Use this Herb Effectively for Dermatitis, Asthma, Colic, Nausea, Vertigo and Much More
25 Mar 2011 2 Comments
in Baby & Child Health, Beauty and Skin Care, God's Green Herbs, organic food, Preggo Mama, tea Tags: Anti-inflammatory, Essential oil, God, Herbal tea, peppermint
I love herbs so much. It’s amazing how the earth was created with everything we needed to live a good, long and healthy life.
One of the things God blessed the earth with is my favored Peppermint.
Did you know that a type of peppermint has been found in Egyptian tombs dating from 1000 BC. It has been used for centuries for indigestion, colic, nausea, diarrhea, sore throat, toothaches, cramps, flatulence, acne, scabies, halitosis, neuralgia, fevers and ringworm; both as a tea and in aromatherapy treatments.
Peppermint’s medicinal properties include: analgesic, anti-inflamatory, antiseptic, antimicrobial, febrifuge, antiviral, antispasmodic.
We have used peppermint essential oil in our shampoo for many years to help with dry scalp and flakes. The essential oil makes a lovely addition to an essential oil diffuser and mixes well with lavender, rosemary, lemon, eucalyptus and spearmint. The tea settles the most upset of tummies and can effectively reduce fever along with other fever reducing herbs.
Do you need to make an herbal tea with peppermint? Find out how by clicking here.
As with all things I recommend you use organic peppermint in all its forms. You can buy quality organic essential oil at your local health food store in addition to the fresh or dried herb for use in teas and herbal baths.
If you need a pure and aromatic organic dried peppermint in loose tea form please contact me for pricing. I have shipped several teas and my signature tea blends and herbal baths all over the world.
Blessings!
LCO – off to make some organic peppermint tea!
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Free Offer: Mama’s Back to School Health Kit
29 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Baby & Child Health, Beauty and Skin Care, God's Green Herbs, Green Living, Non Toxic Pest Control, tea Tags: back to school, bug bites, chamomile, cold and flu oil, free organic balm, free organic offer, free organic tea sample, natural cure for cold and cough, natural cures, natural treatment for lice, Organic, organic raw honey, peppermint, plantain herb, raw honey, safety health kit, Spearmint, tincture for pink eye, Xylitol
School is right around the corner, are you ready?
I know we have begun sorting uniforms and stocking up on required school supplies but most importantly in our family; Mama has begun making salves, tinctures and custom herbal teas and blends for all the possible ailments that can arise this coming school year.
I have had a great response to my Mama’s Back to School Health Kit from many moms. I actually decided to do this from requests I received for a practical, affordable and healthy kit that moms and dads could just grab and use during the school year.
Whether you just need a jar of raw certified organic honey and some immunity boosting lemon balm tea or you need a natural rub for colds and flu. I’ve got ya covered.
Please see here for details on some of the items you can get in your customizable kit.
And, as an added bonus if you order between $10-$30 of items from Mama’s Back to School Health Kit, you will receive a free bag of Organic Echinacea and Lemongrass loose tea which makes between 25 to 30 cups of tea. If you order between $30-$70 of items you will also receive a free bag of Organic Echinacea and Lemongrass loose tea and a free sample of Mom’s Miraculous Salve which is a must have in every home. Orders over $70 qualify for both free items above and a free sample of organic basil, thyme and eucalyptus.
Please email me at LaChicaOrganica@gmail.com if your interested. Kits are being made as we speak and will be ready in the coming weeks.
P.S.
In order to keep product prices low I have not incorporated a shopping cart or ordering features to my site. I can bill you using Paypal where you can securely pay using any account or credit/bank card. You can also send me a check in the mail.
God Bless and happy summer!
Mama’s Back to School Health Kit – Be Prepared before School Starts
24 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Baby & Child Health, Beauty and Skin Care, God's Green Herbs, Green Living, Non Toxic Pest Control, Preggo Mama, tea Tags: back to school health kit, bug bites, chamomile, cold and flu oil, natural cures, natural treatment for lice, Organic, peppermint, plantain herb, raw honey, safety health kit, Spearmint, tincture for pink eye, Xylitol
I wish we still had 3 more months of summer break. Just the thought of early morning traffic, coughing children and flu season really don’t encourage me to want to have the kids start school again.
Let’s face it no matter how clean you are or how well you raise your kids they are likely to get sick from one of their buddies at school. They are also bound to slip and fall and have a bu-bu you’ll need to kiss and make better or have a midnight tummy ache.
But what troubles me more about starting school is that I saw how germs traveled when I was volunteering as a lunch room mom in my children’s school.
Children from kindergarten all the way up through elementary would cough, sneeze and then touch their friends, their food and the food around them. They would rub stuffy noses then scratch their eyes and keep eating.
Hand washing was allowed after lunch but by then the germs had traveled into little ears, eyes and noses where they would eventually cause havoc.
So how can a mom be prepared this upcoming school year for the bumps, bruises, lice, colds, coughs, tummy aches and everything in between?
Make yourself a little Health Kit with things purchased at your local health food store. You can also pre-order a custom-made kit from La Chica Organica by emailing me at LaChicaOrganica@gmail.com for details. Having a health kit comes in handy for last-minute emergencies and trips and it saves time and money.
Here are some items I will have available that you can request for your “Mama’s Back to school Health Kit”. Most of these items are made in La Chica Organica’s herbal lab using Organic herbs and infused oils.
Here are some items available for your custom kit:
- Moms Miraculous Salve™ for cleaned wounds, cuts, sprains, bug bites, stings, sores, diaper rashes, and dry chapped skin. Works well as a mosquito repellent too! This salve contains organic herbs that help draw out infection and reduce inflammation so its uses are endless and a must have for any mommy. We use several tins of this throughout the year.
- Roses to the Rescue Balm™ – for the little girls in your life, but moms dads and brothers will love it too, just don’t tell the boys it’s made with rosesJ This salve has Organic unrefined Shea butter, Rose petals, Chamomile and some other Organic herbs in a base of almond oil with a drop or two of Organic Geranium Oil. It can be used for irritated skin, chapped lips and anywhere in between. I use it to soften rough feet at night after a day at the beach. This balm can also be placed in the fridge and placed on sunburned skin for a healing and cooling effect.
- Herbal Flu & Cold Rescue Balm – for rubbing on nose, chest, back and feet during flu season
- Immunity Boosting Loose Tea for Cold and Flu
- Mama’s Cold and Flu Rescue bath
- Help my Tummy Loose Tea
- Chamo Power Set with Organic loose Chamomile, tincture bottle & dropper to make herbal drops for itchy eyes related to pink eye, sty’s and allergies
- Loose the Lice ™loose herb kit for preventing lice
- Herbal ear drops for aiding with pain and infection (a must have in our home)
- Jar of Organic raw honey for scratchy throats and sweetening tea
- Non Toxic Natural Bug Repellent
- Plantain Leaf loose herb - This is a must have in our home and everyone’s home. Leaves can be crushed or chewed and used to quickly stop the bleeding of an open wound, stop the pain and inflammation or bites and stings, and relieve the itching from poison ivy.
- Natural mini cough drops in re-sealable miniature bags for kids to carry in their backpacks and mom inside her purse
- Nasal Spray with Xylitol for flushing out infection causing bacteria
- Small bag of powdered Organic Rose hips for using in smoothies to boost immunity since they have a higher Vitamin C content than citrus fruits.
I will be preparing custom kits in the coming weeks.
If you are interested please email me and reserve your spot as kits will go fast and once I run out I won’t have more until December. I can design kits based on your needs as a family.
Order yours now by emailing LaChicaOrganica@gmail.com for details and pricing.
P.S.
In order to keep product prices low I have not incorporated a shopping cart or ordering features to my site. I can bill you using Paypal where you can securely pay using any account or credit/bank card or you can pay me in person with cash or a check.
Help – I’m sick and I’m Miserable! Part 2
30 Apr 2010 1 Comment
in Baby & Child Health, God's Green Herbs, tea Tags: anise, anise oil, boric acid, chamomile, compress, eucalyptus, eye burning, frankincense, lice, lice eggs, mayo, myrrh, Natural lice treatment, Natural Sty Remedies, natural treatment, nursing, peppermint, rosemary, sty, thyme, vapor rub
I have received numerous emails at LaChicaOrganica@gmail.com asking me when I was going to finish this 3 part series. Thank you very much for your response. Here goes part 2.
I wasn’t planning on writing about this but given the recent occurrences at my home its warranted. My sister called me freaking out because my niece got lice from a little girl at school. Now my niece and sister both have it. So whose house do you think they came over for a cure?? Yup, La Chica Organica’s house.
After hearing the knock on my door I knew I had to break out some herbs to prevent infesting our family of 5 with lice. My sister knowing about our herbal madness went to Wholefoods and bought some Rosemary, brewed it and put it in a squirt bottle. She walked in spraying me, the baby and my floor. Seems comical but lice don’t like Rosemary and several other things.
Here are a few well-known natural remedies for lice we have used and are now sharing with my niece and sister.
To treat and remove lice yourself try the following overnight remedy with essential oils:
- 1/4 tsp of cinnamon, 1 tsp of lavender , 1 tsp of rosemary, 2 tsp of eucalyptus, 2 tsp of tea tree. Mix all the oils in with about 1/2 cup of olive oil. Distribute the mix all over your hair and scalp. Wrap your head in saran wrap and cover with a shower cap. Leave it on over night. When you wake up comb through very well and wash hair. Re-apply mixture 3 more nights or until lice and eggs are gone.
- 1 tablespoon of anise oil and 2 table spoons of oil oil. Mix and rub into scalp and hair. Leave on for a few hrs. Come through with fine metal comb and revome lice and eggs. Repeat twice a day for 3 days or until lice is removed.
- plain cheap old mayonnaise can help kill these critters too. Saturate hair with mayo, wrap in seran wrap and cover with cap. leave on for 2 to 3 hrs. Comb through and wash out. Repeat nightly for 5 nights or until lice is removed.
To prevent re-infestation apply rosemary tea via a spray bottle after washing hair every time.
If you’re not up to the laboratory herbal concoctions you can purchase a great natural based product called Zero Lice – Lice and Egg Removal Kit by Thursday Plantation.
Alright enough with the lice,I’m itching just thinking about it.
So what do you do when you have a sty in your eye? Dont sty’s stink. I had one not to long ago and it was not a pleasant thing to have. To ensure I did not have some rare eye eating disease I made an appt to see what the eye doc was going to say. He confirmed my suspicions and said I had a sty. He recommended i use some Boric Acid drops and assured me it was OK to take while nursing, he handed me some samples. He said it would take about 6 weeks to clear up since I had it pretty bad and most of my face under my eye was swollen and hurting.
Being the chic that I am went home, ditched the Boric Acid and pulled out my stainless steel tea-pot and some Thyme. I brewed about 1 tsp of Thyme in 8 oz of water on low for 15 minutes. Once slightly cooled I applied hot compresses with it and repeated 3 to 5 times a day for about 2 weeks. To ease the itching and burning I brewed some chamomile tea, strained off herbs and placed in a glass bottle with a dropper. I dropped 2 to 3 drops in each eye twice a day. My sty cleared up in less than 3 weeks and the doc was amazed.
Have congestion? Aside from drinking herbal teas with garlic, oregano oil and honey try making your own vapor rub. The beauty of making your own is that its fresh and you can make as much or as little as you want. Oils for congestion are extremely effective because they stimulate blood flow to your lungs and open up the air passages while penetrating your skin and tissues to further provide their anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties.
You can mix the following essential oils, the ones you don’t want to skip are in bold while the others not in bold are optional: thyme, eucalyptus, peppermint, hyssop, frankincense, myrrh, geranium, vitamin e, cinnamon and anise. For my children under 10 yrs I use one to two drops of each oil, then I mix. Onced mixed I take about 6 drops of combined oil and add it to 1 tsp of almond oil. The almond oil acts as a carrier oil. We rub this oil on feet, neck, chest back area especially down the spinal cord and lightly over the nose. Children and adults over 10 can use up to 10 drops of the combined oil above with 1 tsp of almond oil.
Check back for part 3 soon.
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