How to help an infection naturally with garlic.
Easily help your infection with garlic and vitamin C. Garlic is naturally antiseptic, antibacterial, and anti fungal. Follow these easy steps to heal your infection quickly and easily.
How do you help an infection naturally with garlic?
- Crush one garlic clove.
- Place crushed garlic over infected area, put a bandage on top to keep garlic in place.
- Once you start to taste the garlic, leave it on for 3-4 hours.
- Take 500mg of an oral Vitamin C.
- After 3-4 hours rinse infected area with filtered water and dab dry with a clean cloth.
- Leave infected area exposed to air for the night.
- These steps are best done before bed in the evening. The garlic will be in your system and your body will be able to put its energy towards healing your infection while you are sleeping.
- In the morning take another 500mg of vitamin C.
- Keep infection site clean during the day. If exposing infection to dirt or debris during the day keep a bandaid on. You can even put a very small dab of polysporin on opening to keep it sealed. DO NOT put too much or the polysporin could pull colour from the tattoo.
- Repeat these steps until healed.
How does garlic help an infection?
Garlic is an anti fungal, antibacterial and an antiviral. It has a strong antibiotic in it called allicin. Allicin has antioxidant properties and helps reduce inflammation. When put directly on the skin it will go into the blood stream.
How do you know the garlic is working?
You will taste the garlic when you put it directly on a cut or infection. This is because the allicin goes directly into your blood stream. This is when you know the garlic is working to stop the infection.
You may also see pus seeping from the wound, this means it is draining and pushing out the infection and naturally healing your infected tattoo.