Symptoms:
Painful and hard swelling in the breast. There is restlessness, throbbing, burning pain, and possible fever.


Cause:
Injury or improper diet are among the causes of inflamed, swollen, caked breasts, or sore nipples.


Treatment:
• Soak a cloth in a mixture of 1 pint of linseed oil and 4 ounces of spirits of camphor, and cover the entire affected area. Apply as often as needed.

• Hot and cold applications of dry cloths help relieve the soreness and inflammation. Give these continually until relieved. Then apply the mixture again.

• When the breast is swollen, give a poultice slippery elm, with a little lobelia added to it.

• Drink a tea of goldenseal, black cohosh, and ginger.

• Go on a short fruit and vegetable juice fast, and clean out the bowels.