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Grain Herbs For Oils and Food
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Your ancestors must have used black pepper oil for the relieving effect from muscular pains or eucalyptus oil for fighting back any type of breathing and respiratory troubles. Now you too want to reshape your concepts on health and hygiene. Is it relocating yourself in the time past in terms of practice?
Using grain herbs as essential oils is an age old practice. Similarly herbs as food are also not new. But what is the matter of concern is whether we have adequate knowledge to use herbs in the mist effective way to meet our needs. Are we really aware about the great values even the most common herb contains?
Basic herbs as oils
You know these herbs very well. But you might not have bothered to discover that oils extracted from these herbs can be so widely used. And their medicinal values are unparallel which no synthetic product can supplement.
- Clary sage is a particular herb whose oil must be used by all woman folk. Why? The significance of Clary sage oil is that it can be used as a balm to reduce the premenstrual syndromes especially back and lower abdominal aches. Use this oil as a massaging balm before or after bathing and you will remain relieved from pain in those days.
- Lavender, rosemary and jasmine – is there anyone on earth who is not aware of their fragrance and feel? Thus oil extracted from these herbs can give you a soothing and refreshing effect from exhaustion and sweating all through the day. They are also vividly used in synthetic cosmetics. Lavender can also treat sprains and take care of dry skin.
- Geranium and chamomile are most suitable to reduce skin problems like itching, irritation and even rashes.
Herbs for food
You must be aware of potpourri. The mixture of dried herbs which include flowers, leaves, bark of trees, roots of plants and any other suitable plant part is generally termed as potpourri. Potpourri – the herbal preparation is both edible and used in the purpose for decoration. Here the focus is on the edible part and hoe potpourri recipes can be made.
- Citrus potpourri: It is a combination of lemon verbena leaves, lemon balm leaves and orange mint. Apart from these main ingredients you can also add apple mint for this specific flavor and add around four cups of rose and marigold petal for the fragrance. Shake it well with a tablespoon of lemon oil and keep it under tight seal. Once the citrus blend is prepared use it as you require.
- Basic rose potpourri is a blend of orris roots oil and rose oil added with cinnamon, cloves if you want the spicy smell. If not then blend the mixture with lavender extracts to give the sweetening flowery essence. This can also be stored for a month and used as you like it.
The list of grain herbs to be used as food and oil is inexhaustible. Jot them down whenever you come across. Also take the help of your grand parents and other elderly members present at home and neighborhood. There can be no substitute to living like in the most natural and simple way. That’s the biggest secret of healthy being.