to successfully treat boils can easily be found close by.