Amadou (Fomes fomentarius) |
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Thursday, 19 May 2011 05:11 |
Amadou has been used for arresting hemorrhages, being applied with pressure to the affected part; and for treating ingrown toenails, by inserting between the nail and flesh. Way back in history someone discovered that the upper sterile part of the basidiocarps could be used both as a blood-stopping agent and as a leather substitute. If the sterile part of the basidiocarp is removed and shredded properly it will make a brown cottony like material. If this material is placed over bleeding wounds the blood is immediately soaked up and rapidly coagulates in contact with oxygen over a large surface, and the bleeding successively terminates. |