Make Your Own Apothecary: Teas, Salves, Etc. As a little girl I mixed up shampoos and lotions in my laboratory, trying to improve on the toiletries we had. I never came up with anything worth mentioning, but I did once get scolded for spilling my mom's shampoo all over the bathroom rug. A friend of mine told me about the "laboratory" she'd had at age 12, in which she created, among other things, the cure for AIDs. You probably won't cure any diseases with your apothecary, but you will scratch that youthful itch to create something useful out of ordinary ingredients. narfmore I'll get your mad scientist career started with a list of ingredients to start a home apothecary, with which you'll be able to make herbal teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, eye pillows, and infused oils. Starter herbs and their properties You can find these herbs online or in stores with large bulk herb selections. So, oils. Starter oils Most essential oils aren't cheap, but a little goes a long way. AND! Storage Lavender Mint Room Spray & Linen Mist Ingredients
Bulk organic herbs, spices & essential oils from Mountain Rose Herbs New Catalog Our latest catalog for Spring/Summer 2014 is here! Enjoy over 20 brand new herbal recipes from our kitchen, fun how-tos, exciting new products, gorgeous color photos, farm stories, and plenty of herbal inspirations to explore. We have all of the essentials you'll need as the sun brings new growth our way. Request a free copy! Organic Tea Blends Our delicious herbal tea blends are made by hand in small batches each day. DIY Herbal Oxymels This medicinal preparation using herbs, honey, and vinegar has been used throughout the ages and can be adapted to suit your health needs. Salmon-Safe Certified Mountain Rose Herbs is the first business in Eugene to be certified!
SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER | Austin, Texas Patchouli Essential Oil Profile, Benefits and Uses Home Page > Essential Oil Profiles > Patchouli Essential Oil I'm not alone in my fondness for Patchouli Essential Oil... Despite its aroma being an "acquired taste" (so to speak) for some, Patchouli Oil is remarkably versatile. I use Patchouli Oil in skin care applications, emotionally in diffuser blends, romantically in sensual blends, spiritually at times for meditation, and in making natural personal fragrances. Unlike most essential oils that oxidize and diminish in therapeutic and aromatic quality over time, Patchouli Essential Oil improves with age like a fine wine. Often associated with the hippies and the 1960s, the fragrance of Patchouli Essential Oil is rich, earthy and grounding. Patchouli thrives in tropical regions and can be found in Hawaii, regions of Asia and other tropical areas of the world. Aromatic Description: Rich, earthy, woody aroma with a nearly hidden fruity note. < Return to Essential Oil Profile Index
Making Essential Oils - Henriette's Herbal Homepage This info is copyright by the Australasian College of Herbal Studies, Aromatherapy Certificate Home Study Course. Posted with permission. >I would really be interested in finding out how to make essential oils. From Dorene Petersen <dorenep.EUROPA.COM>: The most important production method for Essential oils is distillation. The basic principle of distillation is the same but it is carried out in different ways depending on the botanical material and the condition of the material. Three types of distillation are used: Water Water and steam Direct steam Distillation is basically, producing steam. Water distillation is used when the plant material has been dried and will not be damaged by boiling. Cold Pressing or Expression : This method is mainly used to prepare citrus oils such as orange, lemon and tangerine. The juice is extracted by another tube. Enfleurage : This is an old method which was used in the production of perfumes and pomade extracts for perfumery.
Grounding Techniques for Empaths & Sensitives | Just Be In these trying times, with the constant bombardment of negative energies and emotions, it is a challenge for Empaths and Sensitives to stay grounded. Even when staying home, within one’s personal sanctuary, the empathic antennas are perpetually picking up pain from the outside world. Because of this, we can easily become consumed with depression, listlessness and apathy and lose sight of what our roles here are. To combat the constant overwhelm, we need to protect ourselves anyway we can. As everyone is different, what works for one will not always work for another. Water: The body is made up of 75% water (some body tissue has 95%), so it will come as no surprise that this is way up there on the self-healing scale. Most of us should be drinking at least 8 glasses of pure water a day, just to replenish what our body loses naturally through sweating, urination etc. His mantra is, ‘You’re not sick; you’re thirsty. Diet: High reactives are very responsive to different vibrations of energy.
Reinvention of the Humble Tomato Tasting — Seed Savers Exchange On Labor Day weekend, Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) hosts its annual Tomato Tasting event, drawing upwards of 1,000 people to come and marvel at the incredible wealth of flavors, textures and form inherent with tomato diversity. Heritage varieties from SSE’s Collection are on experiential display, inviting visitors to interact with these rare fruits—many of which are openly available through the Online Seed Exchange. Due to the popularity of our on-site Tomato Tasting, and the wild success of last year’s Apple Tasting event in Des Moines, we had the idea to hit the road with our tomatoes. As we began developing plans for a Tomato Tasting Block Party at the Tiny Diner in Minneapolis, we got inspired to expand beyond our initial vision for an off-site outreach effort. SSE partnered with Koby Jeschkeit-Hagan of Seed Sages, who rallied a group of participant growers and provided them season-long instruction on how to properly save seed from tomatoes.
TLC Style "Aromatherapy Massages: How do they work?" If you're feeling stressed, sore and overtired -- in other words, in need of a massage -- but you're not quite in the mood for a strenuous muscle-kneading session, an aromatherapy massage could be right up your alley. The purpose of an aromatherapy massage is not so much to physically work out all the kinks and sore spots in your body, but to use the restorative properties of essential oils to relax and heal your body and mind. Essential oils are 100 percent natural, highly concentrated plant essences. There are more than 3,000 essential oils out there, each with its own therapeutic qualities. Stress: lavender, clary sage, lemonInflammation: German chamomile, helichrysumInsomnia: Roman chamomile, clary sage, marjoram, patchouliLack of energy: eucalyptus, grapefruit, lemongrass, rosemaryDepression: nutmeg, lemon, bergamot, anise Other oils can have purifying, calming, aphrodisiac, antibacterial, soothing and even euphoric effects.
How to Make Mint Oil How to Make Mint Oil With Fresh Mint Grown for thousands of years, mint remains popular for beauty, cooking and medicinal purposes. Mint oil provides the base for many items... How to Extract Oil From Mint Mint oil is sometimes used to flavor recipes, as well as to scent rooms. How to Make Mint Oil A mint oil can be made by combining mint leaves with a carrier oil in a dark jar that can be stored... How to Make Natural Mint Massage Oil One of the oldest healing techniques, massage not only helps to relax the mind and body, it also helps to rid the... Are Mint Oil & Peppermint Oil the Same? Though similar, peppermint and mint oils are not technically the same. How to Make Mints Mints are a type of candy characterized by the use of peppermint, spearmint or wintergreen flavoring in their creation. Mint Oil for Fleas Fleas are problematic for many pet owners. Homemade Mint Oil Homemade mint oil contains a familiar peppermint scent and has many health benefits. Uses of Mint Oil Uses of Mint Oil.
What is an Empath? Tools and Resources for Empaths | EliseLebeau.com Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food Essential Oil Diffuser | Five-Sense Aroma Diffuser | Pu'er Tea from China | Chinese Jun Porcelain | Puzhen How to Make Homemade Peppermint Extract -Whole Natural Life Part of the reason that I decided to grow mint this year was so that I could try making my own peppermint extract. Jesse and I are pretty much obsessed with mint (especially mint plus chocolate) so we go through a lot of mint extract. Even though I buy my extracts through Azure Standard, they’re not exactly cheap, so making my own seemed like a great way to save some money. I finally got down to it last weekend. The extract has only been sitting for a few days so far so I can’t tell you how it came out, but I wanted to share the method now in case anyone else has an abundance of mint just begging to be used for something. How to Make Peppermint Extract I did a quick Google search and found a multitude of recipes, all of which followed the same basic outline. Harvest a bunch of mint leaves from your mint plant. Harvested mint leaves Remove mint leaves from stalks (if applicable) and pack leaves into a measuring cup to determine how much mint you have. Mint leaves ready to be rinsed
Traits of an Empath Updated July 12, 2016. Empathy is the ability to read and understand people and be in-tune with or resonate with others, voluntarily or involuntarily of one's empath capacity. Empaths have the ability to scan another's psyche for thoughts and feelings or for past, present, and future life occurrences. 11 Signs That You or Someone You Know is an Empath Empaths Sense Deep Emotions Empathy is a feeling of another's true emotions to a point where an empath can relate to that person by sensing true feelings that run deeper than those portrayed on the surface. An empath can sense the truth behind the cover and will act compassionately to help that person express him/herself, thus making them feel at ease and not so desperately alone. Take the Free Chakra Test to Find Out Which of Your Chakras Are Weak See the prostate mistake men make. Enter Your Birth Date & I will Tell Your Future. Deep Sense of Knowing Empaths are highly sensitive. Inherited Trait? How Empathy Works Who Are Empaths?