Healing With Food
83Bread
Bran
Potato
Mustard Powder
Onion
Healing foods
We all know the health benefits of a well balanced diet, but food is good for healing purposes too, using food wrapped in bandages can help speed up healing and even help with skin problems, different foodstuffs in a poultice can have different effects on different skin ailments.
To make a poultice mix the ingredients into a paste, cover damaged skin with a pourus cloth; stick the ingredients onto the cloth and wrap with a bandage.
Bread Poultice
Bread Poultice You take homemade bread and soak it in a little water and oil (cooking) to draw infection from sores and cuts
Bread and Milk Poultice
Bread and Milk Poultice mix bread and milk together to make a paste, useful for bringing boils and abscesses to a head.
Bran Poultice
Make a paste with hot water and bran; apply as hot as can be tolerated. Used for inflammations, strains, sprains, and bruises.
Potato poultice
Is a traditional home remedy for inflammation. Applied to the skin, it is used to heal skin conditions such as eczema. Over the joints, it is used to relieve arthritis.
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 sulphur content makes it good for inflamed areas.
Mustard Poultice
Use powdered mustard and mix with water to make a paste. 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.
Salt and onion
Put salt in boiled onion to make a poultice and tie it on a boil so that it breaks.
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my mother used that 1 too Dalene, without the sock though i should have remembered lol because the menthol smell lasted for days afterwords.....jimmy
This was interesting. I wonder if certain spices stimulate the immune system to act. I read years ago that people use bee stings to heal arthritis.
Thanks livelonger,talking about bee stings reminds me that the bread poultice is also good for drawing out the poison from them too,
people laugh at some of the old remedies,but alot of them do work take leeches for example, years ago they were used in medicine, today they are becoming very popular in healing burn victims and people with wound infections.
Another one that your readers might be interested in, and it works extremely well, is a remedy for mosquito, spider or other bites. As soon as you are bitten, cut a slice of onion and rub it on the bite for a few minutes - or - mince up a piece of onion, and using the minced onion juice with the minced onion, apply it to the bite and hold on bite with plam of hand for five or ten minutes. It will take away the itch and reduce the size and redness of the bite. Later, if it begins to itch again, do the same thing again. Much better than the over-the-counter commercial anti-itch ointments.
thanks for sharing that one dalene.....jimmy
These are interesting, and more so, as we were talking about them at home recently. My grandson, had what we thought, was a little mosquito bite gone sceptic. We applied sunlight soap and sugar to a plaster, expecting everything to be drawn out overnight. It turned out to be a tick bite, maybe thats why nothing happened. My mum insisted the onion poultice is best.
Good info. I'm a big believer in natural healing methods.
Oh Jimmy, thank you for the shout. You have so many good hubs that I haven´t been able to find them all :D . Great hub with healthy tips.
A hub with great information.It is a fact that the vegetables we eat daily not only nourish our body, but also cure many of the common diseases.
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Dalene says:
15 months ago
Great information. My Gramie used poultice as home remedies. The only one I remember not liking was the one she used for sore throats and colds. Menthol ointment applied to the chest and throat area and then a woolen sock over the ointment on the throat area. It was very itchy.