Pictures and information on skin boils - Puss is useful!

A skin boil is an infection at the base of the hair follicle. The infection causes the body to send puss to the area and hence the follicle becomes enlarged. The bacteria causing the infection is called Staphylococcus aureus (staff-ill-o-cock-us, or-I-us). The skin around the area often becomes red and inflamed and the boil can spit out puss.

Treatment for the skin boil is usually antibiotics, although these will cause much damage to your body as they wipe out all the friendly bacteria in your guts in the process and make digesting food more difficult.

The natural home remedy treatment would be to take garlic orally each day and also rub it on the affected area, mixed with olive oil. The antibacterial properties of garlic are excellent.

If the boils keep coming back it usually means the bacteria is living in your nose and suggests your immune system may be weak. We would suggest doing a cleanse or fast of some sort to rid the body of toxins and allow the eliminatory organs to function more efficiently once again.

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Below are some pictures of a skin boil: