It’s that time of year when you can fall foul to blisters be it hoeing in the garden or hiking on a country walk.
Here’s a great herbal ointment you can make at home to treat not only blisters but minor cuts, burns, abrasions and fungal infections:
You’ll need:
15 grams dried calendula blossoms
15 grams dried comfrey root
450 ml of almond, olive or other vegetable oil
120 grams of finely chopped beeswax
10 drops of lavender essential oil
10 drops of tea tree essential oil
When you hear of aromatherapy you usually think of massage but there are many ways to enjoy the benefits of essential oils.
Compresses
Compresses can be used warmed to ease back pain or abdominal pain whereas cold compresses soothe and alleviate headaches, bruises and sprains and swollen joints. To make a compress add up to 6 drops of essential oil into a large bowl of water. Stir the water and oil thoroughly and then place a clean face cloth on the surface of the water so that it absorbs the layer of oil floating on the water. Wring out and apply to the affected area to 10 to 20 minutes.
Inhalations & Facial Steams
Inhalations are very effective for soothing the respiratory tract, easing sore throats and coughs and loosening catarrh. Facial steams are wonderful for the deep cleaning of pores.
Air Fresheners
To banish insects from a room, freshen the air after cooking simply add a couple of drops of your favourite essential oil to 100 ml of cooled boiled water in a small plant spritzer. Shake well and spray the room. Try lavender or lemon grass.
Oil Burners
Another way to scent the room is to use an oil burner. The oil burner tends to have a candle that sits underneath a small bowl of 2 to 4 drops of essential oil added to a small amount of water. The heat of the candle gently warms the oils and they evaporate scenting the room.
Scent Floors and Work Surfaces
Add 2 drops of essential oil to the water before mopping an area. You can also use essential oils to disinfect kitchen surfaces. Try a couple of drops f eucalyptus in 100 ml of water before wiping. Alternatively try lavender, pine or lemon.
The scent of this beautiful essential oil cannot fail to lift your spirits. The uplifting qualities of Melissa are very therapeutic and many aromatherapists use it as an anti-depressant oil particularly if a person requires a general tonic to boost and soothe them.
Both refreshing and calming to the mind and body it is an excellent choice when treating someone for shock, bereavement, anxiety or depression. Culpeper is quoted as saying:
‘…it causes the heart and mid to become merry…and driveth away all troublesome cares and thoughts.’
Stress is commonplace in our busy and hectic lives and affects all ages. Modernization, Western culture and materialism have brought many more stresses and worries to people’s lives. Consequently it’s not something that you can easily avoid. What we all must do is learn how to deal with stress effectively when it strikes. One of the ways is to use Herbal Remedies to reduce the affects of stress.
Stress affects us on all levels by creating imbalance on the mental, emotional and physical level. Mentally and emotionally it can cause lack of concentration, feelings of anger, mistrust and a sense of being overwhelmed and unable to cope. Physically it can cause insomnia, headaches, skin problems, raised blood pressure and even heart problems or strokes.
Now and then we all get an attack of the hiccups! Hiccups are caused by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is a muscle positioned under your lungs that allows you to breathe.
Hiccups are a reflex action that you cannot control and appear to have no real purpose or function. We all get hiccups from time to time often for no apparent reason but they can be due to:
Anaemia is one of the most common blood disorders and occurs when the number of red blood cells drops below the number of white blood cells. This can cause major problems for the body as red blood cells contain haemoglobin which is responsible for carrying oxygen to tissues within the body. A malfunction here can cause a variety of issues such as fatigue and stress to organs. Anemia can be caused by many things, but the three main bodily mechanisms that produce it are:
Coughing is a natural action of your body’s immune system. We cough when there are something needs to be freed from our air passages. It is the body’s way of eliminating mucous on from the chest and respiratory tract but can be painful and annoying.
Coughs usually appear suddenly in acute illnesses such as cold and flu and should disappear after a couple of weeks. However chronic coughing can be caused by smoking, allergies and illnesses such as asthma. Certain drugs such as aspirin or beta blockers can also cause coughs.
Constipation sufferers will know how miserable this condition can make you feel. Symptoms tend to vary from person to person with some people experiencing a spot of difficulty ‘going’, to having to ‘strain’, while others can be in extreme physical discomfort. Symptoms such as wind, bloating and stomach cramping make it all the more unpleasant.
However the misery doesn’t stop there. As the digestive system slows down other problems can be experienced such as:
Headaches
Irritability
Lethargy
Feeling fed up
In short constipation can ruin your day!
It’s every woman’s dread. One day you catch sight of the back of your legs or your tummy and shriek in horror – cellulite! Cellulite is the name given to the natural process that occurs after puberty when the skin becomes dimpled on the legs, abdomen and buttocks.
Experts don’t know for sure what causes cellulite but one possibility is that it is to do with how women’s fat cells and the connective tissue that hold them in place interact. Women’s fat cells are more easily damaged than those of men and as women put on weight the fat cells bulge out causing the orange peel effect. This could explain why so few men get cellulite as their skin is much tougher and doesn’t show fat as easily.
Bad breath is caused by the bacteria that naturally live in our mouths. These bacteria get busy eating any food residue in the mouth and the process releases sulphur. These bacteria are likely to make their home in the cracks and recesses between your teeth or on the tongue itself. Alternatively gum infections can cause offensive odours as can diabetes, constipation, sinusitis, rotting teeth and a poor respiratory or digestive system. What ever the cause it is an extremely embarrassing ailment that can affect the sufferer’s confidence.
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