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Mimi (Ok) on 08/03/2023:
My doctor said impetigo shows up more in August because of the heat (dog days! ). We used salt water on the wound and it dried up.
My grandmother also used this but she mixed it with Vaseline or Coconut oil and it always worked. I get the sulfer from a Mexican store in powder form. Have used it on myself, my children and grandchildren when dog days come around here in the south and impetigo shows up..
Crashlady (Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania) on 05/08/2010:
cure for impetigo: to stop the itch and dry the lesions use 1 pound of pure lard and 3 oz. sulfur compound. can be found at your local pharmacy. it dries the lesions and the fall off and the itching goes away. my grandmother used this formula for both chicken pox and impetigo. its great. really does the job.
