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Make your own healing ointments!
January 11, 2008
Dear Friends,
Are you looking for a fun and simple winter project? How
about making some herbal salves and balms? We offer some
herbal blends on our Family Apothecary page at the website,
www.fromfieldsandgardens.com. When you purchase these
blends, we include beeswax tarts and printed directions for
you. Making ointments couldn't be any simpler! You only
need to provide the oil for your herbal infusion. Olive
oil is a great choice, but any good, skin conditioning oil
would be fine. You will appreciate having healing
ointments on hand. They are an important ingredient in any
well stocked home apothecary! They store easily in old
baby food jars or in plastic containers and you can make
several to carry in your purse, glove compartment, or
diaper bag.
If you already have some beeswax and olive oil on hand,
here is a simply wonderful recipe for making your own
herbal chest rub. You will need some essential oils for
this recipe. This rub is great for relieving chest
congestion during colds and coughs. A similar herbal chest
rub would cost you almost $20.00 for a 4 ounce jar. Think
of the money you'll save by making your own.
Natural Chest Rub
1-2 cups warmed olive oil
1 ounce melted beeswax
10 drops eucalyptus essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops peppermint essential oil
Mix this together well and pour into an old baby food jar
or a plastic container.
If you want to make this chest rub even more powerful,
infuse your olive oil with fresh white pine needles for one
week prior to making the ointment. Strain out the needles
before using.
Speaking of pine needles...Did you know that a strong tea,
or infusion, made of pine needles can be used to break up
congestion and relieve coughs and colds? Drink it hot with
a bit of honey added to it. Pine needles are very easy to
find and are high in vitamin C! Pick them and use them
fresh for best results.
Last month, we offered a special version of our very
popular, Flu Fighter Blend. This formula was specifically
for making a syrup and had cloves and cinnamon stick added.
Well, it was so well received that I have decided to make
it permanent. This blend makes it super easy for you to
concoct your own family cough, cold, & flu syrup. It
tastes great is wonderful for children. It contains
elderberries, elder flowers, echinacea, yarrow, and now
cloves and cinnamon! Cloves and cinnamon are both very
powerful natural antibiotics and immune system boosters,
too! They also impart a tasty, spiciness to the syrup,
making it quite delicious. It is available on our Family
Apothecary page.
When you order your blend, you will receive detailed
instructions for making your tincture or syrup. You may
also want to download a copy of my e-book, The Kitchen
Apothecary. Honestly, making syrups and tinctures is so
easy! It would cost you around $15.00 to purchase a good
quality 8 ounce jar of herbal syrup. With our blend, you
will have a quart of syrup that will last a large family
the entire winter! Tinctures can be even more expensive!
A 2 ounce jar can cost upwards of $10.00 or more.
The same reasoning applies to purchasing kefir grains. You
can easily spend a lot of money purchasing capsules of
acidophilus and probiotic supplements. With your own kefir
grains, you can have a lifetime supply of the best
probiotic ever at your fingertips whenever you need it!
We have several items on sale at the website. Make sure
you check it out! Our goat milk body butter is bound to be
a big hit! If you ordered some Vanilla & Lemongrass this
week, please make sure to leave us some feedback on the
online guest book so we know how you like it! We are also
slowly introducing a new line of goat milk soaps called
Goat Milk Smoothies! These soaps are made with our own
goat milk PLUS 100% fresh juices! They are very nice and
go great with the body butters and cremes that will be
added to the catalog over the next few weeks. So far, we
have Carrot Juice Smoothie available. Our "Aromatherapy"
bar is also made with 100% grape juice.
One more thing...my brother-in-law is a beekeeper and he
has a new site that is totally cool! It is full of
information and educational stuff that the kids will find
fascinating! You definitely want to check it
out...www.promisedlandhoney.com. We have a link on our
site.
Ok, one last thing...how about a coupon code to save 10%
off your next order? Enter code: winter
Shalom!
Jennifer
www.fromfieldsandgardens.com
Jennifer@fromfieldsandgardens.com
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