Boils, also called furuncles, are painful skin infections that develop when bacteria infect a hair follicle or oil gland. A boil often starts as a red, tender lump, then becomes swollen, warm, and filled with pus as the infection comes to a head.
Earth Clinic readers have shared home remedies for boils for more than two decades, including warm compresses, turmeric, castor oil, tea tree oil, colloidal silver, garlic, echinacea, baking soda, witch hazel, iodine, drawing salves, hard-boiled egg compresses, bread-and-milk poultices, potato poultices, onion poultices, and the traditional hot bottle suction method.
This guide explains how Earth Clinic readers use natural remedies for boils, how to encourage a boil to come to a head, what to do after a boil drains, when a boil may be MRSA or hidradenitis suppurativa, and when medical care is necessary.
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