treating septicaemia

contributed by Ethnomedica 19 Jan | 21:27


Traditionally infections like septicamia could be treated by placing a small piece of garlic bulb onto elastoplast and placing it over the wound for a day or so.

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From Greater London (UK) in the 1990s

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