+ Edit....Re: Please help! Infected Wound - could lose leg

I'm so sorry Joe!  I just posted the slippery elm poultice to you in another thread, I've had the window open all morning and didn't check the forum until after I made that post.

Only you can make the decision of going to the ER, but I can tell you what I would do if it were me.  I don't remember if you said you were out of Echinacea or not but I would start taking lots and lots of Echinacea and garlic.  I'd take it every couple of hours or so if it were me and I'd also put the Echinacea tincture directly onto the wound and I would not (edited) be covering it up with a paper towel.  

I cut out one part of a post Uny had made about the SE poultice for your other post but she also talked about taking care of an infection internally in that same post, so here is what she said:  curezone.com/forums/fm.asp

I once helped a gal that had a botched breast removal, that had required massive skin grafts. One of the areas where a graft was taken (on her thigh) was infected almost identically to what you are describing about your aunt (red, hot, inflamed, oozing fluids & pieces). Antibiotics? no benefit. Internal & external Colloidal Silver? Temporary results (and in her case, diarrhea from the disruption/death of the gut flora). Application of some type of 'anti-infection goop' & special bandage from doctor? The oozing pus just 'pushed it off'

Here's what we did -

--#1 4-8 droppersful of a *quality* (MUST be organic!!) Echinacea tincture, 4x daily (you can get this from our Herbal Apothecary here:http://marketplaceadvisor.channeladvisor.com/StoreFrontProfiles/DeluxeSFItemD...
(4oz for $30) or on the 'net from Dr. Schulze, Health Freedom Resources (2 oz for $28) or Herb Pharm). Echinacea is (most people don't know this) a "specific" for staph infections (likely what this is), but even if the infection is not 'staph', Echinacea bolsters the immune system (incredibly effectively). How strongly does Echinacea bolster the immune system? Native Americans used it regularly to beat rattlesnake bites and rabies.

--#2 Raw Garlic - 3-6 cloves of organic garlic daily. Some (few) can chew a clove - but the easiest way to get it down is to chop it finely and mix it with 1-2 'gulps worth' of juice (Tierra recently found that mixing hers with coconut oil made it very easy to get down). Garlic is THE strongest and most effective antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal & antiparasital agent on the planet). It has been used for centuries to beat the most severe of infection (throughout WWI/WWII it was used extensively 'in the field' when antibiotics weren't available).

--So with the garlic/echinacea duo, we've got the internal battle won.

Can I heal this myself or is it too risky?  The answer to part one of this question is a resounding YES, you CAN heal this yourself, without a doubt!  My answer to the second part of this question is, everyone has to decide what the risk really is.  For me, the risk would be putting my precious body into the hands of anyone in the medical profession, without a doubt.  For me, there would be no option but to heal it myself.

Blessings,

Willow