Cool/Cold Bag for First Aid, Better Than Ice

• 12-1 lb cherries, pips (250-500g)
• 1 small cloth, bag

1. Eat the cherries, keep the pips but discard the stems.
2. Soak the cherry pips in water for an hour to soften the residue on them, then boil them until they are clean.
3. Cool and dry them well.
4. 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.
5. Fill and then sew the opening closed.
6. Keep the bag in your freezer to use on all swellings and bruises.
7. Excellent for painful insect bites because it's cold enough to give relief but not enough to burn with cold.
8. It's amazingly comfortable too.
9. Can NOT be used as a heat pad, so don't microwave it.

cherries, cloth

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cool-cold-bag-for-first-aid-better-than-ice-240997 (may not work)