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Some Poultice Recipes Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Karlyn255 / All my dishes 3 weeks, 2 days ago Using household kitchen ingredients you can treat a great deal of ailments. Prep:5m Servings:1	Karlyn255
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Ingredients

Bran Poultice:

Make a paste with hot water and bran, apply as hot as can be tolerated.

Used for inflammations, strains, sprains, bruises.

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Bread Poultice:

Nice easy way to get thorns or glass out of a child's foot.

Much better than fighting a screaming child with a needle.

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Bread and Milk Poultice:

mix together to make a paste.

Used for bringing boils and abscesses to a head.

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Cabbage Poultice:

Use raw or cooked cabbage. Can use whole leaves layered over area and covered with a hot towel. Has a warming, detoxifying and stimulating effect.

Used for ulcers, varicose veins, shingles, eczema, gout, rheumatism, infection. Apply to lower abdomen to promote pelvic circulation and dissolve small fibroids and cysts in pelvic cavity. Used over the liver it will assist in breaking up congestion and detoxify (use only 10 minutes first time and work up to more as it can cause a strong detoxification reaction).

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Carrot Poultice:

Boil carrots until soft or use raw and mash to a pulp. Mix with small amount of vegetable oil.

Used for cysts, tumors, boils, cold sores, impetigo

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Clay Poultice:

Use clay that has been cleaned of impurities.

Mix with water or apple cider vinegar to make a paste. Allow to dry before removing with warm water. Use on inflammatory skin diseases, bruises, sprains, acne, drawing toxins from the skin.

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Mustard Poultice:

Use powdered mustard and mix with water to make a paste. May need to add flour to hold paste together. Do not apply directly on skin. Wrap in muslin or cheesecloth or cotton towel between skin and paste. Cover with plastic wrap. Remove immediately if stinging or burning occurs.

Use with caution. Do not use on sensitive or broken skin.

Good for arthritic joints and any condition requiring increased circulation. Used to help relieve congestion, aid asthma, relieve coughs and assists in getting rid of colds and flu when used on the chest.

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Onion Poultice -

Sautee chopped onion in oil add 1-2 tablespoons of flour and wrap in cheese cloth. Apply to area.

Excellent for drawing out impurities. High sulfur content makes it good for inflamed areas. Also good for congestion and unproductive coughs and ear infections.

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Plantain Poultice:

This poultice can be applied to burns, cuts, scrapes, insect bites or other injuries to reduce inflammation, prevent infection and will help speed healing. If you can't get or don't have access to fresh leaves, purchase dried plantain leaves from an herb store.

What you'll need: about 1/4 to 1/2 c. boiling water, 1/2 c. dried or fresh plantain leaves.

Directions: Put about 1/4 c. boiling water in a blender and then add the plantain leaves. Blend on slow speed. Start adding more water, slowly add more water till it gets the consistency of paste, but is not watery. Spread this "paste" on the affected area and cover with sterile gauze and secure in place.

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Potato Poultice:

Grate raw potato, mix with boiling water.

Used to reduce inflammation as in arthritis. Has soothing and cooling effect. Can be applied to boils or carbuncles.

Directions

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