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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:

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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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