Poultice Recipe For Boil Food

POULTICES FOR PAIN

Steps:

• For the cold compress, moisten a cloth with cold water.
• Put the peppermint oil on it and apply it to the painful area for 15 minutes.
• For the potato poultice, cut the potatoes into quarters and boil till tender.
• Mash them and press out excess moisture.
• Wrap warm mixture in a cloth; place it on back of neck for about 15 minutes.
• Again apologize for prep and passive times, it depends.

AMISH FOLK MEDICINE ~ BOILS~

Steps:

• Take the thin skin of a freshly broken egg and lay on the sore.
• Take a teaspoon of back strap molassas sprinkled lightly with cream of tartar, and consume twice a day.
• Drink Tea from Burdock
• Dip a hydrangea leaf in boiling water and apply to the boil.
• Apply finely chopped comfrey root to the boil.
• Mix 4 oz sublimed sulphur with 16 oz honey. Take 1 teaspoon internally at bedtime.
• Make a liniment from black oitment. (doesn't say what black oitment is)
• Drink red clover blossom tea
• Make a poultice from linseed oil, honey, and flour and apply to boil
• Take caparrel leaf capsules.
• here are two recipes that are used for this: **************** Poultice for sores and boils 1/2 cup beeswax grated fine 1 cup lard (Goose in best) 1 teaspoon powdered resin. Melt together slowly over stove then cool before applying. **************** Green Mountain Salve 1 oz resin 1 oz beeswax 4 oz mutton tallow ** Heat until melted then add 1 dram vertergris allow to cool then roll and flatten to apply to the wound **(Mutton tallow is a natural product with a relatively long shelf life. As a skin care product, it penetrates the skin, providing more softening power than petroleum-based products, which sit on top of the skin. )