Hands-On Healing Remedies: 150 Recipes for Herbal Balms, Salves, Oils, Liniments & Other Topical TherapiesKeep your family healthy and chemical free by making your own natural remedies. Stephanie Tourles offers 150 original recipes for herbal balms, oils, salves, liniments, and other topical ointments to treat a wide range of conditions. This comprehensive guide is filled with safe and effective cures for scores of common ailments, including headaches, backaches, arthritis, insomnia, splinters, and more. Take control of your well-being and stock your family’s medicine cabinet with gentle, all-natural homemade healing formulations. |
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Contents
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| 8 | |
Part 2 A Collection of Herbal Remedies | 48 |
Part 3 The Ingredient Dictionary | 277 |
RESOURCES | 306 |
| 309 | |
METRIC CONVERSIONS | 311 |
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¼ cup 15 minutes 2-quart saucepan 24 hours 30 minutes analgesic anti-inflammatory antiseptic Application Instructions aroma astringent beeswax blisters Bonus bottle and shake calendula chemotype clay pack cocoa butter coffee filter comfrey cup freshly wilted cup Storage dark cabinet Discard the marc double boiler dropper top eczema essential oil essential oils drop extract fine-mesh strainer lined flowers formula German chamomile glass or plastic healing heat and allow heat and light herbal herbs hours to synergize infection infused oil ingredients irritation jojoba base oil lavender essential oil lemon balm linalool liniment low heat medicinal mixture oil blend oil Equipment oils can synergize paper coffee filter peppermint perature powder recipe remedies rosemary salve saucepan or double screw cap Preptime shake vigorously shea butter small saucepan soothing Squeeze the herbs stirring utensil storage bottle Store at room synergize Yield tablespoons tea tree thyme tissue verbenon vitamin E oil vodka vulnerary warm witch hazel
Bibliographic information
| Title | Hands-On Healing Remedies: 150 Recipes for Herbal Balms, Salves, Oils, Liniments & Other Topical Therapies |
| Author | Stephanie L. Tourles |
| Publisher | Storey Publishing, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1603428771, 9781603428774 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › Health & Fitness / Healthy Living Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
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