Naturally Treating Wounds for Cats and Dogs

You should let your dogs and cats lick their own wounds. When wounds get infected, and also when there are lot of flies around (there are different kinds of flies which lay different kinds of dangerous eggs), use a different treatment. The treatment that I am going to describe is also beneficial for human wounds, and this I say from personal experience because I myself follow it. I have even, on two occasions, cured gangrenous wounds.

Place fresh, washed green leaves directly on the wounds and keep them in the same place using a bandage soaked in cold water. Here are my favorite leaves for this purpose, and I have put them in order of effectiveness: geranium (Any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae), capuchin, mauve, castor, vine and lupin (Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers). If none of these are available, you can use cabbage, lettuce or even sorrel leaves (but the inside ones which are more tender).

You will notice how the leaves are easy to remove from the wound, without causing pain or ripping off the scabs, etc., which occurs frequently in the common treatment of wounds, when you apply creams and bandages.

Initially, I used to think I was the only one who would use leaves on wounds. However, throughout the different trips I have made it around the world I have noticed how many people in towns that are still somewhat untouched by "civilization" use leaves to cover their wounds.