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16th October 2015 07:43
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Speeding up the healing of broken bones
My little one (just under 3 years old) decided to try jumping from a height of 1.7 meters and broke 3 small bones in his foot (3 separate metatarsals, which is the bone that connects the toes to the foot). The break was internal (no skin piercing) and he was in a cast ~4 hours later which stopped the pain.
The diagnosis was that he needs to be home with us for ~6 weeks and is not allowed to put any weight whatsoever on the foot. He is a trooper and not complaining, but I'd like to help speed his recovery up any way I can to get him back to kindergarten with his friends and of course, running around and playing. At the moment the plan is to keep him the cast for 4 weeks, after which it comes off for 2 weeks (still can't put weight on it).
Nutrition wise we'll be feeding him a lot of organic greens for the extra vitamins and minerals, but I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with using herbal remedies to expedite the healing process. I've done some research and found that Comfrey is often used to make a poultice, but unless I try and stick the leaves into his cast I would need to use something that can be taken orally (I've read conflicting reports on taking Comfrey orally.
Can anyone offer some suggestions on what I can try? I'd like to spend the weekend researching this and always prefer to use others' experience as a starting point.
Thanks
Last edited by Libico; 16th October 2015 at 16:43.
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16th October 2015 08:10
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