poultice
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I was a middle-class kid from New Jersey, but like a poultice, this ancient, colonized country drew out an answering difference from my bones.
From Salon • May 27, 2024
After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face, the wound closed up and healed in a month.
From BBC • May 2, 2024
Dampen the stone, apply the poultice a half-inch thick, then cover it with plastic and tape down the edges.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Use it to make a strong cup of tea and perhaps, with the bedsheets, a soothing poultice.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2016
The gwythaint did not struggle when Taran applied the poultice; soaking a piece of cloth tom from his jacket in another healing brew, he squeezed the liquid drop by drop into the bird’s beak.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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