Ya know, sometimes things just happen, and you find yourself looking at a bloody knee with bits of dirt and debris mixed in where they don't belong. Cleaning the wound is not the easiest of tasks, but I can help with making it a little less ouchie and a little more healing. All you need is to be able to make tea.
Wound wash (tea that you don't drink)
Ingredients
• vulnerary herbs (herbs that support and promote healing): calendula, plantain, yarrow, rose petals, chamomile, lavender, self-heal etc. Many of these herbs are easily found in a backyard, but if you don't have them easily available to you, consider ordering them from an herb distributor such as Starwest Botanicals or Foster Farm Botanicals.
• water (distilled if possible)
• witch hazel
With the herbs that you have selected, simply make a tea - bring a pot of water to a boil, throw in a handful of herbs (fresh or dried or even use several store bought tea bags from the cupboard), reduce heat and simmer on low for 10 to 15 minutes. Strain the herbs from the tea (compost the herbs if you can). Allow the tea to cool down. Mix in some witch hazel (preferably a witch hazel without alcohol), you can do upward of a 50:50 mix, or you can just use the tea. Either gently pour the cooled wound wash tea (with or without the witch hazel) over the wound to debride wound (can use a squirt bottle or spray bottle) or soak a clean cloth in the tea and use as a compress. Use a fresh cloth each time. The wound wash tea will keep in the refrigerator for upwards of 2 days or can be put into ice cube trays to be frozen for later use.
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