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Boils. Use bacon fat for boils

Apply fat from bacon to the boil and let sit 10-15 minutes per day. Boil will come to a head in 3-10 days and will drain on its on.

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grandaddy knows it all! Comments By: Hollywood My grandfather placed a strip of bacon fat over a boil I developed on my forearm... He applied the bacon strip with lots of fat over the boil and bandaged it...giving instructions not to remove till the next day...so I woke up that next day removed the bandaged containing a strip of bacon fat and to my surprise the boil had a white head that almost burst on it's own...I learned that day that old time remedies really work and today I am still a believer!   It's the salt, not the fat Comments By: Tryanythingonce My stepmother swears by the same remedy, except that she insists it's the salt and not the fat that is the remedy. Try putting just salt on a bandaid instead of the bacon fat.   definitely the salt Comments By: lnoland My father used to treat boils with salt meat. it is the salt that is the drawing agent. I have come up with a modern day alternative that works great. I take a large band-aid, spread neosporin on the pad part, then sprinkle it with salt and apply to boil before going to bed. By morning the boil is usually ruptured and there is relief. You should then keep the area clean and apply neosporin.   Bacon and boils Comments By: Anon It really does work! My grandmother used to cover my brothers boils with a strip of bacon and change the bacon once a day. Within 3 days, the boil came to a head and relief was felt. Old home remedies can and do work.