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  • Applied directly to the skin to treat rashes and wounds and as topical pain- relieving remedies
  • Plant materials are either chewed up or mashed up and applied directly to the injury. Dried or fresh plant material may also be added with ample water to soften them and the wet herbs are placed directly or between two pieces of cloth and laid on the skin. Soaking a cloth in a prepared infusion, tincture or decoction may also be used as compress onto the affected area.

Species Related To Poultice

Impatiens balsamina

Artemisia vulgaris L.

Acmella grandiflora (Turcz.) R.K.Jansen

Euphorbia hirta L.

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H.Rob.

Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist

Artemisia dubia L. ex. B.D. Jacks. var. asiatica Pamps

Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore

Alocasia zebrina Schot ex van Houtte

Aglaonema sp. 

Homalomena philippinensis Engl.