Use these easy to follow recipes to make your own herbal products and home
remedies.
HandLotion submitted by Hillside Herbal Products
Try this great Hand Lotion after a very old recipe. It cools and softens the
skin and will even help to clean stained hands.
It should be used up in 2-3 weeks, so make it only in small batches.
| Ingredients: | | - 30 ml (or 1/3) | Eau de cologne of you choice | | - 30 ml (or 1/3) | Freshly pressed lemonjuice | | - 30 ml (or 1/3) | Glycerine |
Preparation:
Put all ingredients in to a small bottle and shake well. Shake before every use!
Perfum cream submitted by Hillside Herbal Products
Make your own favourite perfum creme. It makes a fantastic, inexpensive
present to give to your friends
| Ingredients: | | - 5ml | Jojobaoil | | - 30 ml | Almondoil | | - 7.5 gr | Beeswax (NOT candlewax or paraffin!) | | - 7.5 ml | Essential oils or fragrance of your choice |
Preparation:- Put a small bowl, preferably glass or stainless steel, in to a saucepan filled
with hot water (bain marie).
- Pour jojobaoil and almondoil in to the bowl and mix well.
- Add beeswax and stir until beeswax has dissolved.
- Remove bowl from saucepan and add essential oils or fragrance while stirring
continously.
- Continue to stir while the mixture cools down. Pour in to suitable small jars
as soon as it starts to thicken.
- Put lids tightly on jars once your perfume creme has cooled down completely and
label.
- Now let the jars rest in a cool, dark place for 2-3 weeks.
Enjoy your very own perfum creme. Try to experiment with different essential
oils and fragrances.
A nice one to start with using essential oils would be: 10drops Petitgrain
Paraguay, 5 drops Lemon, 5 drops Bergamot, 5 drops Olibanum (Frankincense).
Baby Massage Oil submitted by Hillside Herbal Products
Mild, delightfully scented massage oil for babies and children. It is - of
course - also suitable for adults!
| Ingredients: | | - 50 ml | Almondoil | | - 4 drops | Lemon essential oil | | - 10 drops | Mandarine essential oil | | - 10 drops | Orange essential oil |
Preparation:
Put all ingredients in to a small bottle and shake well.
Do not use essential oils in higher concentration than suggested above, as they
are very concentrated!
Cough Syrup submitted by Sherri Owen
A recipe, not for salve or skin but for a nasty cough -
| Ingredients: | | - 1 | large red onion - sliced | | - 1 | large grated ginger root | | - 1 | large bottle of honey (preferably from local beekeeper) | | - * | optionally add a clove or two of garlic for extra oomph |
Preparation:
Layer in order given in glass baking dish - bake in slowest oven until done
(mushy). Strain if desired :) and bottle.
In a hurry? You can microwave a smaller amount and even use powdered ginger
and a simple white onion, but the above slow-cooking recipe is preferred to
get all the goodies cooked through each other.
Do you have your own favourite recipe that you would like to share with others?
your recipe to us and we will gladly publish it on this page. |
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