Apricot Kernel Oil is a light yellow oily liquid received from soft inner tissues of apricot (Prunus armeniaca) kernel by cold pressing and refining. Soft and odorless, this oil has been used for centuries by the representatives of many cultures throughout the world. Originated from East and South Asia, this oil is one of the softest and safest among the essential oils, that is why it can be used to treat and soften even baby’s skin. Along with almond oil, this natural product can be used for a variety of skin problems, and apricot kernel oil benefits for skin are almost endless. Read the rest of this entry »
Apricot Kernel Oil
October 5th, 2011 
Katy Water Violet Flower Essence
September 28th, 2011 Katy 
Water violet flower essence is one of the common herbal essences picked up from the petals and flowers of Hottonia palustris. It is a perfect natural remedy for all unsocial people, for all loners and aloof personalities. It helps open up to the world, integrate, start enjoying social activities and get a taste of life. By using this unique flower essence, withdrawn and aloof people can start appreciating social relationships and feeling themselves needed and involved. Sedative and calming effects of this natural product can assist in learning how to handle lots of various situations with dignity and in a very capable manner. Read the rest of this entry »
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No Comments »Yarrow Herbal Tea
September 21st, 2011 Katy 
Yarrow tea is a simple infusion of flowers and leaves of common yarrow (Achillea millefolium), a valuable medicinal herb known also as woundwort, milfoil, staunchweed, Carpenter’s Weed, and simply ‘healing herb’. This long-stemmed plant can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere as it grows in the wild all around. It can be recognized with its daisy-like looking clusters of flowers of violet or white color. This amazing plant has a very strong historic background, it plays a role in ancient Greek mythology and has been used for many eras as an excellent wound healer and a solution to stop bleeding. Thus, yarrow tea or yarrow infusion can be used both externally and internally. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Herbal Teas Tags: health benefits of yarrow tea, yarrow infusion, yarrow tea benefits 2 Comments »Slippery Elm Extract
September 13th, 2011 Katy 
Slippery elm extract is one of the oldest and the most interesting herbal remedies extracted from Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra), a tree known also as red elm or moose elm, native to East Canada, East and Central US, especially the Appalachian region. The tree received its name due to soothing and slippery texture of it rough and thick inner bark which has been used for many centuries (both externally and internally) to treat a great number of health conditions. The most common form of using this natural remedy are herbal teas and herbal extracts. Read the rest of this entry »
Cedarwood Essential Oil
September 5th, 2011 Katy 
Cedarwood Essential Oil is produced by steam distillation from the wood chips of Juniperus virginiana, and this is one of the essential oils with many thousands years of history. It is supposed that cedarwood oil was one of the first herbal remedies to be extracted and it has numerous documented cases of being used by ancient Egyptians for aromatherapy and perfumery. Cedarwood oil has very strong balsamic woody aroma and is used in our times as a basic oil for many aromatherapy mixtures. Numerous cedarwood oil benefits are highly valued in modern alternative medicine and cosmetic industry, especially skin care and hair loss treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
Crab Apple Essence
August 28th, 2011 Katy 
Cedarwood oil is the best known as the essence for cleaning the body and spirit. It is the essence for those who try to make the body and the inner self as clean and perfect as they could be. Crab apple essence can assist everyone to recognize and cope with our natural cravings for perfection, for being the best and the first in everything, this way somehow escaping from our human nature. It can help us experience the larger world and help our imperfections fade away next to the huge perspectives of the physical world. It can help those who need to see a larger picture of something and open the wastefulness of the physical world around them. Read the rest of this entry »
Licorice Herbal Tea
August 20th, 2011 Katy 
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza Glabra) is a perennial herb native to the Mediterranean region, northern Iran and southern China. It has been used for many centuries for its numerous therapeutic properties in folk medicines of many Asian nations, and nowadays more and more doctors and herbalists are rediscovering health benefits of licorice tea. To prepare licorice tea and other homemade remedies from this herb, usually its roots are used cos’ this part of the plant is extremely rich in various natural vitamins, minerals and nutrients. Therefore, licorice tea is actually a beverage made from licorice root. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Herbal Teas Tags: health benefits of licorice tea, licorice tea, licorice tea benefits No Comments »Malva Leaf Herbal Extract
August 9th, 2011 Katy 
Malva (Malva sylvestris) is a perennial plant that originates from Asia and South Europe and now growing throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Malva can both be found in wild habitat and cultivated with the aim of using it for therapeutic and medicinal purposes. In particular, this herb is highly valued in China, where it has been used for over 5 millenia. In ancient Rome and Greece, malva and malva leaf extract were among the most common cures for many internal and external disorders. It was known as omnimorbium, or “the remedy for all illnesses.” Read the rest of this entry »
Cinnamon Leaf Oil
August 2nd, 2011 Katy 
Cinnamon leaf oil is a known natural remedy extracted by water or steam distillation from the leaves of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, a tropical tree native to South East Asia. Cinnamon leaf oil is an light liquid of golden yellow color with quite strong spicy and earthy aroma. This oil is widely used in aromatherapy (mainly for stimulating creativity, reducing the feelings of fear, anxiety, depression and chronic fatigue syndrome), as well as for skin care and hair care. Health benefits of cinnamon oil embrace a great deal of therapeutic properties and healing actions of this amazing natural remedy. Read the rest of this entry »
Rock Rose Flower Essence
July 28th, 2011 Katy 
Rock rose flower essence is a special remedy created to help those people who are facing great challenges in their lives. This is a natural support to boost own self-belief, courage and inner strength. This remedy is reported to assist those people who find themselves in fears and terror (including the most terrible situations when they feel fear of death and always anticipate something terrible to happen), whose soul is suffering and is ready to go out of their body to search for ways to survive in this cruelty of life. Also, rock rose flower essence can help restore a person’s mind after a very serious stress and shock like an attack, an accident, a natural catastrophe, sudden bad news and so on. Read the rest of this entry »