poultice
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She continued practicing medicine there and tending her garden, likely growing the herbs that are used in her remedies and ointments, poultices, and teas.
From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023
They know the way over sprawling passes and through mazelike gorges, which plants can be used to make soap and poultices, which animals leave behind what kinds of droppings and tracks.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Buonviri said it’s likely St. Mary’s would have welcomed Dyer’s knowledge of herbs, poultices and the like.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2021
R. 9—“The cook” succeeded in getting Marr’s head in chancery, administering several soothing poultices, till Marr fell.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2019
After the night of the feast and in the following bloody days she and Mary ministered to Cora, applying brine and poultices to her ravaged skin and making sure she ate.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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