Boils / abscesses
Notice
This does not replace a doctor. Information is for educational purposes only. Serious or persistent symptoms → see a qualified professional.
Folk use
Traditional and folk associations have not been clinically validated. They are not treatments.
Plants traditionally associated with Boils / abscesses
- Echinacea (Purple coneflower)Echinacea purpureaClinicalCaution
- Tea TreeMelaleuca alternifoliaClinicalDanger
- FenugreekTrigonella foenum-graecumClinicalCaution
- Tree-peony root bark / mu dan pi (牡丹皮)Paeonia suffruticosaPreclinicalCaution
- MarshmallowAlthaea officinalisPreclinicalCaution
- BurdockArctium lappaPreclinicalCaution
- MyrrhCommiphora molmolPreclinicalCaution
- Yu xing cao / fish-mint / chameleon plantHouttuynia cordataPreclinicalCaution
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubraTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Box / Colchic boxwoodBuxus colchicaHistoricalDanger