Pet Care Information Blog
Jul 17 2010
With the exception of some dangerous forms of bleeding, which I shall now describe, follow the exact treatments described for wounds.
Treatment
Very heavy bleeding from accident wounds: If you are fortunate enough to have available sage plants, pull several handfuls from the sage, crush the herb in your hands and press over the wounds: this is how Spanish hunters treat heavy bleeding, a method which I have used with much success on myself and many types of animals.
Another wonderful wound herb is sphagnum moss, and a supply should be kept in every home for emergency use on people as well as for animals. Sphagnum grows in moorland places where conditions are boggy and when this moss has been dried it can absorb a very large amount of moisture, therefore when applied to badly bleeding wounds it soaks up the blood and helps to check the flow. This moss is also rich in natural iodine and so is antiseptic as well as powerfully absorbent. (Do note that natural iodine is very different from the chemical form of iodine, which dulls the natural healing process and hardens – even burns – the skin and causes formation of excessively coarse scar tissue.)
An ancient method of checking heavy bleeding is to plug the wounds with cobwebs. Cobwebs for use in wounds must be taken from clean places, and any dust must be shaken off them. The spider-webs are then inserted into the wounds. I remember plugging with cobwebs leaking udders of cows in Mexico, their udders having been torn on barbed wire: this use of cobwebs amazed the Mexicans, but was very successful.
Another proved wound herb is yarrow, used as a lotion, following its brewing, likewise comfrey root, which has a unique mucilage content, is excellent to restrain bleeding and is very healing as a lotion.
When there is bleeding from the mouth, the case should be treated for shock, not medicated at all, only placed in a quiet, dim-lit place, and packs of sphagnum, or layers of cotton wool, placed around the mouth to absorb the blood. When signs of recovery are showing, then slowly give, in a plastic bottle, sips of a mixture of lime blossom and vervain (Verbena) tea, as a shock remedy, a teaspoon of each to a cup of water, brewed to make a strong tea, sweetened with honey.
When there is bleeding from the ears, fracture of the skull is the likely cause and there is little chance of a cure.
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