That Chinese Red Shit

Forget Antiseptic lotions and band aids. Throw out your Mercurochrome and sterile swabs. Alongside a packet of cotton buds, a mere single item is now required in your western first aid kit. Ho Choa Hu... not quite a house hold name, yet lauded in coral reef cheese grated circles by it's more vernacular name... That Chinese Red Shit. It's a miracle cure for just about anything with a pain quota to back it up.

How to cure (most) flesh wounds while on a tropical island:
1.) Follow clear instructions before proceeding "re-application lotion until health is happy"etc
2.) Find discarded chair leg or old palm fond and insert in mouth for bite protection.
3.) Apply chinese red shit generously to wound and scream in wonder as thick red goop proceeds to simultaneously cauterize and kill everything it touches in a wonderous display of fizzing, bubbling and hissing.
4.) Discard palm fond and hobble about, muttering obscenities and perspiring until pain subsides.
5.) Repeat every few hours until scarification is complete.