Frugally Sustainable
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Lice. If your family has experienced it…you know the agony that comes from trying to eliminate it. However with patience and diligence head lice can be treated at home — without harmful chemicals — by using all-natural remedies. What are lice? Head lice are a common occurrence, easily transmitted, and NOT an indication of poor hygiene. …
Outdoors. Scratches. Scrapes. Cuts. Abrasions. Herbal Antiseptic Wash. Here’s a recipe for an herbal antiseptic wound spray that you can trust to clean out minor scrapes and scratches properly. When applied to broken skin, it works just as well — better in my opinion — than any store-bought antiseptic wound spray…and naturally prevents infection from setting in. Herbs and Their …
Warm weather activities like… gardening hiking camping swimming …often result in cuts, scrapes, sore muscles, insect bites, sprains/strains, and a multitude of other discomforts. Perhaps the most dangerous summertime aliment — and the one with the highest rate of occurrence — sunburn. It happens! We can be so careful — protecting our skin and eating foods …
In days gone by, lye soap was a homemaker’s ultimate all-purpose cleanser. From clothes and stains to dirty dishes and floors — even to poison ivy and bug bites — lye soap was the answer for the family’s daily cleaning needs. Usually made with leftover cooking fats and lye made from wood ashes, townspeople would gather on soap-making days, …
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful: they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” ~Luther Burbank Just as with all-natural facial cleansers, a good foundation for healthy skin is the use of astringents and toners. Astringents are primarily used on the skin to penetrate and remove all traces of dirt and oil. …
Calendula extract is an excellent way to utilize all of the powerful healing properties that are contained within this blessed botanical. Not only does calendula promotes the regeneration of new tissue…but it provides soothing relief for damaged or injured skin when used in all-natural lotions, creams, and salves. The best part is, making calendula extract at home is about as simple a project as …
