Mustard poultices

Counter-lrritante. Substances applied to tho surface of the body to establish a. secondary morbid action, with the view of relieving one already existing. Those best known aro bli.stcrs, mustard poultic, hartshorn aud oil, and liniment of ammonia. 

Modes of Application.—Intemdtty —In a bolus, or as Tinctura Cantbaridis. Externally — To keep up discharges, also to increase the activity of mustard poultices and similar applications, the powdered insect is used. To promote the growth of hair, a solution of one part of cantharides in twenty parts of acetic acid, or an ointment consisting of one part of cantharides and twenty parts of lard, is to be applied with friction. For the other applications of can-th des, see the Preparations enumerated below. 

Counterirritation by the application of mustard poultices or moxas was also widely recommended. By 1884, however, Mackenzie was able to declare that bleeding or even the local abstraction of blood was of little value, and that he himself had found counterirritation to be of no effect. He favored derivatives and especially recommended the use of extremely hot... 

Potter s clay, earth A clay fairly free from Iron,used In making pottery. Poultice 5016 A hot. soft, moist mass, as of mustard, applied to a sore part of the body.. ... 

Regulatory Status. Has been affirmed as GRAS ( 184.1527). White mustard seed is the subject of a German therapeutic monograph allowed externally in poultice for upper respiratory tract congestion and supportive treatment of joint and soft tissne diseases. ... 

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