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Tea Tree Oil Wonders

Tea tree oil, which originates from “Down Under,” is an essential oil with a yellow or greenish tint that is distilled from Melaleuca Alternifolia plants. Tea tree is used by Australian natives for its antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, insecticidal, and immune-stimulating qualities. Its leaves and twigs are used to make the essential oil that is steam …

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Rosemary Oil: The Many Faces Of Rosemary

As a powerful, fresh, minty-herbaceous mobile liquid with a woody-balsamic undertone, rosemary essential oil can be described as being white or pale yellow in appearance. Lavender, oregano, thyme, pine, basil, peppermint, elemi, cedarwood, petitgrain, cinnamon, and other spice oils work nicely with it. Pinenes, camphene, limonene, cineol, borneal, camphor, linalol, terpineol, octanone, and bornyl acetate …

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How To Make A Herbal Tincture

History of Tinctures For hundreds of years, both European and American herbal traditions have utilized tinctures, which are concentrated liquid extracts of herbs. Up until 1918, tinctures were the main “drugs” included in the US Dispensatory (Remington and Wood’s US Dispensatory, 20th Ed.). Up until the late 1960s, the American Medical Association and the emergence …

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Herbal Skin Care

Since ancient times, when herbal skin care was likely the only option, skin care has been a focus of discussion and practice. But there has been a significant change in skin care. Synthetic/chemical-based skin care regimens have taken the place of herbal skin care regimens. The once-commonplace herbal skin care recipes are not as popular …

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