Translation for '
poultice' from English to Icelandic
| NOUN | a poultice | poultices | |
| SYNO | cataplasm | plaster | poultice | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- Indians made a pain-relieving poultice by boiling the roots and placing them on the site while still warm.
- The Dakelh take a decoction of the entire plant for stomach pain, the Klallam apply a poultice of smashed flowers to the chest or side for pain, and the Tolowa apply a poultice of chewed leaves to sore eyes.
- The Zuni people apply a poultice of the powdered flower of the "hookeri" subspecies and saliva at night to swellings.
- The leaves of the species are used in herbal medicine to treat sprains, by steeping them in hot water and applying the poultice to the affected area.
- A poultice of the plant has been used to treat swellings.
- The roots and leaves are demulcent and emollient. A poultice of fresh crushed leaves has been used for skin injuries or inflammations.
- In Australia, it is a commonly used aboriginal medicine used as poultice for sting ray and stone fish stings.
- Archaeological findings from a gravesite in Poland unearthed a plaster poultice containing the nutlets of "L.
- The Iroquois apply a poultice of the smashed plant to the chest for pains and for colds, take an infusion of the roots for diarrhea, and apply a poultice of plant fragments with another plant to the skin for excess water in the blood.
- In 17th century Italy peach blossoms were made into a poultice for bruises, rashes, eczema, grazes and stings.
- Among the Zuni people, the fresh or dried root is chewed by the medicine man before sucking venom from a snakebite and applying a poultice to the wound.
- This poultice was put on the chest or the back and left until the person felt a stinging sensation.
- The Cherokee apply a hot poultice of the root to inflamed wounds and sores.
- The name Kammadine was derived from the verb "Kamada" (to poultice) which means to shorten a dress.
- The Ramah Navajo apply a poultice of the crushed leaves of the plant to sores.
- In 1872, he directed the poultice plant of Fontenay-sous-Bois.
- Ramah Navajo use a strong infusion as cathartic, also used to treat stomachache, as an eyewash, as a lotion for itching, or in cold infusion gargled or in poultice of leaves applied for sore throat.
- The plant has been made into a poultice to treat whitlow infections.
- They apply a poultice of the smashed flowers of "Viola adunca" to the chest or side for pain.
- The dried leaves can be made into a poultice or tincture to treat strains and bruises.
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