mustard bath

[Guest guest]

Hi Marcie,

 

I don't know much about the mustard bath but it sounds more like a bandaid than a permanent removal of the cause of the problem.

 

Why don't you give us some information on what kind of diet your husband and daughter have. What do they eat? Meats? Breads and grains? Prepackaged foods? Junk foods? Fast foods? Fried foods? Vegetables? Fruits? Do they drink coffee? Teas? Do they use dairy? Do they drink alcohol? Sodas? What medications are they taking? What other health problems do they suffer from? How is their health generally? Do they get plenty of exercise?

 

These are just some questions that your honest answers to will assist us in better helping you to find the best solution to the problem.

 

HTH,

 

Don Quai

 

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marciejorock

herbal remedies

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:18 AM

[herbal remedies] mustard bath

 

I am new to this list, in hopes that you can help me. My husband has vasculitus, his is a rare form, autoamiune disease. His daughter also has a form of vasculitus and has very bad outbreaks on her legs. Someone gave he a mustard bath soak that did help her and we are searching for a formula to make some. Thank you for your help. Marcie

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[Guest guest]

Hi Marcie,

 

Welcome to the list. I've found some very helpful folk here, I'm

sure you will too.

 

My mother used to tell me of the mustard plasters my grandmother

would make to place on my grandfather's chest drawing out poisons

when he was ill. Powerful stuff. It is only used this way, as a

plaster, in severe cases because it burns the skin. (ouch!) You need

to add certain buffers to the mix also to counter the heat (some use

rye flour with black mustard plasters to reduce blistering and egg

whites instead of water with white mustard plasters to reduce

blistering of the skin.) You also need to wash the skin carefully

after removal of the plaster, dust the skin with rice powder and wrap

it with gauze to heal the burn. But I digress...you will learn that

I always take off on tangent subjects LOL.

 

To address your question about a mustard bath. It is pretty simple.

You can use black or white mustard. Steep about 7 - 8 ounces of

mustard powder in 2 quarts of cool water. Don't use any more than

this. And depending on skin sensitivity you may want to start with

less than this and build up to 7 ounces. Add the two quarts to your

bath water. That is it. Mustard baths are great for muscle

soreness, stress, and deep tissue cleansing. The warmth of the

mustard assists in opening the pores of the skin and sweating out

impurities. Some people like to add a drop of a purifying essential

oil in the bath water as well but I would start with just the mustard

powder and see how the body reacts, then you can add, after perhaps

least two baths (so you know how the body is reacting), maybe a drop

or so of rosemary oil, eukalyptus oil, wintergreen and or thyme oil.

Add one separately to each bath, then if you don't see any adverse

reactions you can finally add one drop of each oil to a bath some

time down the line.

 

Doing a mustard bath once or maybe twice a week would probably be a

very helpful addition to a body cleanse or supportive change in diet.

 

Dolly

 

herbal remedies , " marciejorock "

<marciejorock> wrote:

> I am new to this list, in hopes that you can help me. My husband

has

> vasculitus, his is a rare form, autoamiune disease. His daughter

> also has a form of vasculitus and has very bad outbreaks on her

> legs. Someone gave he a mustard bath soak that did help her and we

> are searching for a formula to make some. Thank you for your

help.

> Marcie