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* Put a tight-fitting T-shirt on the patient and tuck her into bed.
* Tear a peace of old flanelette off an old pair of pyjamas, nighty, or diaper, about 12" x 6".
* Mix 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seed powder with 1 tablespoon of flour. Use either bought mustard seed powder or grind your own seeds.
* Add cool water to the mixture gradually till it turns into a paste.
* Spread the paste on half of the flanelette.
* Fold over the flanelette.
* Place on a plate and warm in an oven or microwave to take the chill off.
* **Only warm slightly. Excess heat will turn the plaster into a brick.
* PlaceCanola or Mustard Seeds the pack on the patient's chest and secure with the T-shirt.
* Tuck patient back into bed.
* Check occasionally to make sure the skin does not turn raw.
* If you are alone and have no one to monitor the skin color while you are asleep, be sure to set an alarm clock to wake you in a few hours, because you don't want to turn into a boiled lobster.

One TurnipYou can vary the mustard/flour ratio depending on the patient's skin sensitivity and on the length of time you intend to leave the plaster on. I like to make it very mild and leave it on all night. That way, I won't have an accident if everyone should fall asleep and we all forgot about the mustard.

Children:
1 Teaspoon Soda
1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
1 teaspoon flour

Use enough water to mix like a paste and smooth it onto a clean rag (an old sheet is great to use), it will get hot, but won't burn and can leave it on all day. WARNING: If child has real sensitive skin, check it often to make sure it isn't red and burning their skin. Better for adults to use all day with a child keep it on 10 minutes for maybe 15 minutes and then take off and put it back on. Important to keep it moist.

For Adults :

3 Tablespoons flour
1 Tablespoon dry mustard

Mix with warm water to make a paste. (This can burn so take it off when you can't stand it any longer).

Okay...did you know this or look it up? Can I put this on my sinuses? What do turnips have to do with this?....K, this confuses me...and I am not trying to sound like English is my second language...

.... pretend that is a hot tea, or hot toddy ....

Hope you feel better soon kiddo.

Google .... :-)

There was on for sinus's using onions....

ignore the Turnip part....

# for Colds : 4 tablespoons lemon juice, 4 tablespoons brandy, 4 tablespoons unpasteurized honey, 4 tablespoons glycerine.
This drink can be served hot or cold. Drink up, bundle up and go to bed.

# Extracting Compress :Collect hot steamed cooked onions in a cheesecloth and this compress can be used for placing on the chest in the event of a chest cold, on the outside of the ear in the case of an earache, on a boil to help it burst, on an abscessed tooth to soothe the inflamation.

# Cataplasm :Raw onion as a cataplasm (plaster) on the forehead is excellent for headaches related to sinusitis. This remedy can also be used to soothe bladder inflamation by placing the raw onion cataplasm upon the bladder area for approximately 40 minutes.


Nasal Congestion

For nasal stuffiness, or to release sinus pressure, pour 2 cups of vinegar in a saucepan, add 1/3 cup of pickling spice and boil, then cover head with a towel and lean over the boiling mixture for 10 minutes or so. (Pickle juice works too, the more garlic the better.) Believe me, this works better than some decongestants and doesn't dry you out completely.



More information sent to your email. :-)

Where the hell is that spell check. ;-)

Eucalyptus oil and lavender is also very beneficial and also very natural. Just boil some water and put it in a bowl, cover your head with a towel and breathe in the steam and stick your head over the bowl. You only need about 8 drops of Eucalyptus oil and lavender oil each. I will have a look through my herb book and see what else I can find for you. Try what KHD has given you here to. A mustard seed foot bathe helps as well. Also including garlic, ginger, watercress in your daily diet will help.

Another recipe is Green Tea, lemon juice, natural honey and whiskey works as well.

Hope this helps.

gem

Something don't make sense with the math here, or I'm missing something.

Since flour and water or soda doesn't burn the skin it must be the ground mustard seed, right?

For the child mustard is 50% of dry ingredient mix and for the adult it is only a 25% of dry ingredient mix. Yet the instructions imply the adult mix is stronger somehow and the 50% mix is safer for children and less likely to burn.

See what I mean?

It is the mustard seed that does the work, nothing else. The flour is just the carrier to form a paste and make it spreadable. The soda, because kids skin is more sensitive needs the soda to somewhat help control the burning.

The adult version needs more carrier as it is covering a bigger area therefore needs more flour but not the soda as it is more diluted. Your right about the percentages and the childrens variety is stronger but with the soda, it balances it out somewhat. You could probably use just 3/4 of a tsp of mustard seed in the kids version as well. The main ingredient is still the same.

gem

Eucalyptus is very good ...

Green tea, lemon juice and honey ... are great ... hot toddy (whiskey) for some odd reason always works)


Don't forget plain ole chicken soup (and mutz balls)


Have a book of Irish country cures ... not sure you want to go to the grave yard at night and pick this certain plant off a grave ... etc etc etc.