Compresses, Poultices & Plasters

Thank you for taking the "How to make Herbal Compresses, Poultices & Plasters Class. In this class you will learn how to make each. You may contact me anytime via e-mail at herblady@fidnet.com about any questions you may have.
Sorry about some of this text being in lower case and some in upper case, but I took this information from a variety of my sources and studies and put several files together so they all were not typed the same. Someday with more time, I will retype them right!

CONTENTS:

Study Guide

Herbal Properties Page

Different Herbs & Teas That Heal

Making a Compress

Making a Poultice

Making a Plaster

Ailment To Herb Info.

Disclaimer: Authors, Publishers and Distributors of this material are not responsible if you choose to use this information to treat yourself.

STUDY GUIDE

1). REVIEW THE HERBAL PROPERTIES.

2). STUDY THE DIFFERENT HERBS & TEAS THAT HEAL.

3). READ AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE AN HERBAL COMPRESS. TRY MAKING ONE.

4). READ AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE AN HERBAL POULTICE. TRY MAKING ONE.

5). READ AND UNDERSTAND AN HERBAL PLASTER. TRY MAKING ONE.

6). LOOK OVER THE ADDITIONAL AILMENT TO HERB INFORMATION. SEE IF ANY OF THE HERB DESCRIBED THERE WOULD FIT ANY OF THE ABOVE THREE TREATMENTS FOR CERTAIN AILMENTS.

SUGGESTED STUDY TIP: BE SURE TO FIND A NICE QUIET PLACE TO STUDY. TOO OFTEN, WE GET INTERRUPTED WHILE TRYING TO READ, AND DO NOT FULLY RETAIN WHAT WE HAVE READ.

HERBAL PROPERTIES

ALTERATIVES - ALTERATIVES ARE HERBS WHICH ALTER (OR PURIFY) THE BLOOD.

ANODYNES - ARE HERBS THAT RELIEF PAIN BY LESSENING THE EXCITABILITY OF THE NERVES AND NERVE CENTERS.

ANTHELMINTICS - ARE HERBS WHICH HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DESTROY WORMS AND PARASITES. THESE ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES:

A: VERMICIES - AGENTS WHICH DESTROY WORMS WITHOUT CAUSING THEIR EXPULSION FROM THE BOWELS.

B: VERMIFUGES - ARE AGENTS WHICH EXPEL WORMS FROM THE BOWELS.

ANTACIDS - ANTACIDS IS A TERM APPLIED TO AGENTS WHICH CORRECT ACID CONDITIONS IN THE STOMACH, BLOOD, & BOWELS.

ANTIBIOTICS - AGENTS THAT INHIBIT GROWTH OF AND DESTROY VIRUSES AND BACTERIA, HELPING PROMOTE THE BODY'S IMMUNITY.

ANTICATARRHALS - HERBS WHICH ELIMINATE MUCUS CONDITIONS.

ANTIEMETICS - MEDICINES WHICH RELIEVE SICKNESS OF THE STOMACH AND PREVENT VOMITING.

ANTIPYRETICS - HERBS THAT COOL THE SYSTEM AND REDUCE FEVERS. ALSO CALLED "REFRIGERANTS".

ANTISEPTICS - HAVING THE POWER TO PREVENT THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA.

ANTISPASMODICS - HERBS USED FOR MUSCLE SPASMS, CONVULSIONS AND CRAMPS.

APERIENTS - HERBS THAT PROVIDE MILD LAXATIVE EFFECTS, SOFTENING STOOL WITHOUT PURGING.

AROMATICS - HERBS WITH A FRAGRANT SMELL, AND AGREEABLE, PUNGENT TASTE.

ASTRINGENTS - HERBS WHICH INCREASE THE TONE AND FIRMNESS OF THE TISSUES AND LESSEN MUCUS DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE, INTESTINES, VAGINA, AND OPEN SORES.

CARDIACS - HERBS CONTAINING VOLATILE OILS WHICH STIMULATE EXPULSION OF GAS FROM THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. AROMATIC HERBS ARE ALSO CARMINATIVES.

CATHARTICS - HERBS WHICH CAUSE A RAPID EVACUATION FROM THE UPPER INTESTINES AND THE BOWELS.

CHOLAGOGUES - HERBS WHICH PROMOTE THE FLOW OF BILE.

DEMULCENTS - HERBS WHICH SOFTEN AND RELIEVE IRRITATION OF THE MUCUS MEMBRANES.

DEOBSTRUENTS - THESE HERBS REMOVE OBSTRUCTIONS.

DIAPHORETICS - HERBS THAT INCREASE PERSPIRATION.

DISCUTIENTS - HERBS THAT DISSOLVE AND REMOVE TUMORS AND ABNORMAL GROWTHS.

DIURETICS - HERBS THAT INCREASE THE FLOW OF URINE.

EMETICS - SUBSTANCES USED TO INDUCE VOMITING.

EMMENAGOGUES - HERBS WHICH PROMOTE MENSTRUAL FLOW.

EMOLLIENTS - REMEDIES APPLIED EXTERNALLY TO SOFTEN AND SOOTHE.

EXPECTORANTS - HERBS WHICH PROMOTE THE EXCRETION OF MUCUS FROM THE THROAT AND LUNGS.

FEBRIFUGES - THESE ARE HERBS USED TO REDUCE FEVER.

GALACTAGOGUES - THESE HERBS PROMOTE THE SECRETION OF MILK FROM THE NURSING MOTHER.

HEMOSTATICS - HERBS THAT ARREST INTERNAL BLEEDING OR HEMORRHAGING.

HEPATICS - HERBS WHICH HELP STRENGTHEN, TONE AND STIMULATE THE SECRETIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER.

LAXATIVES - HERBS WHICH PROMOTE BOWEL ACTION.

LITHOTRIPTICS - AGENTS THAT DISSOLVE AND DISCHARGE URINARY AND GALL BLADDER STONES AND GRAVEL.

LYMPHATICS - HERBS THAT STIMULATE AND CLEANSE THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.

MUCILAGES - HERBS HAVING MUCILAGINOUS PROPERTIES USED TO SOOTHE INFLAMMED PARTS.

NUTRITIVES - HERBS WHICH SUPPLY NUTRIENTS AND AID IN BUILDING AND TONING THE BODY.

OPTHALMICS - HERBS USED FOR DISEASES OF THE EYES.

OXYTOCICS - HERBS THAT ASSIST LABOR AND PROMOTE EASY CHILDBIRTH.

PARASITICIDES - HERBS THAT KILL AND REMOVE PARASITES FROM THE SKIN.

PURGATIVES - AGENTS THAT HAVE AN ENERGETIC EVACUATIVE EFFECT.

RUBEFACIENTS - AGENTS USED AS LOCAL EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS THAT STIMULATE AND INCREASE THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE SURFACE.

SEDATIVES - HERBS WHICH ALLAY EXCITEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OF AN ORGAN OR BODY PART. THEY INFLUENCE CIRCULATION, REDUCING NERVOUSNESS.

SIALAGOGUES - THESE ARE AGENTS THAT PROMOTE AN INCREASED FLOW OF SALIVA. STIMULANTS - HERBS WHICH ACT AS NATURAL AGENTS IN ASSISTING FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE BODY, INCREASING ENERGY.

STOMACHICS - HERBS THAT STRENGTHEN THE FUNCTIONING OF THE STOMACH. STYPTICS - HERBS THAT HELP STOP OR SLOW DOWN BLEEDING, HEMORRHAGING AND DRAINING WOUNDS.

TONICS - HERBS WHICH INCREASE ENERGY AND STRENGTHEN THE BODY.

VULNERARIES - AGENTS THAT PROMOTE THE HEALING OF CUTS, WOUNDS, AND BURNS BY PROTECTING AGAINST INFECTION AND BY STIMULATING CELLULAR GROWTH.

I CHOSE TO INCLUDE THIS LIST OF HEALING TEAS SO THAT YOU WOULD GAIN A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT SOME OF THE HERBS IN TEA FORM CAN DO. THIS CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO KNOW WHILE TRYING TO PREPARE CERTAIN COMPRESSES, WHICH ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH HERBAL TEAS.

HERBS & TEAS THAT HEAL

ALFALFA: HELPS REBUILD DECAYED TEETH. GOOD FOR ARTHRITIS. (CAUTION: DO NOT TAKE IF YOU HAVE LUPUS OR OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS.)

ANISE: EASES INDIGESTION. PREVENTS GAS IN STOMACH & COLON. GOOD FOR COLICKY BABIES. MAY ALSO INCREASE MILK IN LACTATING MOTHERS. GOOD FOR FLAVORING OTHER TEAS WITH STRONG TASTES.

BONESET: A SPECIFIC FOR TREATING FEVERS. INDUCES SWEATING AS A HOT INFUSION.

BURDOCK ROOT: BLOOD CLEANSER, REMOVES TOXINS. DIURETIC. ANTIBACTERIAL. FIGHTS ACNE AND OTHER SKIN ERUPTIONS. GOOD FOR ARTHRITIS. CANCER PREVENTIVE. (CAUTION: INTERFERES WITH IRON ABSORPTION.)

CATNIP: STRESS RELIEVING. GOOD SLEEP AID. GOOD FOR INDIGESTION. ALSO GOOD FOR CHILDHOOD FEVER, DIARRHEA, AND COLIC.

CHAMOMILE: GOOD FOR NERVOUS STOMACH. SLEEP AID. TASTES GOOD. EXTERNALLY GOOD FOR SKIN IRRITATIONS AND HEMORRHOIDS. (CAUTION: RELATED TO RAGWEED AND MAY CAUSE ALLERGY TO THOSE SENSITIVE TO THIS WEED.) CHICKWEED; HELPS TO REMOVE TOXINS. EMULSIFIES FATS AND DISSOLVES PLAQUE IN BLOOD VESSELS. HIGH IN VITAMIN C, B6, AND B12. TOPICALLY GOOD FOR MOST SORES, BURNS, OR INFLAMMATIONS.

CORNSILK: PRIMARILY A DIURETIC, IT IS GOOD FOR ALL INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OF THE BLADDER & KIDNEYS.

DAMIANA: APHRODISIAC. STRENGTHENS REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. GIVES ENERGY.

DANDELION ROOT: DIURETIC. BLOOD AND LIVER CLEANSER. DIGESTIVE AID. INCREASES PRODUCTION OF BILE AND HELPS REMOVE GALLSTONES. GOOD FOR ANEMIA. HELPS IN WEIGHTLOSS. REDUCES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. HIGH IN IRON AND POTASSIUM.

ECHINACEA: ANTISEPTIC, ANTIBIOTIC, ANTIVIRAL, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY. GOOD FOR FIGHTING INFECTION, AND REMOVING TOXINS. POWERFUL IMMUNE SYSTEM BUILDER.

FENNEL SEED: GOOD EXPECTORANT. AIDS IN WEIGHTLOSS. DIGESTIVE AID. HELPS DIGESTIBILITY OF OTHER HERBS. CAN BE USED AS AN EYEWASH. GOOD FOR FLAVORING OTHER TEAS.

FEVERFEW: EXCELLENT FOR MIGRAINES. REDUCES FEVER. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ESPECIALLY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. (CAUTION: SOME PEOPLE HAVE DEVELOPED MOUTH ULCERS FROM THIS HERB.)

FLAX SEED: FLAX SEED HAS MUCILAGENOUS QUALITIES WHICH MAKES IT GOOD FOR ALL INTESTINAL INFLAMATIONS. A TEASPOON OF THE POWDERED SEED MIXED IN A CUP OF HOT WATER OR JUICE AND TAKEN 3X A DAY WILL HELP TO EASE ALL ULCERS & INFLAMMATIONS. THE TEA IS GOOD FOR COUGHS, ASTHMA & PLEURISY. ALSO A MILD LAXATIVE FOR THOSE LOW IN DIETARY FIBER.

GINKGO BILOBA TREE: IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO FIND AS A TEA, BUT IS AVAILABLE IN CAPSULE FORM. IMPROVES CIRCULATION AND MEMORY. USED TO PREVENT STROKES. GOOD FOR ALZHEIMERS. HELPS RINGING IN EARS IN SOME CASES OF TINNITUS. EXCELLENT ANTIOXIDANT, REMOVING FREE RADICALS RESPONSIBLE FOR AGING AND CANCEROUS CONDITIONS.

GOLDENSEAL ROOT: NATURAL ANTIBIOTIC. STRENGTHENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. GOOD FOR ALL MUCUS MEMBRANES. GOOD FOR VAGINITIS WHEN USED AS DOUCHE. (CAUTION: DO NOT TAKE IF PREGNANT OR IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT A BREAK, MAY WEAKEN INTESTINAL BACTERIA FLORA.)

GOTU KOLA: HAS REMARKABLE REJUVENATING PROPERTIES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF GINSENG. IT HAS BEEN USED AS A DIURETIC AS WELL AS A BLOOD PURIFIER. USED IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION, RHEUMATISM, BLOOD DISEASES & MENTAL WEAKNESS IT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE NICKNAME "BRAIN FOOD". IT HELPS NEUTRALIZE BLOOD ACIDS & WILL LOWER THE TEMPERATURE.

HAWTHORN BERRIES: THIS HERB IS VERY GOOD FOR THE HEART. IT HELPS STRENGTHEN BLOOD VESSELS AND HEART MUSCLE. ALSO LEVELS OUT BLOOD PRESSURE.

HOREHOUND: HOREHOUND TAKEN HOT WILL INCREASE PERSPIRATION. EFFECTIVE FOR BREAKING UP COLDS, BRONCHITIS, BRONCHIAL CATARRH, & WILL EXPECTORATE MUCUS. VERY USEFUL IN CHRONIC SORE THROATS & PULMONARY PROBLEMS. USE AS A SYRUP FOR SMALL CHILDREN.

HORSETAIL: USED AS A DIURETIC IN KIDNEY CONDITIONS. IT IS HIGH IN SILICA, SO HERBALISTS USE IT FOR SKIN & EYE CONDITIONS. GOOD FOR GLANDULAR SWELLINGS & PUS DISCHARGES. IT STRENGTHENS THE HEART & LUNGS. ALSO USED TO CLEAR FEVERS & RELEASE NERVOUS TENSION.

LICORICE ROOT: GOOD EXPECTORANT. LAXATIVE AND CLEANSING EFFECT ON COLON. GOOD FOR COLITIS. BALANCES HORMONES. GOOD FOR FEMALE PROBLEMS, EXCEPT DURING PMS, MAY CAUSE WATER RETENTION. (CAUTION: DO NOT TAKE IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE & DO NOT TAKE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.)

MULLEIN LEAF: AS A TEA IT IS USEFUL FOR COUGHS, COLDS & RESPIRATORY DISEASES. GOOD FOR SHORTNESS OF THE BREATH. USED IN KIDNEY FORMULAS TO SOOTHE INFLAMMATION. THE OIL OF MULLEIN IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST REMEDIES FOR EAR INFECTIONS.

NETTLE: EXCELLENT FOR ARTHRITIS, BACKACHE AND PAIN RELIEF. GOOD FOR ASTHMA AND ALLERGY SYMPTOMS. GOOD FOR ANEMIA AND INCREASING MILK FLOW IN LACTATING MOTHERS. TOPICALLY GOOD FOR DANDRUFF AND IN BRINGING BACK NATURAL HAIR COLOR.

PARSLEY: DIURETIC. RELIEVES GAS. REDUCES SPASMS. CLEARS CONGESTION. GOOD FOR ASTHMA. INDUCES MENSTRUATION. HIGH IN IRON, POTASSIUM AND VITAMIN B. GOOD FOR REMOVAL OF SMALL KIDNEY STONES AND GALLSTONES. EXPELS WORMS. USED TOPICALLY ON HAIR WILL GET RID OF LICE. CANCER PREVENTIVE. (CAUTION: DO NOT USE IF PREGNANT OR IF KIDNEY INFECTION IS PRESENT.) PASSION FLOWER: MOST COMMONLY USED FOR NERVOUS CONDITIONS WITHOUT PAIN, SUCH AS INSOMNIA, RESTLESSNESS, HYSTERIA & NERVOUS HEADACHES. IT TONES THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. IT IS INDICATED IN CHILDHOOD NERVOUS PROBLEMS SUCH AS MUSCLE TWITCHING & IRRITABILITY. IN ELDERLY PEOPLE, IT IS GOOD FOR SCIATICA & NERVE DEBILITY.

PEPPERMINT: HELPFUL IN DIGESTION AND HEARTBURN. GOOD FOR MIGRAINE HEADACHES, CHILLS, COLIC, FEVER. STRENGTHENS HEART MUSCLE. (MORE THAN ONE HERBAL SOURCE SUGGESTS SUBSTITUTING THIS TEA FOR COFFEE SINCE COFFEE ACTUALLY WEAKENS HEART MUSCLE.) FLAVORS OTHER TEAS. PLANTAIN LEAF: CRUSHED LEAVES OR STRONG TEA CAN BE USED TOPICALLY TO RELIEVE CUTS, BURNS, INSECT BITES. GOOD FOR HEMORRHOIDS. HELPS RELIEVE CONGESTION, DIARRHEA, KIDNEY & BLADDER PROBLEMS, AND EXCESSIVE MENSTRUATION.

PSYLLIUM: PSYLLIUM POWDER WILL ASSIST IN THE EASY EVACUATION BY INCREASING WATER CONTENT IN THE COLON DURING COLITIS, ULCERS & HEMORRHOIDS. A TEASPOON OF THE POWDER TAKEN IN WARM WATER OR JUICE THREE TIMES A DAY WILL CLEAN THE INTESTINE, REMOVING PUTREFACTIVE TOXINS. FOR CHILDREN, THE DOSE IS ONE-HALF TEASPOON. ALSO ADDED TO POULTICES & UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH SERVES THE PURPOSE AS A BINDER. ADD A SMALL AMOUNT WHILE POURING WATER OVER THE INGREDIENTS & STIR UNTIL IT BECOMES THICK, SIMILAR TO DOUGH. IT WILL DRAW OUT PUS FROM BOILS, CARBUNCLES & SORES WHEN USED AS A DRAWING AGENT IN EXTERNAL APPLICATION.

RED CLOVER: BLOOD CLEANSER. ANTIBIOTIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY. ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR FIGHTING ACNE AND OTHER SKIN CONDITIONS LIKE ECZEMA AND PSORIASIS, AND FOR COUGHS AND BRONCHITIS AND OTHER RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS LIKE WHOOPING COUGH AND TUBERCULOSIS. SOOTHES NERVOUS CONDITIONS. CANCER PREVENTIVE AND ANTIDOTE. CAN BE TAKEN FREELY & OFTEN.

RED RASPBERRY LEAF: HIGH IN VITAMINS AND MINERALS. GOOD FOR ALL FEMALE PROBLEMS. GOOD FOR MORNING SICKNESS AND PREVENTING MISCARRIAGE. UTERINE TONIC THAT WILL STRENGTHEN ITS WALLS SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO BIRTH AND HELP IT RETURN TO NORMAL AFTERWARDS. RELIEVES MENSTRUAL CRAMPING. SAGE: HELPS STOP LACTATION. PREVENTS NIGHT SWEATS. GOOD FOR UPSET STOMACH. EXPELS WORMS. TOPICALLY GOOD FOR DANDRUFF AND WILL HELP HAIR TO GROW BACK IF ROOTS ARE NOT DESTROYED. WILL STOP BLEEDING OF WOUNDS AND IS GOOD FOR HEALING OLD WOUNDS WHEN TEA GROUNDS OR TEA BAG IS USED TOPICALLY. GOOD FOR ALL KINDS OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.

SAW PALMETTO BERRIES; APHRODISIAC. GOOD FOR REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF BOTH SEXES. NEW STUDIES SHOW THIS TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ENLARGED PROSTATE.

VALERIAN: CAPSULES CAN BE USED IF THE TEA IS NOT BEARABLE. AN EXCELLENT NERVE TONIC WITHOUT A NARCOTIC EFFECT. GOOD TO TAKE FOR EMOTIONAL STRESS. IS NOT HABIT FORMING. PROMOTES SLEEP. RELIEVES MENSTRUAL CRAMPS AND MUSCLE CRAMPS IN GENERAL. USED FOR CARDIAC PALPITATION.
(CAUTION: LARGE AMOUNTS OVER SEVERAL WEEKS CAN BE TOXIC.)

FOR THERAPEUTIC RESULTS, USUALLY 1 TEA BAG OR 1 TEASPOON OF DRIED HERBS SIMMERED IN HOT WATER AND TAKEN 2-3 TIMES A DAY WILL WORK. OF COURSE THE STRONGER THE TEA THE MORE POTENT ITS HEALING EFFECT. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, SO EXPERIMENT BY MONITORING YOUR BODY'S INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE TO CERTAIN HERBS AND DOSAGES. IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE HERBS IN AN ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN FASHION. EG: TAKE FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN STOP TAKING FOR 1-2 WEEKS. LIKE WITH ANY FOOD OR DRUG, IF YOU FEEL WORSE OR HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION, DISCONTINUE USE. IF ON MEDICATION, CALL YOUR PHYSICIAN OR NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR ABOUT COMBINING HERBS WITH PHARMACEUTICALS. IF PREGNANT OR WITH SMALL CHILDREN, CONSULT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN OR NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR, AND THEN ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY INTO NEW FOUND HEALTH ALTERNATIVES.

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COMPRESSES

COMPRESSES CONSIST OF TOWELS THAT HAVE BEEN SOAKED IN HERBAL INFUSIONS, OR "TEAS" AND PLACED ON AN AREA OF THE BODY TO SOOTHE, STIMULATE, AND/OR ENERGIZE. THE HERBS USED FOR COMPRESSES ARE USUALLY THOSE WITH STIMULATING AND WARMING PROPERTIES, OR THOSE WITH SOOTHING AND COOLING PROPERTIES.

TO MAKE A COMPRESS: DIP A WASHCLOTH OR TOWEL IN THE HERBAL INFUSION. KEEP THE TEA INFUSION BETWEEN 150 AND 180 DEGREES, WHICH IS STEAMY. CAREFULLY HOLDING THE TWO ENDS OF THE TOWEL OR CLOTH, TWIST IT FROM THE CORNERS TO WRING IT OUT. APPLY AS HOT AS POSSIBLE TO THE AFFECTED PART OF THE PERSON. MAKE SURE IT IS NOT TOO HOT OR TOO WET SO AS YOU DON'T BURN THE PERSON RECEIVING THE COMPRESS. APPLY COMPRESS QUICKLY AND COVER WITH A DRY TOWEL. HAVE ANOTHER COMPRESS READY WITHIN ABOUT 4 MINUTES AND REPLACE. DO THIS FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, OR UNTIL THE SKIN IS UNIFORMLY FLUSHED. ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE PERSON YOU ARE APPLYING THE COMPRESS TO FOR THE BEST FEEDBACK AS TO HOW LONG AND IF THEY ARE FEELING RELIEF.

POULTICES

A POULTICE CONSISTS OF DRIED, POWDERED, OR MACERATED HERBS THAT ARE MOISTENED WITH HOT WATER OR HERB TEA & APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE SKIN AREA TO BE TREATED. A CLEAN TOWEL, CLOTH, OR BANDAGE PLACED OVER THE POULTICE WILL HOLD IT IN PLACE. POULTICES ARE EFFECTIVE FOR DRAWING OUT INFECTION AND FOREIGN BODIES AND RELIEVING MUSCLE SPASMS AND PAIN. WHENEVER USING POULTICES & PLASTERS, MAKE SURE THAT THE CLOTH COVERING THE POULTICE IS WARM, AND THAT THE PERSON IS COMFORTABLY WARM.

COMFREY POULTICE:

A comfrey poultice is an age old treatment for cuts, burns, skin ulcers, boils, hemorrhoids, sprains and fractures. You can make this in two ways: 1). Place the chopped leaves in a pot with just enough water to cover, and boil briefly. Let cool, and place the strained leaves in between two layers of clean gauze. Apply to affected area.

2). Make this poultice using the roots. Grind them or pound them and prepare the same way as #1.

SLIPPERY ELM POULTICE:

Slippery Elm when used as a poultice is effective in soothing inflamed skin surfaces, burns, bruises and wounds. Work the herb powder into a paste with a little warm water and apply it to a cloth, then place on the affected area. This is also considered a good remedy for mastitis.

PLASTERS

A Plaster consists of herbs placed in the folds of a clean cloth, (usually muslin or cheesecloth). Herbal bandages can be made (mini-plasters) for using on small injuries when an antiseptic and healing effect is needed.

MUSTARD PLASTER

The mustard plaster was traditionally used to treat fatigue, tiredness, and overall weakness. Use enough yellow mustard powder to make a paste. Then paint this mixture onto a cloth. This plaster cloth is placed over another cloth, which is laid on the affected part of the body. A third cloth should cover the plaster. Check the area every 5 minutes for signs of a rash. Remove immediately if one develops. You can dilute the plaster with some rye flour if the person has sensitive skin.

BURDOCK PLASTER

A PLASTER CONSISTS OF HERBS SET WITHIN THE FOLDS OF A CLOTH, USUALLY CHEESECLOTH OR MUSLIN. YOU CAN MAKE AN HERBAL BANDAGE OR MINI-PLASTER TO USE FOR SMALL INJURIES WHEN AN ANTISEPTIC AND HEALING EFFECT IS DESIRED.

BRUISE BURDOCK LEAVES WITH A MORTAR AND PESTLE, OR OTHER POUNDING IMPLEMENT, AND APPLY TO THE AFFECTED AREA, THEN COVER WITH A WARM CLOTH.
ORIENTAL MEDICINE TREATS GOUT WITH A POULTICE OF FRESH BURDOCK LEAVES.

A PLASTER OF CAYENNE AND BRAN IS A GOOD TREATMENT FOR COLDS AND CHEST CONGESTION, OR SIMPLY TO INVIGORATE A TIRED AND FATIGUED PERSON.

I CHOSE TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION WITH THIS COURSE, JUST AS AN EXTRA SO THAT YOU COULD BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT HERBS SOMETIMES GO WITH WHICH SYMPTOMS.

OTHER AILMENT TO HERB INFORMATION

ABDOMINAL PAIN - DIGESTIVE HERBS.
ABCESSES - BLOOD PURIFICATION HERBS.
ALCOHOLISM - ADRENAL/FATIGUE HERBS, LIVER HERBS
ALLERGIES - BLOOD PURIFICATION HERBS, RESPIRATORY HERBS.
ALZHEIMER'S - BRAIN & MEMORY HERBS
ANEMIA - WOMEN'S BLOOD BUILDING HERBS
ANGER - LIVER HERBS, RELAXANT HERBS
ANGINA (MILD) - HAWTHORN & OTHER BUILDING HERBS
APPETITE - ADRENAL HERBS, LIVER HERBS, DIGESTION HERBS
ARTHRITIS - BLOOD PURIFICATION HERBS, LIVER CLEANSING HERBS, & ADRENAL HERBS.
BACK PAIN - RELAXANT HERBS
BOILS - BLOOD PURIFICATION HERBS
BRUISES - ARNICA, ST. JOHN'S WORT OIL EXTERNALLY APPLIED
CAR SICKNESS - GINGER & OTHER NAUSEA HERBS
CIRCULATION (POOR) - NAUSEA HERBS, BRAIN HERBS.
COLIC - MILD RELAXANT HERBS SUCH AS CHAMOMILE, ETC.
CONSTIPATION - LIVER DIGESTION HERBS & LAXATIVE HERBS
DANDRUFF - LIVER DIGESTIVE HERBS, RINSE HAIR WITH NETTLES.
DEBILITY, GENERAL - ELEUTHERO, ADRENAL HERBS, AMERICAN GINSENG, IMMUNE BUILDING HERBS.
DEPRESSION - ST. JOHN'S WORT, ENERGY HERBS
DIARRHEA - CHAMOMILE TEA, BLACKBERRY ROOT, BLACK WALNUT.
DIZZINESS - GINKGO HERB
EARACHE - ECHINACEA, MULLEIN FLOWER OIL FOR EARS.
ECZEMA - LIVER HERBS & BLOOD PURIFICATION.
EXHAUSTION - AMERICAN GINSENG, ELEUTHERO, IMMUNE BUILDING HERBS, ENERGY HERBS.
EYES - EYE HERBS SUCH AS EYEBRIGHT & GOLDENSEAL
FEVER - ECHINACEA, YARROW, ELDER FLOWERS, WILLOW BARK.
FLATULENCE - LIVER HERBS, GINGER TEA, NAUSEA HERBS
FUNGAL INFECTIONS - ECHINACEA, BLOOD PURIFICATION HERBS, BLACK WALNUT TOPICALLY, TEA TREE EXTERNALLY.
GUMS & TEETH - GOLDENSEAL & OTHER MOUTH HERBS.
HICCOUGH - RELAXANT HERBS, LIVER HERBS
HYPOGLYCEMIA - ELEUTHERO, ADRENAL HERBS.
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME - RELAXANT HERBS, IMMUNE BUILDING HERBS.
JAUNDICE - MILK THISTLE & OTHER LIVER HERBS
LUNGS, CONGESTED - RESPIRATORY HERBS METABOLISM BALANCING - ADRENAL HERBS, STIMULANT HERBS IF SLOW.
OVERWEIGHT - LIVER HERBS, ELEUTHERO, ADRENAL HERBS, CAYENNE
PAIN RELIEF - WILLOW BARK EXTRACT, VALERIAN
PNEUMONIA - BLOOD PURIFICATION HERBS, VITAMIN C, USNEA
PSORIASIS - MILK THISTLE, LIVER HERBS
PSYCHIATRIC - GINKGO, ST. JOHN'S WORT, KAVA KAVA
REJUVENATION - GINSENG, ADRENAL HERBS
SCIATICA - HYDROTHERAPY, RELAXANT HERBS, VALERIAN.
SEXUAL DRIVE, TO DECREASE - SKULLCAP
SEXUAL DRIVE - TO INCREASE - DAMIANA & OTHER APHRODISIAC HERBS
SKIN SOOTHING - CHAMOMILE & CALENDULA CREAMS
STINGS - CALENDULA CREAM, PLANTAIN OR COMFREY POULTICE
STOMACH ULCERS - CHAMOMILE TEA, LICORICE TEA, MARSHMALLOW ROOT.
STYPTICS - YARROW LEAF POWDER, CAYENNE
TEETHING - CALENDULA & CHAMOMILE.
TENDONS - HYDROTHERAPY, HORSETAIL EXTRACT, NETTLES
TOOTHACHE - CLOVE OIL, ECHINACEA
VERTIGO - GINKGO