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Karla Pinto’s story

January 3, 2013

I’m 24. I’ve been having reoccurring cysts for the past 3 years every 4-6 months until this past year. I didn’t have insurance and work 2 jobs and go to school so the pricey procedure wasn’t something I even thought about or had time to deal with. I began trying homeopathic medicine. I tried making a paste of tumeric (messy and stains your skin!), sitz baths, epsom salts, making a paste of garlic… just about anything. Tea tree oil WORKS. I was (and still am) using it about 2 times a day but still felt “fester” when I would sit for a long period of time or move a certain way.

I was sick of this constant reminder so I decided to try something else.. that in addition to my tea tree oil treatments is the reason I’m writting today. I simply cut an onion in half, placed it on my bed side table in a jar. That’s it. Tea tree oil twice a day and a half an onion on my bedside table. May seem strange but I haven’t had a cyst since last year and haven’t had a sign of one in sight. Research it! The healing power of onions is awesome, cheap and have saved me (hopefully forever) from having this awful disease cause me pain every 6 months.

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