poultice is a medicated paste resulting from mixing different ingredients, based on flours, roots and leaves, and that it is applied to wounds and bodily inflammation.
Normally, the poultice is applied to cloths and gauze that wrap around the affected area of the body, serving as part of the dressing. The mixture of ingredients that make up this porridge helps in the healing process and prevents or eliminates probable infections.
Poultices can be made from different ingredients, especially herbs and natural roots, each of which is effective in treating the symptoms of certain diseases.
To make a poultice (which is also known as plaster) it is important to be aware of the influence that each herb or material used has on the human body, so that it can have a positive effect on the affected area.
As a rule, poultices are often used to treat boils, sunburn, muscle inflammation, among others.
In the figurative sense of the word, a poultice can also represent the condition of a weak, sick and infirm person. This term can still be used to refer to the individual who has slow movements, without energy and apathetic.
Etymologically, this term originated from the Greek kataplasmates, which can be translated as “a coating that applies” or “plaster”.
