I currently have hot packs like this. They provide a moist heat.
2006-07-01 14:58:02 · 8 answers · asked by Robin B 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
I've heard of putting rice in hot packs.
You sew most of a kitchen dish towel together, add long cooking rice to the inside, whip stitch the rest of the "seam" closed, and you can heat it up for up to 2 1/2 minutes and is used in place of a heating pad.
2006-07-01 15:01:34 · answer #1 · answered by wells4ak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A local child was killed by one of those, the parents were told to heat it in the microwave. They did, as they had done before, but it was smoldering at the center and caused severe burns that lead to her death.
You can still buy a heating pad at Wal-Mart or Sears.
2006-07-02 14:56:57 · answer #2 · answered by bigrob 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just about any dried beans will do. Mine have crushed
cherry pitts in them, but a friend of mine used dried navy
beans and then she rubs a drop of lavender oil on the fabric before heating it. She swears its better then a sleeping pill.
2006-07-02 00:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buckwheat.
2006-07-01 22:02:36 · answer #4 · answered by coorissee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My chiropractor used rice in hers, it works the same and holds the heat and cold really well.
hope you feel better.
2006-07-01 22:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by Not a Daddys Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the alternative healers that I work with use rice bags with various oils (lavender works well for sleep and relaxation)
2006-07-01 22:52:34 · answer #6 · answered by amber 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is called "dent corn" "feild corn" or "feed corn" beans have too much fat and protien, they will go all nasty on you. get one of the above at a feed-grain supplier or farm store
2006-07-01 22:02:30 · answer #7 · answered by marduk D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chic peas
2006-07-01 22:02:34 · answer #8 · answered by Michael T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋