Home Remedy For Boils

A traditional home remedy for boils is to have them lanced by sterilizing a needle (often over a flame for about 30 seconds) and then squeezing all the pus out.
This should now preferrably be done by a doctor. Afterwards, wash the skin with freshly squeezed pineapple juice. Sometimes a thin slice of fresh pineapple is put over the skin for a while.


Naturopaths and herbalists provide traditional boil remedies by treating the body's elimination channels. They believe it is because these systems are not working properly that skin conditions like boils flare up.

Particularly if one is prone to getting boils on a regular basis, a home remedy for boils that includes treatment of the internal conditions leading to the expression of boils, is important.

Weiss presents this herbal tea as a home remedy for boils:


nettle
dandelion root and leaf
rosehips
frangula bark
senna leaf
anise fruit

Use equal parts of the above herbs to make a dry mixture. Then, add 2 teaspoons of this mixture to a cup of boiling water and let it infuse for 20 minutes. Drink 1 cup in the morning and evening.

This home remedy for boils tea treats the digestive system, clearing it out. It should be taken regularly for a while, although given that it has senna, a laxative herb, in it, it should not be taken 'forever'.

Linseed poultices can also be used in conjunction with the internal home remedy for boils. This helps bring the head of the boil up.

To make the poultice, fill up a small linen bag with linseed, about one third full. Sew it up, and boil in a lot of water. The seeds absorb the water and swell, filling the bag.

When this happens, take it out of the pot, and carefully strain the water out, being careful not to burn yourself. Then wrap the bag in a clean, dry cloth, and apply it to the boil.

Try and apply it as hot as you can, without buringing yourself. You can have two bags, and swap them when one cools down.

Linseed flour can also be used in this poultice home remedy for boils. Its not as good, but okay if you can't get any whole linseeds from the health food shop.