I was reading a book recently called "mutant message down under" .It was more of a spiritual read than full of bushcraft as i was hoping , but there is one thing that makes ma gag at the thought of it ,but i still have to know if this would work ? So if you offend easily , Dent read any more !! This applies if you are eating too !!
As the author of the book explains " the women of the group would bring something packed in a leaf back to the "Healer" she would put this into one end of a tube" . She figures out latter in the book that these are Menstrual clots !!!!!!
If thats not gross enough read on .
A few days later one of the group falls and breaks a leg badly . the bone is pushing through the skin! So the group go about fixing it . firstly they pull the leg to the correct position so that the bone can knit . then the healer opens the other end of the tube and removes a black tar which she put on the open wound liberally !The leg was given a temporay splint and the man got up and carried on with the walkabout !After a few days the tar crumbled off leaving a healed scar .
What do you think on the medicinal qualitys of this by- product is this possible ? I know its gross and not something i would carry (i think customs would have a field day , or not!) but is this good enough to prevent stiches ?
What was going through the first persons mind when they decided to try it ?
Hope you found this interesting
Pumbaa
As the author of the book explains " the women of the group would bring something packed in a leaf back to the "Healer" she would put this into one end of a tube" . She figures out latter in the book that these are Menstrual clots !!!!!!
If thats not gross enough read on .
A few days later one of the group falls and breaks a leg badly . the bone is pushing through the skin! So the group go about fixing it . firstly they pull the leg to the correct position so that the bone can knit . then the healer opens the other end of the tube and removes a black tar which she put on the open wound liberally !The leg was given a temporay splint and the man got up and carried on with the walkabout !After a few days the tar crumbled off leaving a healed scar .
What do you think on the medicinal qualitys of this by- product is this possible ? I know its gross and not something i would carry (i think customs would have a field day , or not!) but is this good enough to prevent stiches ?
What was going through the first persons mind when they decided to try it ?
Hope you found this interesting
Pumbaa