Anyone ever made or used a poultice?
 

My grandma used to talk about putting a poultice on a wound...

I still have some dandy aches and pains from my dirt bike incident this spring...

I think I have at least one pinched nerve.

I'm going to get in to see my doctor next week but I'm wondering about trying a poultice at least on my elbow before then... it this crazy talk or is there something to these?

Anyone every done this? Did it work? It this just another form of the old medicine like blood letting?

I don't know if anything will work for your specific ailments, but many of the old treatments worked, and were the basis for the modern medicinal equivalents.

The best poultice consists of a skunk, dog poop, and a decaying animal...trust me!

It must be true....I wrote it on the Internet :)

My grandmother talked about using mustard poultice to cure chest infection.

Also it well known that placebos can cause people to get well. So maybe even if not medically sound that's how they work.

Poultices were rudimentary antibiotics before penicillin. They don't work on arthritis or general aches and pains.

A warm compress may relieve the pain of your pinched nerve, but the extra icky stuff in a poultice won't make any difference. Warm compresses and ice packs are proven to be medically beneficial. Poultices not so much.

My wife has always messed with herbs, and natural essential oils. In many cases, these work better than prescriptions, because there is no one gleaning profits from their continued use.

Your best bet is to look it up on google, and trust the information that isn't trying to sell you something (stay away from the pyramid sales schemes).

Comfrey poltices are great for pain, and I have used them.

Poultice? What? Can't you get any leaches?

Sorry, they may actually work...

Something like this?

How to Make a Salve or Poultice With Comfrey | LIVESTRONG.COM

My dad's favorite poultice was kerosene and sugar. That was his recipe for cough syrup too.

Exactly like that.

For aches and pains, I prepare a poultice of hemp flowers. Then I smoke it.

I had a infected big toe when I was a kid. We were camping. My dad made one from Ivory bar soap and sugar. Wrapped the toe with it. It worked. Drew the infection out and exposed a hangnail.

There's a difference between a poultice and a liniment. A poultice is used for infections, primarily on open wounds, to draw an infection to a head and take the place of an antibiotic. Liniments are folk remedies used to address aches and pains. No one really uses poultices anymore because antibiotics are so effective and easily accessible.

Liniments are a different issue. Medical science doesn't know much more about soft tissue muscular-ligamentous injuries than ancient witch doctors. The basic rule of modern science is that if it makes your aches and pains feel better and it doesn't hurt, go ahead and do it. Ice is an anti-inflammatory and is proven to have an effect on muscular-ligamentous injuries. Hot compresses also help. My mother in law heard of a folk remedy for her knee that included soaking it in gin. She seemed to think it helped. I enjoyed the leftovers.

For old fashioned aches and pains, anything that seems like it would work for you is as good as anything else. I would recommend ibuprofen and ice alternating with hot compresses, If oils or hot peppers make you feel better, go with it.

Have you tried applying a warm badger?

Applying a warm beaver is a time-tested cure for whatever ails you too...

I'm having a tough time catching the bass turd... I think he ate my wife's cat...

I'm going to try that shortly...

Not intentionally used a poultice

My mom's was onions and sugar. Same for her cough syrup too...