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poultice

pohl tuhs

  • n  a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
  • v  dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

  • He napped every day with a mud poultice on abdomen and brow.
  • Sculptor Salemme dutifully applied a plaster figleaf as a poultice to outraged sensibilities.
  • The traditional cure used by healers is leaves of Centella asiatica, a ground-hugging vine, which Salome chews into a poultice, smears on a cloth and then places as a compress on .
News & Articles

  • Born to run
    Caretaker Sheila Napier rubs poultice, a clay that draws out heat and soreness from the legs, on Ilikeitrealhot, aka Clyde, following his workout Wednesday, June 5, at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.
    June 10, 2013 - This Week Delaware
Quotes

  • Richard Mandella in BloodHorse
    It's fairly minor, just at a bad time,said Mandella. "It's very tender. We can't run him. We just soaked it and are doing it up in a medicinal poultice. We will treat it with a solution of iodine tomorrow. He might miss a week or two of...
  • Mike Rann in The Age
    I am absolutely delighted that what the prime minister has announced today is $14 billion version of South Australia's school pride initiative,Mr Rann said. "Out of that $14 billion we're going to get a poultice of money for projects in...
  • John Servis in BloodHorse
    It's possible that Rocky aggravated the old wound in his work Friday,Servis said. "We applied animalintex (a poultice pad) on the foot, and it helped. Rocky was doing much better this morning, and God willing, and the creek don't rise,...

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