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Steven (Los Angeles, CA) on 03/16/2007
5 out of 5 stars

I've been getting boils for over a year now. I tried treating them with magic clay, tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil, garlic and heat. Heat works well especially if you can soak the boil in hot water, as hot as you can stand as staph is requires a narrow temperature range to survive. The best remedy by far has been to put some liquid from a freshly crushed garlic clove directly on the boil. This may cause a burning sensation and if it is too much dilute it. Usually it will be gone in 24 hours, at most 48.
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Replied By Darren (Fukuoka, Japan) on 03/12/2009

To Steven from Los Angeles, Barbara from Las Vegas, Nevada.

I am forever in your debt, thank you very very much for your post.

I moved to Japan 5 years ago and since then have been suffering the daily horrors of boils - mostly around my chin.

I tried your tips, both the oil from a crushed garlic clove, which neutralised the pain and over night a sliced clove applied to the boils.

Truly magical. I cant believe how quickly it works. It stings a little when you apply it, but if you can just grit your teeth and remember that the pain comes from the cleansing.

I've tried almost everything else; baking soda that cleansed the boil, but didn't seem to speed up the healing process greatly - an improvement but not much.

From my experience Garlic Oil and Cloves worked best for me.

Thanks again <3

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