The Lost Ways by Sr. Claude Davis

Author:Sr. Claude Davis [Claude Davis, Sr.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
Tags: United States, Self-Help, History, General
ISBN: 9781732557178
Publisher: Claudiu Giurgi
Published: 2019-07-08T04:00:00+00:00

How Our Ancestors Made Herbal

Poultice to Heal Their Wounds

- By Susan Morrow -

"All that man needs for health and healing has

been provided by God in nature; the challenge

of science is to find it."

- Philippus Theophrastrus (1493-1541)

When I was a little girl and I had fallen down and hurt my knee (it's

always your knee you hurt when you're a child), my mother would put a poultice made of bread, warmed in milk, onto the cut. It instantly soothed the knee. She'd then leave it on, covered by a piece of material wrapped around it to hold it in place and keep the heat in.

When I took it off hours later, my knee definitely felt much better.

The art of the poultice is part of the long history of folk medicine that human beings have used since we came to be. Folk medicine is a way of healing by using things like plants and herbs as well as certain practices like bloodletting to fix an ailment.

The methods, recipes, and techniques are usually passed down through generations.

You may think that the ingredients in a poultice wouldn't really

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