TexasCajun wrote:My grandfather used to take chaw with him for wound treatment & poultices when he went hunting & fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin in the 70s. None of that stuff was a long term cure, just a temporary treatment to hold you over of the day or two that it took to get to a hospital or Dr.
Tobacco spit works great to relieve the pain of a briar needle in the leg.