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Erik Ks farmer 12-11-2012 18:24:41 199.241.240.16 Report to Moderator	Any remedies to cure a puncture from honey locust thorns? I had one go through the side of my leather work shoes yesterday while cutting some fire wood. My wife opened it up this evening and has me soaking it in hot water and peroxide. I had one on my index finger this spring and it never healed real well. [Reply]   [No Email]
Diydave 12-13-2012 02:08:41 96.244.155.142 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   Yep, honey boo-boo needs some epsom salts! [Reply]  [No Email]
showcrop 12-12-2012 07:58:44 75.67.231.80 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   I will 4x the epsom salts. [Reply]  [No Email]
jackinok 12-12-2012 07:21:02 162.58.82.136 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   any puncture years ago when we didnt have a dr on every corner,we wound soak in hot water and epsom salts. [Reply]  [No Email]
paul in mo 12-12-2012 07:19:53 216.145.143.195 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   when i was a young boy around 8 yrs i got a thorn in my foot it went threw my shoe and dad and mom could not pull it out with tweezers so that night dad cut a strip of sugar cured bacon and wraped it around my foot, the next morning it was sticking out of skin so they could pull it with tweezers. if i wasnt the patient i would not believe how well it worked [Reply]  [No Email]
showcrop 12-13-2012 05:30:13 75.67.231.80 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to paul in mo, 12-12-2012 07:19:53   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see When working for the neighbor as a kid, I got a puncture wound on the inside of my calf from a rusty nail. His wife applied bacon held on by a bandage. I recall my mother's reaction as kind of ho hum and she left it. It healed nicely. [Reply]  [No Email]
Maark 12-12-2012 05:50:11 207.177.117.7 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   A poltice made out of milk and bread will draw the poison out. [Reply]  [No Email]
James Babcock 12-12-2012 05:28:59 184.156.238.42 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   The tip of a locust thorn can break off deep in the wound. Keep an eye on it, and if your tetanus is out of date (10 yr) you better go get a shot. [Reply]  [No Email]
Traditional Farmer 12-12-2012 04:57:32 67.233.70.253 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   Putting Turpentine on a wound like that has worked good for me several times. [Reply]  [No Email]
BushogPapa 12-12-2012 11:34:38 173.88.51.117 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Traditional Farmer, 12-12-2012 04:57:32   Yes..!! and dig the small Point out and it will be fine.. Ron.. [Reply]  [No Email]
downsouth 12-12-2012 04:43:42 64.12.116.74 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   I'm wondering if drawing salve would help, even a day or two later? Mom used to put that on me when I would have a wound or infection, always healed up quick. A few years ago I had an ingrown whisker (ouch) and I discovered they still sell the stuff. Called "Prid" (Smile's Prid Homeopathic Salve from Walker Pharmacal Co. St. Louis MO), comes in a small orange tin and I got it at Wal Mart. Pulled that painful whisker out over night. Might pull the poison out from your wound. [Reply]  [No Email]
old 12-11-2012 20:36:43 209.86.226.34 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   Epson salts and a benadyl pill or 2. The thorn of that tree are in fact have a tocsin and can/will become infected very easy [Reply]  [No Email]
JMOR 12-11-2012 20:35:36 72.181.173.171 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   My mother always had me soak the wound in kerosene for an hour. [Reply]  [No Email]
donjr 12-11-2012 20:19:53 72.71.187.209 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   Had one stab me in the belly while I was mowing some brush a couple of weeks ago. Noticed a spot on my t-shirt that evening about the size of a quarter- blood spot. Still have a big bruise there.... [Reply]  [No Email]
casenut1 12-11-2012 19:08:27 107.8.39.45 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   peroxide will sterilize it , Epsom salts works good to pull infection out. [Reply]  [No Email]
OH Boy 12-11-2012 19:03:51 74.218.103.122 Report to Moderator	Re: Honey locust wound in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 12-11-2012 18:24:41   No real wisdom to share but I have those dang things on my property and it seems like the main thing is to make sure you get the entire thorn out of the wound. I think the peroxide soak is probably as good as anything. They do seem to have something on those thorns that is an irritant, don't they. [Reply]  [No Email]