A cold lavender compress can relieve headaches or reduce inflammation, and it is a simple home remedy for many injuries. A warm compress with lavender essential oil is useful for muscle aches and pains and for menstrual cramps. How to Make a Cold Compress Fill a bowl with cold water using the coldest water you […]
Aromatherapy Home Remedies for Stress
Aromatherapy is one of the easiest natural stress relief methods. The most effective way to de-stress with aromatherapy is a massage with a qualified aromatherapist, but baths with relaxing essential oils are simple home treatments for stress symptoms. Add around 6 drops of one of the following essential oils or a combination of up to […]
Aromatherapy Home Remedies for Insomnia
Whether you have temporary difficulties falling asleep or suffer from long-term insomnia, aromatherapy offers natural help towards better sleep. Sleeplessness may be caused by long-term stress or temporary worries, a busy mind, too much coffee, a bad mattress or external noise. The cause should always be treated. But, whatever the cause, essential oils can help […]
Rose Oil: The Queen of Essential Oils
Rose is the queen of flowers, and rose essential oil is said to be the queen of essential oils. It is also one of the most expensive essential oils available today, mainly because of the huge amount of rose petals that are needed for producing the oil and the amount of work needed for the […]
Culinary Herbs as Home Remedies: Coriander (Cilantro)
The herb that is called cilantro in the US is called coriander in many other parts of the world. Coriander has been cultivated as a spice and as a medicinal herb for thousands of years and it is mentioned in ancient scripts from India and from Egypt. In the Middle Ages in Europe it was […]
Culinary Herbs as Home Remedies: Sage
Sage has been used in cooking and as a medicinal herb for hundreds of years. Like many of the most popular kitchen herbs, sage (Salvia officinalis) originates from the Mediterranean region but grows around the world, in gardens and in the wild. Some cultures, including the Romans, considered it a sacred herb. It was once […]
Culinary Herbs as Home Remedies: Parsley
Parsley is one of the most familiar cooking herbs, and it has been used for thousands of years. Parsley is a native to the Mediterranean but is cultivated around Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Parsley Home Remedies In ancient Greece, a crown of parsley was placed on the heads of winning athletes. The Greeks also […]
Culinary Herbs as Home Remedies: Lemon Balm
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is an ingredient in many herbal teas, and it has been known and used as a home remedy for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks knew this herb, and it has been used as a herbal remedy throughout the centuries in many southern European countries. Lemon balm was believed to prevent […]
Culinary Herbs as Home Remedies: Thyme
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) grows all over the Mediterranean countries. The name of the herb comes from the Greek word thymon that means courage. Roman soldiers used to bathe in thyme water to gain strength and courage. In Scotland, thyme tea was drunk for the same reasons, and also to keep nightmares away. The ancient Egyptians […]
How to Use Essential Oils to Relieve Aches and Pains
Whether your muscles are aching from exercise, from working in the garden, from lifting heavy objects or because of a poor posture, aromatherapy offers effective, gentle and natural remedies to relieve muscular aches and pains. A massage is always the best way to ease muscle tension and to get rid of back and neck aches […]
Culinary Herbs as Home Remedies: Rosemary
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) has been used for centuries in healing and in cooking, and in religious rituals. This popular herb has a wide range of uses as a herbal home remedy and also in natural beauty products. Facts and Legends about Rosemary Traces of rosemary have been found in tombs that date back to ancient […]
Culinary Herbs as Home Remedies: Basil
I love basil in tomato salad, with olive oil, in tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, in pasta, in pesto and in most foods, but this popular cooking herb also comes with healing properties. Basil gets its name from the Greek word for “king”: basileum. Different varieties of basil grow around the world. Tulsi: Indian Holy Basil […]
