When washing your sheets and pillow cases, try adding a few drops of essential lavender oil (not fragrance oil) to the wash cycle. The scent of lavender is known to promote sound sleep and sweet dreams!
Mix 1 T alum (available at local grocery where spices are sold) and 1 egg white in small sauce pan. Whip with fork over low heat till mixture is thick and white. Remove from heat. Allow to cool slightly. While mixture is still warm, apply liberally to...
Remember to use my Morning in the Woods soaps and bath salts in the summer time to keep biting insects away! Simply bathe or shower using this soap, and avoid hair sprays, scented deodorants and perfumes.
Put 1/4-cup of cider vinegar in the bath water when you bath to prevent itchy skin. Use 1-2 Tbsp of my bath salts to soothe irritated skin and make the bath smell nice!
For those winter colds and flu, drink 1 cup of Burdock root tea. As soon as you feel cold coming on, place one bag (or 1 teaspoon dried root) in a quart jar and fill with boiling water. Allow the tea to steep for one hour. Measure out 1 cup and reheat to...
After carving jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween, rinse your pumpkin seeds and dry them in your oven, then pulverize them in your food processor to use as tea for bladder infection. Steep 1 teaspoon powdered pumpkin seed in 1 cup of tea three times daily...
To soothe, protect from infection and prevent scarring, cover burn with unpasteurized honey and dress with clean cotton or gauze cloth. Cleanse area with my Lemon Aloe soap and water; reapply honey and change dressing twice daily.
Thoroughly but gently clean area with a wet cloth and a bar of my Lemon Aloe soap. Apply unpasteurized honey to the irritated skin. When the rash is healed, use cornstarch as a dusting powder to prevent further occurrences of rash.
Mix 1 egg with 1-cup olive or Vitamin E oil, and apply to freshly washed hair. Comb through and allow to dry several hours or overnight (cover pillow with towel). If your hair is long, braid it or tie it back and up onto your head. Wash and style as...
In a blender, mix one egg until creamy. Remove handle from lid blender. Then slowly drizzle olive oil (about 1/4-cup) through hole in lid while running blender on low speed, until the mixture is thick and white. Divide in half. Put in glass jars....
For acne, use cucumber soap. Eat alfalfa sprouts daily. Once a week use a yogurt scrub for deep cleansing of blemished skin.
Yogurt scrub: Using a fork, blend 1 tablespoon each plain yogurt, dry cornmeal, and ground oatmeal (use blender to grind). Apply...
Cleanse area with a cotton pad dipped in rubbing alcohol, then cover with juice of an aloe leaf. Keep an aloe plant growing in a pot in your house. To use, simply break off a tip of one of the leaves and squeeze out the juice on the offended area of skin.
Mix 1 tbsp alum with 1 egg white in a small pot. Stir constantly of over low heat until it is the consistency of tapioca pudding. Apply while still warm (not hot) to skin and cover with sock, glove, or bandage, wash off in the morning. One application is...
Use Fresh Meadow soap until you feel your skin condition is under control, then switch to any of my moisturizing soaps if you wish.
Never use fabric softeners of any kind. They coat clothing with a thin film of petroleum or paraffin, which can irritate...
