Natural Treatments for Hives
Hives, urticaria, affects thousands of people every year. If you’re itchy and trying hard to not to scratch your hives as you read this, you’re not alone. Nearly 20 percent of the population has been affected with hives at one point or another. One hallmark of hives is their tendency to change size rapidly and [...]
Learn MoreAromatherapy For the Table
Are you the type that reaches for the salt shaker before even tasting the food? What’s the point in sitting down to a healthy meal and then drowning it in salt? Wouldn’t you rather taste the food rather than the salt? Cooking with essential oils and herbs is a much healthier and tastier way to [...]
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Geranium Uses and History
The Geranium is a perennial flowering plant, also known as Crane’s Bill or Alum Root plant, that is known as a powerful antibacterial, anti-fungal and antiviral. The petals and the leaves of the geranium are commonly used by herbalists in the form of a steam distilled essential oil or as a dried herb. Geranium is [...]
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Making Aromatherapy Candles
Candle making is a very sensual experience. The smell of the oils and feel of the soft wax in your fingers can be a pleasing experience.
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Using the essential oils of plants — aromatherapy — is an alternative form of medicine that helps improve a person’s mood, cognitive functions, or health. Don’t equate aromatherapy with a feel good placebo. Essential oils are very strong and are usually diluted with a carrier oil like almond oil or jojoba oil that has no [...]
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Aromatherapy Primer
Many people are dismissive of aromatherapy as an alternative health method. They think aromatherapy is simply taking a whiff of some scented oil and miraculously being healed of an illness. Well, aromatherapy is much more than that. There is a large body of science behind it that says so. Herbs contain chemicals that make them [...]
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Practical Uses For Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy is not just a feel good option at the spa. Use it for practical ways to stay healthy.
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