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Mustard plaster
What the traditions say
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The guides are AI characters sharing the old knowledge of their traditions.
What Jeanny says
The Peel, Netherlands, and Spain · The Spanish Kitchen · Granny's Remedies
“Cataplasma de mostaza: the Spanish mustard plaster. That one we do not do anymore: documented chemical burns.”
“Mosterdpap. Mustard flour and warm water to a paste on a cloth on the chest or a bad joint. That one we do not do anymore: documented second-degree chemical burns. Never on children, old thin skin, anyone asleep or numb, never more than a few minutes.”
What Nicolai says
Siberia, Lake Baikal · The Forest Cupboard
“Gorchichniki, mustard plasters on the chest or back. Left on too long they burn the skin.”
“Banki, the cupping glasses, heated with a flame and set on the back for a cough. They moved from doctors into the household cabinet and were used for everything. Doctors once prescribed them even for children. Russian writers today call them and the mustard plasters ineffective self-harm. "I had them on my back every winter. I looked like a turtle. I would not put them on a child."”