So I witnessed something very cultural today while at a basketball game that I think is important to share with you all. One of the players on our team was elbowed right below the eyebrow during the game. He walked off the court and obviously started to bleed. Of course this being Ecuador no one had a first aid kit handy. So they poured some water on it and held a napkin to the eye to try to get it to stop bleeding. This wasn't working the best and everyone starting saying, "la cascara del huevo, hay que comprar un huevo" (the egg shell, go buy an egg).
Apparently here in Ecuador it is common to use the film of the inside of an egg shell like a band-aid. Not only does it stop the bleeding but minimizes the risk of scarring...who would have thought! The player went to lie down while his mom went out to buy an egg, and at the end of the game you could see that they have strategically peeled off the film and positioned it just right so that it looked kinda like a butterfly band-aid. Impressive. He wasn't bleeding and it looked like the egg did the job, and he wasn't going to need stitches.
So there you have it, a little home remedy to help with cuts when band-aids aren't available!
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