Herbal baths
Macerate the herbs in cold water overnight. For a bath you require a bucket of 6 – 8 liters of fresh herbs or 200 grams of dried herbs. The next day warm the product and pour the extract in the bath. The bath should last 20 minutes, and the heart must be above the water level. After finishing the bath do not rub yourself with a towel but put a robe on and get into bed to sweat for an hour.
Local baths: pour a local bath only use half a bucket of herbs or 100 grams of dried plants. Follow the procedure of the complete bath. The water should be above the kidney level. After reheating the local bath may be used two more times.
Swedish herb compresses
Take a large enough cotton ball to cover the sore spot, moist with Swedish bitter and apply on the sore spot, after previously applying pork lard or filmic ointment to prevent the alcohol to suck the grease from the skin. In order to protect the lingerie cover it with a piece of plastic or cloth. Leave it on for 2 – 4 hours or as much as it can be bared, if possible keep it on all night. Powder the skin after removing the compress.
The sensitive persons should avoid keeping the compresses for too long to prevent irritation and allergic reactions.
If itchiness occurs apply filmic powder.