Ancient Skin Care Recipes You can’t write an article and not include these ancient skin care recipes. Of course every formulator, and herbalist through the years have tweaked the recipes so please feel free to have fun and make these your own. Queen of Hungary Water This is an...
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Herbal Liniments- Recipes
Herbal Liniments A liniment is an herbal extraction in a liquid, such as alcohol, oil, or vinegar, which is rubbed into the skin to treat arthritis, inflammations, sore muscles, and strains. Herbal liniments are easy to make and so easy to use. Herbal Liniments are not as popular as...
Eczema Recipes
Eczema Recipes Eczema is a skin condition in which patches of skin become rough, bumpy and inflamed. Sometimes blisters that cause itching and bleeding occur. These can occur from a response to irritation (eczematous dermatitis) but often the cause isn’t apparent. Sometimes it is allergies, contact dermatitis, sometimes diet....
Elderflower Honey
Elderflower Honey With May coming right around the corner, we can get excited because, so with it comes Elderflowers! These beautiful flowers always make me so happy when I see them in the early rushes of bloom. I love walking down backroads, and along pastures and seeing all of...
Carpal Tunnel, herbal remedies.
Carpal Tunnel, Herbal Remedies for this issue. By Demetria Clark Carpal tunnel, what a pain. Just to share I, myself developed carpal tunnel when I was pregnant in 1996. I was a college student writing massive papers on a creaky old chair hunched over. Since then it has been...
doTerra Formulations and Their Potential Risks When Taken Orally
Three doTerra Formulations and Their Potential Risks When Taken Orally By Julie Zeise Having been first introduced to essential oils by friends that were just beginning to build businesses through doTerra I fully “bought” into everything doTerra had to say and sell. Now, five years later I have...
One Scent at a Time
One Scent at a time! Stop! Seriously. Just take a moment and pause and allow yourself the opportunity to reflect on the many experiences, the seemingly endless array of moments that threaded together make up this most gorgeous day you just got to experience. Can you do that?? Actually sit down for just...
Aromatherapy for Cancer Patients
Aromatherapy for Cancer Patients Aromatherapy for Cancer Patients According to the National Cancer Institute, there is an estimated 1,735,350 people who will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States alone just in the year 2018. (https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics) The majority of these newly diagnosed patients will move forward with treatments...
Aromatherapy and Dogs in the Shelter Environment
Aromatherapy and Dogs in the Shelter Environment Ashley Paradis The benefits of Essential Oils with Dogs in a Shelter I’ve been working in animal welfare for well over a year now and I have been granted the opportunity to oversee scent day. Scent day is a new program in...
Herbs for Cold and Flu
Herbs for Cold and Flu Nine herbs for cold and flu. Herbs for Cold and Flu, time to get prepared. It is cold and flu time! Check out these herbs for cold and flu, and it’s easy too. Don’t panic you can be prepared and not break the bank...