Enriching the Soil of Your Life
If you apply an essential oil ‘neat’, then you are applying it without a carrier oil – directly on your skin without blending or diluting it.
The Essential Oils We Have Used Neat in Our Family:
That’s all. And, lately, I’m doing some thinking about that!…
‘Once upon a time’ there was a household tradition of drinking various herbal tea blends made from local plants and some from far-away places. Generations of housewives and mothers were taught by their mothers how to use herbal tea blends as targeted medicinals to heal their family of common ailments. This centuries-old wisdom brought comfort, health, and restoration, but through the years much of the understanding has been lost.
Bulk Herb Store continues to be a steward of traditional herbal knowledge and is faithfully passing it on.
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Sugar cravings – we all have them. In traditional circles, homepathics are discounted as quackery. But in my experience using them personally for advanced disease, I know they are gentle yet effective. What if they could work equally well for sugar cravings which undermine vitality and health? I share this guest post from Weston A. Price’s Wise Traditions with permission from Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(NA), homeopath and author – because she and I want you to thrive!
Liz had a dirty little secret. Well, maybe not so dirty to others, but to Liz it was embarrassing so she kept it hidden from her family and friends. Sometimes she even denied it to herself.
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Today I present a quick reference on the time-tested, safe antibacterial and antiviral herbs.
Early in my herbal adventures, I had a hunch and wanted to see if it was true.
My thinking was that foods and medicines altered by man were riddled with problems and side-effects – and that things given to man by God were so much better when used properly.…
In the spirit of the do-it-yourself-er and as a salute to the ‘too-frugal-to-buy-it-already-made’, here is how I make my own version of Young Living’s Purification® blend. Their Purification® blend is very nice, but I believe I can achieve a finished product that is just as excellent and save money, too.
I call my version ‘Clean and Fresh’.
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My lengthy lists of herbs to avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding are certainly not complete, but hopefully will give guidance to those wanting to know of the safety of use of some of the most commonly used Western herbs.
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