One time when I was butchering a elk in 10 degree weather, I happened to have been using a fillet knife. Well I saw red blood. It wasn’t the elks. He had been gone for a good day or two. It was my arm. Didn’t even feel it but a gash 8 or so inches up my forearm appeared. Well to say the least butterfly bandages weren’t working. So I went to my go to. Ultra fast drying super glue. I applied it and shut the wound. The rest is history. It may be unhealthy but at the right times it can really help out. I’ve sealed multiple wounds this way to only ever end up with a scar. No bad reactions or anything. If you have any tips or tricks like this go ahead and share. Don’t take this thread as medical advice. These are just meant to expose and, also hear what others have done in different situations. Only post things that you know. Or has worked for you. Please delete this topic if needed for any reason. My stoned ass is just pondering things like this, I’m constantly butchering animals this time of year. So it comes to mind a ton. BTW this doesn’t just pertain to butchering and cuts.
I too have used superglue many times. They used to use it to seal wounds on the battle field. The only difference is in the commercial stuff they add alcohol to speed drying.
Also I was house sitting one lonely Christmas and I’m sure I saved their cat by making a cardboard cone with duct tape to keep him from licking a horrible infection on his shoulder. He tore my ass up but end of the day that cone was going on no matter what.
That’s awesome, I’m glad to hear it’s commonplace. When the doctor asked me how I sealed a wound with no stitches perfectly. He thought I was crazy for putting superglue in it and shutting it.
Manuka honey for wound care. We actually encountered this for the first time through a veterinarian. Our dog got torn up in a fight and they suggested it to help heal where she was stitched. Works on humans too!
Manuka honey as a wound dressing is useful in maintaining a moist wound environment and acts as an autolytic debriding agent in debriding wounds.
The rapid healing that was observed after topical honey application can be explained through a dual effect on the inflammatory response. First, honey prevents a prolonged inflammatory response by suppressing the production and propagation of inflammatory cells at the wound site; second, it stimulates the production of proinflammatory cytokine, allowing normal healing to occur and stimulating the proliferation of fibroblasts and epithelial cells.
Hence, the use of manuka honey as a wound dressing material in our study has proved to promote the growth of tissues for wound repair, suppress inflammation, and bring about rapid autolytic debridement.
Vicks vapor rub is pretty good for burns and mild wounds …
Never done it but have heard about this method multiple times
Also moss has alot of medicinal properties
““a diuretic or as a cure for coughs , depending on how the moss is processed and which moss is used. Irish moss is used for its mucilaginous and nutritional qualities. Sphagnum moss has been used since ancient times as a dressing for wounds””.
