Boil, Soap and Sugar Poultice for
April 30th, 2008
“Poultice made of yellow or soft soap and brown sugar, equal parts. Spread on cloth and apply faithfully.” This makes a good strong poultice, and has great drawing powers and would be apt to create a good deal of pain, but would draw the boil to a head. The above remedy was sent in by a number of mothers, all of whom said they had tried it with success when other remedies failed.
Source: Mother’s Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter
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As a child growing up before antibiotics, I regularly saw soap and sugar poultices successfully used. In 1948, my brother had a serious infection (“blood poisoning”) with a red line up his right arm. My mother used FelsNaptha soap and brown sugar poultice which caused a large pus-filled blister on his right wristbone. His fever subsided, the red line disappeared, and he recovered after the blister broke depositing the yellow mess from the blister onto the poultice. I regularly use the same formula for insect (including brown recluse spider) bites, slivers and splinters.