Natasha Watson & Jamie Garlic showed how you can make your own rice packs. You can make a tube out of material to go around your neck and simply straight stitch around the edges or simply use a clean sock and an elastic band. You fill them with regular rice or basmati rice for a lovely aroma. Then add essential oils like peppermint so you can have a little aroma therapy while you are relaxing. Natasha also said that you can partially fill a small sock and put in the freezer for emergencies when someone needs an ice pack.
Natasha also shared a brown sugar scrub to soften your skin. (Note: not for facial use)
3 parts brown sugar
1 part canola oil
vanilla or essential oil for fragrance
Jamie made a darling wreath out of tea bags and scrapbook paper, clothes pins and card board. She found a delicious selection of herbal teas at Sunflower Market.
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/05/make-a-tea-wreath/
Learning about Herbs
http://www.botanical.com/ (This site features the online text A Modern Herbal "one of the most popular resources for herbal information. Written in the early part of the last century, the advice is both timely and historical.")
http://www.findaspring.com (where to find a spring any where in the United States)
http://theessentialherbal.blogspot.com/
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/newsletter/09/January/winter.html (Seven herbs to help you through winter)
http://www.learningherbs.com/
(this site contains lots of free information on how to use herbs and a cooperative game that teaches about edible and medicinal plants.)
Making your own cosmetics
DIY Mineral Make-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ukHbEw17fU
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Mineral-Makeup/
Lotions/Soaps/ Natural Home Keeping
http://www.makeyourcosmetics.com/index.asp
Elder Berry & Elder Flower
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/e/elder-04.html
Brook Andreoli and Julia Holt taught us about Elderberry.
It protects against multiple strains of flu and shortens flu durations and increases the production of infection fighting cytokine. It fights viral and bacterial infections, strengthens the immune system and helps protect the respiratory system. It has been shown to be effective against ten known strains of influenza including the type that includes H1N1.
You can use the bark, leaves, flowers and berries. You can find the right kind of Elder Tree in Provo Canyon—the berries need to be the black kind not red. (They said if you ate them raw it wouldn't hurt you, but they may give you a tummy ache, so better to cook them.) Good Earth sells the dried Elderberries and flowers, or you can find them online at Mountain Rose Herbs.
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/search/search.php?refine=y&keywords=elder+barry&x=0&y=0
Brigham Young's favorite herbal blend was:
1 part Elder Flower
1 Part Peppermint
1 Part Yarrow
Prepare as a tea and use for the flu, lowering fever, bronchial inflammation & congestion. Serve with honey and lemon as desired.
Elderberry Lemon Syrup
1 cup fresh or 1/2 cup dried elder berries
3 cups water
1 cup raw local honey
12 drops lemon essential oil
Bring the berries and water to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30-45 minutes.
Mash the berries, strain and add the honey to the liquid.
Mix Well (Julia uses an electric hand blender)
Discard the berries. Store the elderberry syrup in a covered jar and refrigerate.
Keeps 3 months.
Adult Dosage: Take 1 Tablespoon per day for upkeep, or 2-3 Tablespoons per day for the flu.
Children's Dosage: 1 tsp. per day for upkeep, or 2-3 tsp. per day for the flu
Elder Tincture recipe shared by Brook
Tincture by Amy Jones (her local classes are AH-mazing)
16 oz vegetable glycerine
16 oz reverse osmosis water
2 c cut herbs or 1 c powdered herbs
Sterilize your glass jars with hydrogen peroxide before filling.
Use equal parts Elder Berries, Elder Flowers and Wild Cherry Bark
Wild lettuce (you can find these at the Orem Herb Shop)
Shake every day for 14 days.
Pour into another sterilized jar and squeeze through muslin.
Store in a cool dark place.
You can find dark amber bottles at "Aroma Tools" in Orem (along with lots of other great jars).
http://www.nourishingdays.com/2010/11/making-elderberry-glycerin-tincture/
"Elderberry is one of those things I like to keep in my medicine cabinet for both young and old. It is good to take as a preventative to the cold and other nasty bugs you can pick up here and there. We also take it at the first sign of sniffles, aches, or flu-like symptoms. It works better than I could have ever imagined...I came across a wonderful resource, Rosemary Gladstar’s Family Herbal. This book simplifies all of the herbal preparation methods. I looked up her simple method for glycerin tincture making (because I know this is easy to give to children) and went to work."
Elderberry Glycerin Tincture
1 part vegetable glycerin
1 part water
dried elderberries
Directions
Combine vegetable glycerin and water in a 1:1 ratio and set aside. In a quart jar place about 1/2 pound of the dried elderberries. Pour over the glycerin-water mixture until well covered and saturated. Place the lid on and keep in a dark place.
Shake the jar every day to distribute the berries and glycerin. Let sit, shaking daily, for [14 days to] about a month.
Strain the liquid off from the berries using cheesecloth, a coffee filter, or a thin old towel. Be sure to squeeze all of the liquid out of the berries.
Store in an airtight container. yields about two cups of tincture.
Make Your Own Lotion Bars for Holiday Gifts!
by Rosalee de la Forêt
The following recipe makes about seven one-ounce bars
http://www.learningherbs.com/news_issue_73.html
16 oz vegetable glycerine
16 oz reverse osmosis water
2 c cut herbs or 1 c powdered herbs
Sterilize your glass jars with hydrogen peroxide before filling.
Use equal parts Elder Berries, Elder Flowers and Wild Cherry Bark
Wild lettuce (you can find these at the Orem Herb Shop)
Shake every day for 14 days.
Pour into another sterilized jar and squeeze through muslin.
Store in a cool dark place.
You can find dark amber bottles at "Aroma Tools" in Orem (along with lots of other great jars).
http://www.nourishingdays.com/2010/11/making-elderberry-glycerin-tincture/
"Elderberry is one of those things I like to keep in my medicine cabinet for both young and old. It is good to take as a preventative to the cold and other nasty bugs you can pick up here and there. We also take it at the first sign of sniffles, aches, or flu-like symptoms. It works better than I could have ever imagined...I came across a wonderful resource, Rosemary Gladstar’s Family Herbal. This book simplifies all of the herbal preparation methods. I looked up her simple method for glycerin tincture making (because I know this is easy to give to children) and went to work."
Elderberry Glycerin Tincture
1 part vegetable glycerin
1 part water
dried elderberries
Directions
Combine vegetable glycerin and water in a 1:1 ratio and set aside. In a quart jar place about 1/2 pound of the dried elderberries. Pour over the glycerin-water mixture until well covered and saturated. Place the lid on and keep in a dark place.
Shake the jar every day to distribute the berries and glycerin. Let sit, shaking daily, for [14 days to] about a month.
Strain the liquid off from the berries using cheesecloth, a coffee filter, or a thin old towel. Be sure to squeeze all of the liquid out of the berries.
Store in an airtight container. yields about two cups of tincture.
Make Your Own Lotion Bars for Holiday Gifts!
by Rosalee de la Forêt
The following recipe makes about seven one-ounce bars
http://www.learningherbs.com/news_issue_73.html
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