How To Make Your Own Poultices

Below is a video demonstration on how one can prepare a poultice at home. Poultices are used to treat all sorts of infections by placing the poultices over the infected part of the body. The most famous use of the word poultice is found in the Bible when book of Isaiah 38:21 where Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil and he will recover." Poultices are simple but very effective remedies for chest infections, cancerous tumours.

I won't be surprised if some of you are wondering as to what the word poultice means. A poultice is made by smashing medicinal herbs and plants and adding warm water and natural oils if present to make a paste. The paste is then applied directly to the skin and covered with a piece of cloth. Where a herb is very potent, it is advisable to put a layer of cloth between the skin and the paste. Some of the potent herbs that are have a burning sensation on the skin are garlic, ginger, onion and mustard. The cloth is usually covered with a plastic to hold the moisture Though personally I would prefer to have the paste applied directly to the skin and persevere with the pain, the effectiveness of the poultice is not seriously compromised by the cloth. The poultice can be changed every 4 hours or as soon as the paste dries up.

Abscesses and Boils Natural Remedies

A more than 2,400 year old herbal remedy for boils and abscesses is application of figs to the boil and abscesses. The bible's herbal prescription for boils and abscesses is figs. 2,400 years ago the prophet Isaiah in a message recorded in Isaiah 38:21 advised King Hezekiah of the kingdom of Judah, 'Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil.'


In simple terms, the remedy works by smashing figs and applying them to the boil and covering them with a clean bandage or cloth replacing the figs at least every 24 hours until the boil heals. The figs are often roasted before application.The fruit emollient pulps has been found to help to relieve pain and inflamations. The poultice of figs will also considerably reduce the foul stench given off by chronic ulcers when applied directly to the wound

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Figs as a Remedy For Cancer tumors

Reaserchers at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research at Mitsubishi-Kasel Institute of Life Sciences in Tokyo, Japan discovered a chemical contained in figs that does treat cancerous tumours. An extract from figs, benzaldehyde, was injected into mice with cancerous tumors and their tumors shrank by one-third. They took the same extract and tested it on cancer patients with remarkable success.