Cool/Cold Bag for First Aid, Better Than Ice

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   Eat the cherries, keep the pips but discard the stems.

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   Soak the cherry pips in water for an hour to soften the residue on them, then boil them until they are clean.

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   Cool and dry them well.

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   Sew a square or rectangular pillow from a soft cotton fabric, leaving a small opening so that you can fill it with the cherry pips.

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   Fill and then sew the opening closed.

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   Keep the bag in your freezer to use on all swellings and bruises.

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   Excellent for painful insect bites because it's cold enough to give relief but not enough to burn with cold.

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   It's amazingly comfortable too.

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   Can NOT be used as a heat pad, so don't microwave it.

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