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Mustard Plaster

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By azandersens
I posted this on my regular blog a year or two ago, and I'm telling you, it totally works. It is from my Grandma Isobel, and if you have a chest cold or cough it will heal you! It healed me last week.

Mix 1 T. ground mustard with 3 T. flour and add just enough hot water to make a paste. Then spread it on one side of a thin cloth (something that can be thrown away) - flannel or an old dish towel work well, and fold the other side of the cloth over it so that none of the plaster is exposed. You can even double the material if it is really thin. Then place the cloth on your chest for 10 to 30 minutes. You will feel your skin start to tingle, and it will start to turn pink. When this happens it is time to take it off. **Make sure you don't let the plaster touch your skin directly or leave the cloth on too long because it can burn your skin and make it blister. My grandma always used it on us when we were little, but just be careful with little kids. After you are done you can place the plaster in a ziplock bag and put it in the fridge for another use. Just warm it up in the microwave for a few seconds first.
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