For many, the tool of choice is drawing salve. While some people cook up their own concoctions, most turn to the plethora of products on drug store shelves. Judging by the number of Google hits ...

The 55-year-old entered a Brisbane hospital with a large lesion on his right temple after allegedly using Black salve, an ‘alternative medicine’ ointment. The man is believed to have been ...

A bogus "alternative medicine" ointment, purporting to cure cancer ... the gaping hole in his head after allegedly using Black salve – which contains sanguinarine – derived from bloodroot ...

Dr Natalie Ong, who attended to the patient, said she believed the nasty-looking wound was the result of him using a Black salve ointment on the infected area. “He had been applying the ...