Black salve/ointment

[guohua]

So, had this dodgie looking thing on my face for a year or so, couldn’t see it but if I scratched it, always there, kinda annoying. Where I come from, skin cancer at my age is very common, very dangerous obviously but, meh, bit lazy, not a fan of doctors and not one to panic
Anyway, a suggestion on good old Facebook, in a discussion suggested -
Black salve/ointment for dodgie skin things
Why not have a crack
Ebayed it for $20 odd, arrived, rubbed it on, a day latter this wound appeared on the site of the skin thing, nowhere else but where the thing was, no damage to surrounding skin, little bit of acid burning pain but nothing bad and now, the scab is healing nicely. Tried it on another couple of spots, one scabbed over a little bit, another nothing
Evidently this black ointment only attacks skin problems not healthy skin, I can attest to that

Did some research and main stream medicine call it snake oil, so far so good in my books

Evidently an old American Indian remedy, (blood root?) never heard of it, use it on horses for skin issues but not people because?
Well be interesting to see how it heals over in a few days or a week, scars or maybe no scars
Anyone else come across it

Interesting is how it worked like all those who recommended said it would work. At worst it will leave a scar but, doctors burn them off and doctors leave a scar anyway

Anyway, I always recommend you seek professional medical advice, don’t pay attention to people like me

Yes, I have heard of Bloodroot.
Yes the Traditional Chinese Medicine has the same ointment. Not as powerful because, used excessively or over applied to your shin can cause porblems.
BUT, used carefully in small doses it does work.
It is the toxicity of the ointment, yes it can damage shin, you must be carefull.
The plant it comes from looks like:

It was commonly used as a Mouth Rinse or Mouthwash.
But this caused Skin irritation, esophageal burning, burning of the gums, oral leukoplakia.
Not recommended.
This is what my old Herbal book tell me.
"Disfigurement, worsening lesions: With topical use of bloodroot salves to treat skin lesions, with some cases requiring hospitalization."
"The major constituent of bloodroot is sanguinarine, an alkaloid that exhibits antimicrobial, tumoricidal, anticancer, antiangiogenic and antimicrotubule properties.
Topical use of bloodroot for skin cancer can lead to severe adverse effects including disfigurement."
I hope this helps you.