Sentence examples for poultice from inspiring English sources

The older and more experienced farrier disagreed and applied a poultice made with honey, olive oil and crushed garlic, which he changed daily.

Chemical agents such as surfactants (agents that reduce surface tension between a liquid and a solid), chelates (agents that form compounds with metal ions, making them more easy to remove), or solvents can also be used either in local application using a small cotton swab or mixed in a poultice.

In Melaka (formerly Malacca), a state in western Malaysia, boils are treated with a poultice made from the entire plant of Oberonia anceps.

Traditionally considered an aid to digestion, the seeds have been used as an internal emollient for inflammation of the digestive tract and as an external poultice for boils and abscesses; it is sometimes used to promote milk production in lactating women.

The poultice is then removed from the stone surface and the process repeated until all, or an acceptable amount, of the salts present are removed.

As the water is drawn to the surface of the poultice by evaporation, the salts dissolved in the water are carried along and deposited in the poultice material.

Because what is most frightening is that beyond these few poultice-and-lard-based facts, I can remember almost nothing about any of the books I have read other than whether or not I enjoyed them.

The spa offers unusual treatments, including a cranberry bog bath and a hot-oil-and-herb-poultice massage, in which the therapist uses heated herb packs dipped in oil to scrub and detoxify the skin, followed by deep-tissue massage.

A Cherokee ritual called "going to the water" could heal negative thoughts as poultices healed wounds.

Many new conservation treatments were developed in the second half of the 20th century: chemical poultices, gel technology, and ion-exchange resins have allowed advances in cleaning methods, reduction of salt deposits, and consolidation techniques.

Slippery, or red, elm (U. rubra), a shorter species with a similar but smaller distribution, has a gluelike substance in the inner bark, which was formerly steeped in water as a remedy for throat ailments, powdered for use in poultices, and chewed as a thirst-quencher.