Poultices

They are Grandma’s best remedy, help against most everything, and are easy to make, easy to apply.  Check out the examples below and google “poultice” too to find out more.

Make a Poultice for Boils, Infections, Abcesses and Inflammation

The following poultice ingredients have properties to draw out infections reduce inflammation. These poultices can even be used to treat chest congestion, hemorrhoids and earaches. Don’t forget that you can use poultices or compresses on your pets and livestock also!

• Onion Poultice- mash raw onion and mix with warm water or organic plant oils. You may want a thin layer of cloth between your skin and the onion.
  Watch a video on how to make an onion poultice here. (More instructional videos can be seen at the bottom of this page)
• Potato Poultice- Grate a raw potato and make your paste!
• Mustard Poultice – Mash some mustard seeds, mix with natural oil or water and apply. Use thin cloth between paste and skin. A homemade mustard poultice is very powerful and can burn your skin if applied directly.
• Plantain Poultice- Plantain is a commom weed that has great drawing power. Mash the fresh weed for the paste or use a tincture as a compress. See the Insect Bite Remedy Page for more information on plantain.
• Activated Charcoal – Super absorbing properties!
• Comfrey Poultice – Comfrey roots and leaves have great healing properties especially where bones and ligaments are involved! Make a poultice out of comfrey for any aches or pains.
• Tumeric Poultice- Organic Tumeric makes a great drawing poultice for boils and infections. For even better results take up to one teaspoon tumeric in a cup of warm milk along with using the tumeric poultice externally.
• Cayenne Pepper makes a great compress for arthritis and many other aches and pains.
• Bread and Milk poultice – These work very well for infections and boils. Simply heat milk and add a bit of bread, wrap in gauze or cheese cloth and place on cut or wound. Use as hot as you can stand it. Repeat a few times a day as long as necessary. It works pretty fast and often much better than over the counter products.

Source: http://www.healing-from-home-remedies.com/make-a-poultice.html