Globe Ichthammol Ointment 20% (Drawing Salve) 1 OZ - Soothing Skin Relief, Treatment of Eczema, Acne, Boils, Splinters, Bee Stings - Maximum Strength

A drawing salve. This salve is used if you have a splinter and it will draw it out, if you have a boil or acne that isn't ready to drain then you put this miracle salve on it and it draws it to the surface. this can also be used for relief of insect bites or even psoriasis. I honestly wished I knew about this salve when I was going through puberty and had acne. also for relief of insect bites that swell. Now the cons: it stains clothes so be careful. normally this ointment smells like tar but this particular brand does not, very important. By the ocean we use this a lot because of stepping on sea urchins and this draws the splinters out instead of urinating on the area.

This stuff works. I developed a ganglion cyst on the top of my left foot. It could have been while walking on a boardwalk where I almost tripped but caught myself. My foot was jarred. The next day I walked barefoot on the beach on Mobile Bay and noticed my foot was very sore. When I got home I saw a ganglion cyst on the top of my foot. I had one surgically removed more than 10 years ago in the same place. I had a walking shoe for about 6 weeks afterwards. I wanted to avoid the summer in a walking shoe and looked for alternatives. I have a hot tub. This is what I did. I would get in the hot tub for about 15 minutes at about 102 degrees and let the jets run over the spot. Not too close, just enough to stimulate blood flow. Then I had a Hooga red and a Hooga green therapy light. The red one works on deeper tissues than the the green. I did not know if these would help or not but I owned them so why not try. I would hold the bulbs about 6 to 12 inches above the spot for about 10 minutes. I would do one in the morning and the other in the evening after getting out of the hot tub and taking a shower. Then I used this ointment appiled with a q-tip, put a cotton round on top and wrap in coband. I would put a sock on to keep in place overnight and removed it in the morning. The ointment was delivered May 25th. This is now May 31 and you really can not see the cyst unless you know where to look. I am going to continue using the lights and maybe the ointment for a few days but will probably quit soon unless the cyst returns. There are 3 variables here, heat, red and green light therapy and the ointment. The Hooga bulbs cost about $40 a piece. I got used like new for less. This ointment is not that expensive so if you consider the cost of seeing a doctor and the inconvenience it was all worth it. By the way, I am the wife of the person named on the account. Hope it works for someone. Very few reviews actually identify ganglion cysts. Look it up. Some people have had these cysts for years. No way of determining if the lights would work alone or the ointment alone. Total cost is not that much. I am pleased with the results. Sorry, I did not take any photos. Just my testimonial.

Good old drawing salve, still smells like tar, works great on cystic acne.

Drawing Salve is weird mountain cure stuff. The dark salve is known for drawing out poisons from your skin. The magic ingredient in drawing salve is this stuff, ichthammol. There's snake oil salespeople that sell that as a cure for all kinds of stuff, and there's the articles and studies and lawsuits to prove it. It is thought to exhibit anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antimycotic properties. It is made from Coal Tar. It's black and it stains. I'm sure some of the products that use it are not from the safest distillation purity processes. The FDA has outlawed some of the products. This is pharmaceutical grade which is why I opted for this brand. About once a year something bites or poisons me. I am not sure if it's fire ants, no see ums, or maybe it's poison oak or ivy. But I will get a couple of tiny pimples. One or a cluster of a few. The latest time it was on my hand. Last time it was on my foot. But the little pimples itch like you can't imagine. They don't spread, or burst, but they insanely itch. To where I will itch the skin off and end up with a big scar. Nothing works. Hydrocortisone spray doesn't make a difference. Itch creams don't matter. Benadryl liquid, spray and pills don't lessen the itch. PRID has worked for me before but I decided to try this stuff. It smells. It goes on like brown vaseline. It stains your skin. But it works. Within two days the cluster of itchy pimples stopped itching and gradually disappeared. This stuff claims to work on bug bites, poison oak etc, and boils. If it is ugly and itching it probably treats it. I would not use this stuff every day, it's made from coal tar and probably isn't great in other ways but if you have one of the above (poison, bite, boil) then this stuff will get at whatever is in your skin to cause that problem. Some say it works on cysts, pimples, and splinters. Worth a shot. I didn't feel anything while it was on, but it seemed to do the trick.

Ointment works as described and helps to draw out debris plus no smell.