Need help with post surgery infection please

[SharonStudent]

Hubby had hernia surgery a month ago, and they did it via laparoscopic, so the incisions are pretty small – but the thing is that 2 of the 3 incision sites have healed beautifully (thank you Plantain!), but one just keeps staying red and angry looking.  We’ve tried ginger tincture internally as an antibiotic, antibiotic ointment, plantain of course, and I know that I’m missing something that should be obvious to me, but isn’t.  I know if we go back to the surgeon – they will likely just prescribe antibiotics and screw up his microbiome.  Maybe it’s not infected, but the other two look almost like he never had anything done, and this one just stays red and angry looking in spite of plantain.  I’m too cautious to use comfrey, and I just felt like plantain did so well with the others, that if this one isn’t healing like the others, it must be infected.  What should I apply or give internally that I am just not thinking of?  I just added BugBuster (both internal and topical) tonight.  Please help if this isn’t the “fix”?  Thanks in advance.

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[Greg BoggsStudent]

Grab some mallow if you have it. That can really help with infections

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Sharon

[SharonStudentTopic Author]

I think I have some Marshmallow, but not Mallow.  What do you think – root, leaves, or flowers?  Internal or topical?  I’ve been using BugBuster tincture on it topically along with Plantain and it does seem like it’s looking better – not gone, but better.

 

[LisaStudent]

In the section I just watched, Male reproductive, Doc said mallow, marshmallow, and hollyhock are cousins and are inter-changeable. If you have the root it’ll be the better choice for marshmallow than leaves or flowers. Prayers for a speedy recovery!

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Sharon

[SharonStudentTopic Author]

Thanks Lisa – I knew that those “kids” as Doc calls them are interchangeable – but I don’t know if it would be better topically, orally, or both.  His infection is much less red, not angry looking anymore, and smaller – so that’s looking promising.  The BugBuster might have been the ticket on this.  However, I can still do the Marshmallow!  Part of me wants to do the Comfrey, but I’m kinda nervous about that one.

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[Greg BoggsStudent]

I think doing both would be fine but if I had to do just one I would do it topically, once the infection is gone then I’d add on the comfrey

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[SharonStudentTopic Author]

Greg – I’m not that sure that the infection is completely gone.  He’s taking ginger and plantain orally, an using plantain and bugbuster topically – and it looks a lot better, but it’s still more “pink” than I would like to see.  Maybe it’s normal, but the other incisions are completely healed up and just normal colored skin around them, so I rather think that there is still some infection left there.

 

[Greg BoggsStudent]

Yeah  I would rather be safe than sorry, a bit longer on the infection fighting herbs certainly isn’t going to hurt

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