Flaxseed Poultice
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the ground flaxseed with enough hot water to form a paste.
Apply the mixture to the affected area as needed.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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