Prior to big name pharmaceutical brands and doctors prescribing pills for every ailment under the sun (many of which have side-effects that far outweigh the benefits–if one of the side effects is “death,” maybe you should take that pill back to the drawing board…but I digress), most people relied on the almost miraculous healing effects of poultices.

There were poultices for everything, but the major jobs they all performed were to draw out toxins and replace them with healing or soothing effects.

For blisters and boils, and other such skin ailments in which pus is involved, there is a simple poultice which you can employ to sooth the area and shrink the ailment in question.

Learn this age-old recipe on the next page.

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