does anybody know any aromatherapy recipes using household products?
October 19, 2011 by Aroma Focus
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I like the “Christmas smell”. Just simmer a pot with a couple of cinnamon sticks and some cloves and nutmeg.
Crush 2 tablespoons of dried mint leaves and blend with 1/2 cup coarse salt for scented bath salts. Can substitute dried rose petals, honeysuckle flowers, lavender buds, chopped lemon rind, etc. Also try borax powder or epsom salts instead of salt, for different effect.
Make body oil using 2 ounces dried herbs* and 1 pint vegetable oil (grapeseed oil works well). Chop herbs very fine, place in glass container and add just enough oil to cover. Heat oil for about 5 hours at about 80 degrees F. Use a slow cooker set at lowest temp, a double boiler, gas oven with pilot light, or outdoors in sun. (Sun takes 2 to 3 days, depending on ambient temperature.) Put oil through a fine kitchen strainer, pressing out with the back of a spoon. If necessary, re-strain using a paper coffee filter. Stored in a cool place, herbal oil will keep several months; stored in the fridge, even longer.
*Lavender, chamomile, chickweed and calendula are good for skin. Rose is good for mature skin. Rosemary is stimulating. Basil is soothing for cramps, especially digestive. Fennel seed is good for PMS.
Run the rind of one lemon through the garbage disposer in your kitchen sink after you’re done washing dishes. The lemony scent is relaxing.