Re: alternative to BFC poultice

Don't ask me why but whenever I use the familar Christopher style poultice *, I often end up with a secondary condition; rash.

* cotton/flannel soaked in given herb solution, applied to target area on body and then covered / wrapped with plastic to hold in moisture.

A few years ago I experimented with using BFC poultice to combat what at that time was a mostly annoying (tiny patches) flareup of exzema. One can imagine the disappointment involved here. Step 1 - a small rash of exzema pops up. Step 2 - apply BFC poultice. Step 3 - anxiously remove the poutlice hoping to see improvement only to see that the first rash not changed AND is now accompanied by a second rash :(

Recently I've decided to use up a supply of cut BFC formula (about 5 pounds). Its been sitting in pantry several years in case of bone flesh or cartlilege emergency. None has happened but in the interim the exzema has greatly expaned beyond a few small patches to several large patches. Saturday morning I put a small handfull of the cut / dried BFC formula into a glass pot and added about 1 quart distilled water, let that sit till Sunday night and then added a couple quarts of water, then brewed for about 30 minutes; BFC tea. I then filled bath tub with hot water, dumped this tea into it, and soaked about 40 minutes. By next morning there was already visible improvement, the eczema patches were fading. I repeated the procedure last night, noticed more improvement this morning.

Even though the original poster to this thread may not be battling skin problems, they may do well to try bathing in BFC tea as an alternate way of getting some of these nutrients into the body where they will help the knee heal.

PS - the knee injury you described is nearly a mirror image to one I incurred approximately 35 years ago. The "clicking" you feel / hear in the knee joint is a sign of a type of Arthritis setting in, or more exactly, is the result of arthritic changes going on inside the joint....this is visible/audible indication of a degenerative joint condition. Even people who don't tear a ligament / meniscus, will have this condition set in as they get older. I'm pretty sure it is caused by the tendons (which attach the quads to the upper knee joint) rubbing over parts of the bony surfaces every time you flex the knee just the right way....like walking. I'vd had this click increasingly since first injuring the knee (ACL & meniscus, most of which has been removed) and is most pronounced when going up/down stairs

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