Cat bites are difficult to treat and are frequent problems facing patients and physicians alike. Some time ago, I treated one such problem with castor oil packs, kept on continuously – without heat – for 16 to 20 hours daily; I also included the usual therapies. The hand and wrist cleared up remarkably and quickly – much more so than I had observed in my past experiences. Since then, whenever we receive minor puncture wounds from our palm trees or other desert-type vegetation, we rub castor oil into the skin several times a day; this therapy has produced excellent responses. Not one infection has occurred when we use the castor oil. Once or twice, after a couple of days, we have had to take out a piece of the vegetation that had imbedded itself in the tissues; but no infection was present, and rapid healing resulted.
Our youngest son David brought home a rat, whose career as a laboratory animal had ended. He took good care of the rat, but at our annual New Year’s party, someone tipped over Zorba’s cage. She was not wild, but scared at all the humans putting out their hands to catch her. Gladys, my wife, was on the spot. She picked Zorba up to place her back in her cage. Zorba, however, still suffering from an adrenal fear response, reached around and bit Gladys on the finger. The important part of the event was that castor oil, rubbed into the rat bite for the next two days, caused the wound to heal painlessly without complication. This incident illustrates how we have used this oil – derived from the bean of the Ricinus communis – on puncture wounds, bites, minor cuts, and bruises, and found it highly successful for achieving excellent results.
[† March, 1978, Volume 13, No. 2, page 84, Copyright © 1978 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA.]
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