Poultice: A poultice is usually used as an antiseptic and to reduce swelling by applying a warm mass of powdered herbs directly to the skin. To prepare, add enough hot water to make a thick paste, then apply directly to the skin.
Uses A poultice made from the flowers and leaves is said to reduce inflammation. The scraped and peeled root can be made into a decoction for coughs and catarrh and a soothing ointment can be made from the roots.
Over the whole sore, or where the part is bruised or where there is a tendency to suppuration, a poultice should be applied and kept on by suitable bandages.
You can apply a poultice of steeped, sting-free leaves to the scalp to promote hair growth or to eczema outbreaks to calm itching. Fresh leaves, with their stinging powers intact, can be used as a poultice on rheumatic joints for pain relief.
The expelled pulp and juice can be used in first aid poultices applied to sunburned skin, rashes, boils and cuts.
Wheatgrass juice has cosmetic uses. Use it as a hair conditioner and scalp treatment. Gargle with it for fresh breath and gum health.
Not just a soothing bedtime drink, steam inhalation of chamomile flowers is said to help soothe hay fever, a poultice can revive tired eyes, and, like lavender, chamomile is great in a hot bath.
Externally, it can be used to heal bruises and wounds. To make a poultice, pulverise leaves in a mortar and pestle. Put this mash directly onto the wound to bring about a rapid recovery. Keep it in place with a gauze wrapping.
The Plains Indians of North America believed in its extraordinary benefits, using the roots to make a poultice for a number of wounds from insects and snakes to sore gums and colds.
Place fresh leaves directly onto cuts, bruises, insect bites and sores or apply in a poultice. The fresh leaves contain the balsamic oil needed and are soothing and antiseptic.
Lungwort bears the botanical name Pulmonaria because people thought the blotches on the leaves made them resemble diseased lungs. Early healers created lungwort lotions, syrups, poultices and washes to treat pulmonary problems, ...
with large trumpet shaped flowers, white tinged with purple edges, and are pollinated by Hawk moths. All parts of the plant are poisonous, although Native Americans used it for visions (chewed roots), sore throats (brewed seeds), and a poultice of ...
For snakebites, residents of Mexico's Sinaloa State consume a paste made of leaves and apply a leaf poultice to wounds.
The aptly named Lantana horrida has a special feature - its smell. The leaf odor has been likened to feline pee.
Cherokees combined the leaves and flowering tops of wild bergamot (M. fistulosa) and M. didyma to treat colds, stomach complaints, colic and gas, measles, flu, and heart troubles. Many tribes made a poultice of the leaves to treat headaches.
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