Plaster of Sheep Sorrel

Tradition:


Western

Source / Author:



Herb Name

fresh Sheep Sorrel

Latin


Rumex acetosella

Amount


sufficient

Preparation:


Beat well in a mortar, adding a little water, and extract as much juice as possible. Put it into a dish and leave in the sun until as thick as Honey. It is then put into a sealed vessel to protect from drying out.

Function:


Clears Heat and Toxin, resolves Tumors

Use:


Cancer

Dose:


Apply topically on a gauze or cloth and bind on, leaving it as long as possible. It is to be replaced daily.

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:



Some simply crushed the fresh plant and bound it on, alternating it with a bread and milk poultice. Barnam said ‘The writer knows of 2 persons who were cured in this manner after their physicians had pronounced a cure impossible. It is also well to drink a tea made of Sheep Sorrel’. (Barnum: The Peoples Home Library, 1910)
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