Some readers may remember injuring his foot in early May when rough vegetation poked through the sole of his barn boot and punctured the ball of his right foot. I went to the emergency center and was prescribed antibiotic pills and cream.
When my injury started to heal, I felt something was wrong. The first aid technician said the wound looked fine, but to me, it felt like there was a piece of plant left in my leg. further emphasized.
I mentioned this concern to a friend during my water aerobics class the following week. She asked if I put “black goo” on it. She explained that it was a product that
I remember picking up a fair amount of debris as a kid growing up on a farm and my parents’ drug of choice was a sticky white ointment called Good Samaritan Ointment. Knowing that the “treatment” of the level would be digging with a needle and tweezers, or in rare cases the sterile point of a pocket knife, I always prayed to pull out the debris.
I still have fond memories of the pleasant smell of Good Samaritan Ointment, but there were no more cans in my medicine cabinet. Eventually, I learned that the medical name for this “goo” was a strange-sounding word, “ictamol.” At least, it was easier to pronounce than its chemical name, ammonium bituminosulfonate.
The prefix “bituminous” reminded me of bituminous coal, and in my mind I had already associated coal with the black color of the drawing ointment a friend recommended. Upon further investigation, I found that Ictamol is purported to have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and bactericidal properties, and is usually concentrated in ointments at 10% or 20% he. It sounded like just a ticket, so I ordered a tube of Iktamol online rather than trying to find out which local drugstore carried it.
When it arrived I read the instructions for its use with enthusiasm, but was less enthusiastic when I opened the cap of a tube of Ictamol and found that it was actually a black gel-like substance. I did. In fact, some of the black gel oozed out from under the bandages, leaving two black stains on the bathroom rug.
I’ve reapplied it and changed the bandages twice a day, but when I say that Ictamol made a dramatic difference to my feet, I’m messing around. There was a time when I thought This could be a scratch mark or a clump of dirt inside the shoe. Either way, my leg healed and Iktamol was relegated to the medicine cabinet until Dennis or I tried it again with a splinter.
veterinary use
Fast forward two and a half months. Denise and I were on a short vacation. Meanwhile, a farming neighbor with years of livestock experience tended a herd of cattle on the pasture. We were concerned about our five-month-old calf, who started limping just days before our scheduled departure. Able to contain, Denise was able to administer two injections.
She was still limping when we left, but I knew it would take a few days to see the results of the drugs we administered. but by the third day of our trip we had a call from our cattle caretaker saying there was no lasting improvement. suggested we take him to the barn and have him looked at by a veterinarian.
We were on the phone with Eric during the vet visit. He diagnosed the problem, gave her an injection and asked Eric if he had ectamol. I knew exactly where to tell Eric to find the Ictamol tube.
The patient was slowly recovering when he returned from his wanderings. This incident prompted an online inquiry into the veterinary use of ichtamol. It’s good to know that you said you can.
Please note that the above information is not intended as medical or veterinary advice.
Also note that Ictamol Drawing Ointment is not the same as “black ointment.” Black ointment contains dangerous and corrosive ingredients that can cause life-threatening permanent damage to the skin. It is a folk remedy that has not been approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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