Painkiller
Roast some pokeroots by a fire. Scrape them clean with a knife and grind them up. Make a poultice out of the powder and apply to the bottom of the foot. It will draw the pain out of anywhere else in the body.
Roast some pokeroots by a fire. Scrape them clean with a knife and grind them up. Make a poultice out of the powder and apply to the bottom of the foot. It will draw the pain out of anywhere else in the body.
Applying a poultice of baked onion and soap can cure problems of lumps and bumps on your feet.
Cooked carrots, mashed into a lump of lard make a healing poultice for blisters. Use a steamed Plantain leaf to bandage it to the blistered area.
A vinegar and clay poultice is real good to reduce swelling and soreness of sprains to the feet and ankles. You can also reduce soreness in a sprain by making a paste of a dirt dobbers nest and vinegar.
Yucca:
The best part of the Yucca to use medicinally is the root. Pound the root into a mild soap. This is good to cleanse cuts, scrapes, etc or for washing your hair or bathing. Make a poultice of the soapy root for skin rashes, boils and poison ivy.
Sphagnum Moss:
Can be used for bandages, diapers, menstruation pads or crushed with other herbs and oils as a poultice.