amish folk medicine ~ boils~

How To Make amish folk medicine ~ boils~

• 1

  Take the thin skin of a freshly broken egg and lay on the sore.
• 2

  Take a teaspoon of back strap molassas sprinkled lightly with cream of tartar, and consume twice a day.
• 3

  Drink Tea from Burdock
• 4

  Dip a hydrangea leaf in boiling water and apply to the boil.
• 5

  Apply finely chopped comfrey root to the boil.
• 6

  Mix 4 oz sublimed sulphur with 16 oz honey. Take 1 teaspoon internally at bedtime.
• 7

  Make a liniment from black oitment. (doesn't say what black oitment is)
• 8

  Drink red clover blossom tea
• 9

  Make a poultice from linseed oil, honey, and flour and apply to boil
• 10

  Take caparrel leaf capsules.
• 11

  here are two recipes that are used for this: **************** Poultice for sores and boils 1/2 cup beeswax grated fine 1 cup lard (Goose in best) 1 teaspoon powdered resin. Melt together slowly over stove then cool before applying. **************** Green Mountain Salve 1 oz resin 1 oz beeswax 4 oz mutton tallow ** Heat until melted then add 1 dram vertergris allow to cool then roll and flatten to apply to the wound **(Mutton tallow is a natural product with a relatively long shelf life. As a skin care product, it penetrates the skin, providing more softening power than petroleum-based products, which sit on top of the skin. )
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