: a counterirritant and rubefacient plaster containing powdered mustard
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Treatments included bloodletting, blistering, leeches and the use of mustard plaster, which could cause first-degree burns.—Ann Levin, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2021 For colds, her parents applied mustard plasters, and her Norwegian father made her and her brother hot water, sugar and whiskey at bedtime, to keep coughs in check.—Vanessa Hua, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018 Everyone in Russia knows about treatment by mustard plaster, an old-fashioned remedy.—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Oct. 2017
: a dressing made of a paste containing powdered mustard that is applied to the skin (as of the back or chest) to cause redness and irritation in the surface layers of the skin and reduce inflammation deeper down
Medical Definition
mustard plaster
noun
: a counterirritant and rubefacient plaster containing powdered mustard
called alsomustard paper
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