TweetSeems like good old Epsom salts can be helpful when you have a boil/abcess.
You can buy it, if you can find it or make your own.
How to make a magnesium sulphate paste
TReatments for abscesses
Incision and Drainage involves surgical drainage (lancing) of the abscess. If surgery is considered risky, it will be used as a last resort. Packing may be used to fill the cavity once the abscess has been drained. This procedure is not always used because it is now thought to delay healing.
Primary closure is sometimes successful when used in combination with antibiotics and/or curettage. Curettage is often used without the antibiotics. Antibiotics such as flucloxacillin or dicloxacillin are often used to fight infection in combination with surgical drainage of the abscess. Some doctors will try using antibiotics alone on very small abscesses.
Recurrent Abscesses are sometimes treated using topical mupirocin and chlorhexidine baths. Magnesium Sulfate Paste applications have been used in the past to successfully treat abscesses, boils, and many other pus collections.