Ginger Poultice for Joint Inflammation

Now, if there is inflammation

in that joint,

the skin is gonna get very, very hot.

It appears that the ginger pulls out

the inflammation from the joint to the skin.

And some guests have said to me, "Barbara, my skin is burning."

And I say, "Can you handle it? Because if you can handle it... Thank you.

If you can handle it, just keep it on all night."

And some people, especially if they have,

especially if they have, uh, arthritis, the heat

feels very, very nice. One lady said, "It was just

burning me." And I say, "Well, if you can endure it,

keep at it." Because the

heat will often go up and then ease, and then it might get hot

again, and then it will ease. And some people get very, very fearful,

but

it'll never burn the skin. It will never burn the skin.

But the fact that the skin gets hot is an indication that

there was a lot of inflammation in that joint,

and it can feel very nice if someone has a sore lower back.

And what you can do is you can actually put it on that area.

It's hard, especially with us ladies, to bandage that because we've got waists

and it fall up to the waist. But I find if you've got a sore lower back, you

just lie on it, and often your pants can hold it in place,

and just lay

down on your back with your knees in the air and the heat will

come in. Now, if someone's got a sore lower back,

often they'll put a hot water on

their back, hot water bottle. Now, the hot water bottle brings a bit of

relief

because when you're in pain, the muscles seem to

go out in sympathy with your pain, and they tighten.

And the hot water bottle relaxes the tight muscles, and

that's what feels good. But if you've got inflammation

and you put a hot

water bottle on it, it can increase the inflammation.

But if you put a ginger poultice on a sore lower back,

it'll pull the inflammation out of the joint to the skin.

That heats up the whole area. The muscles relax,

and of course the joint inflammation, because it's being relieved,

it is no longer sore. So it's excellent for such things.