Day 6: Try Your Hand at Making Poultices

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Welcome to day 6 of the email series! This series is teaching how to use those healing 
plants and herbs you have been collecting (or growing). Yesterday you learned about 
making herbal tea, so today we’re going to talk about poultices.

A poultice is a type of soft material that starts with the leaves or root of a healing plant, 
which is then muddled and placed inside a muslin bag or other material. This can then 
be used for a variety of different health benefits. 

The herbs you can use for an herbal poultice can be just about anything you want to 
use, depending on what you want to use the poultice for. This is the great thing about 
this natural herbal product! 

Making Your Herbal Poultice

Now let’s talk about some basic tips and instructions for making your poultice. You 
should first understand that you will either make a raw poultice or a hot one. The raw 
poultice uses leaves, roots, and flowers from your healing plant that are simply chopped 
up and added to the muslin bag. Some people will use a blender or food processor for 
this.

Then there is a hot poultice, which is going to use a basic cooking method. With a hot 
poultice, you are going to take your same plant parts and add them to a saucepan with 
water and simmer to cook it first.

Like other natural products that use herbs, you can use just one type of herb or combine 
them for different health benefits.

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