Healing Balm for Wounds

When we get insect bites and stings, cuts and scrapes, and blisters and burns we tend to go get the first aid cream. However, there is a natural healing herbal balm you can make to place on  the infected area instead to provide relief and healing. 

Ingredients Needed to Make the Balm

The ingredients you will need to make the natural healing herbal balm are 4 tablespoons of melted beeswax, 10 drops of tea tree oil, 1 teaspoon of aloe vera, ¼ teaspoon each of ground Echinacea, goldenseal, and chamomile dried flowers, ½ teaspoon of honey, and 1 teaspoon of vitamin E. 

How do the ingredients help?

The ingredients in the balm help because they relieve inflammation, pain, stinging, redness, burning sensations and help prevent infection while protecting and healing the infected area. You can find these ingredients in your local herbal store. They can be pricey, but they are well worth buying and having on hand.

Creating the Balm 

The way you will make the natural healing herbal balm is by placing the melted beeswax, tea tree oil, aloe vera, ground Echinacea, goldenseal, chamomile, honey, and vitamin E oil into a small bowl. After, you will combined the ingredients together until you get a thick liquid yellow colored herbal balm with little brown specks throughout. Then, you will pour the mixture into a sterilized container with a lid and place it into the refrigerator for 10-minutes or until it become solid. Once the mixture is in solid form you will have a homemade healing herbal balm to use on insect bites, stings, cuts, scrapes, blisters and burns.

Using the Balm 

The way you would use the natural healing herbal balm is by first cleansing the infected area with a gentle saline solution. After, you will take a cotton swab and dip it into the healing herbal balm and apply the balm to the infected area until it is covered in a thick even layer. Next, you will allow the herbal balm to melt right into the infected area so it can begin protecting and healing the infected area right up. You can apply the herbal salve as often as needed to help heal the area and to relieve any discomforting sensation. 

End Notes

So, the next time you get an insect bite or sting, cut or scrape, or a blister or burn don't run to the first aid cream. Go get your homemade healing herbal balm and apply it to the infected area for protection and fast healing. I wish you all the best of luck with healing up fast.

Cheesy Potatoes & Herbs

How can you not love cheesy potatoes!!!! This recipe is great! It's quick an easy to make and best of all it taste amazing. This is a must try dish!

Ingredients & Materials

3 Russet Potatoes 
Chives 
One Bag of Sharp Shredded Cheese (any kind you prefer) 
Pepper 
Garlic Salt
2 Tablespoons of Butter 
Tin foil 

Directions
 
1. Wash and cut your three potatoes into potato chip shapes. Once they are all cut up get a piece of tinfoil big enough to spread them out in. However, make sure you spray the tinfoil with Pam, unless you have non-stick tinfoil. 
2. Then, place a layer of the finely cut potatoes down onto the center of the laid out tinfoil. 
2. Next, take your garlic salt and pepper and sprinkle the seasonings all over your first layer of potatoes. You can add as much or as little spice as you would like. 
3. After you have finished, sprinkle a quarter of your bag of shredded cheese on top of your first layer. 
4. Next, cut up some chives and put those on top. 
5. Then, you will put two tablespoons of butter on top of all that.
6.  Once this is all completed just do another layer of potatoes and repeat the steps until all the potato chips slices are used up. (Except for the butter you should not have to do that again.)
7. Once you are all done with layering, seasoning and cheesing,  just wrap up potatoes in tinfoil put it on the grill on low to medium heat for  10-minutes per side, which equals a total of twenty-minutes total. 
8. Last, but not all! Enjoy those cheesy potatoes.

Homemade Chamomile Facial Toner

There are thousands of different facial cleansers out on the market these days and most of them don't do what they claim they will such as cleansing, toning, reviving, and fighting off signs of aging. I simply got sick of buying over the counter skin care products that simply just didn't work so I decide to make my own homemade all natural facial cleanser and toner using basic ingredients from home such as water chamomile tea, a lemon, and a basil leaf.

All you have to do in order to make this easy homemade all natural facial cleanser and toner is simply take one cup of water, 2 basil leaves, three sliced of a lemon, and one tea bag of chamomile tea and bring them to a boil in a small sauce pan on your stove. Now once your ingredients has come to a boil you will remove it from the stove and pour it into a small glass boil and set it on table to cool down.

I however, like to use the steam from the hot facial cleanser I have made to help open up my pours while it cools down. The ways I do this is by simply placing my hot steamy homemade facial cleanser and toner in a bowl and place it on a table and then take a large towel and place it over my head and lean my face in towards the steam coming from the facial cleanser and toner. Now the steam will help open up your pores and help cleanse your face as well. I usually steam clean my face for about ten minutes, which gives my facial cleanser and toner plenty of time to cool down. Then once the facial cleanser and toner are cooled down, but still warm I take a facial cloth and dip it into the facial cleanser and toner and rub it in a circular motion all over my face. You will usually see dirt and nasty oils being removed from your face and your skin starting to look a lot cleaner and revived. Then what I usually do after I am down washing my face with the homemade facial cleanser is rinse my face under cold water and then pat my face dry with a dry towel. That's all there really is to that.

Now if you have some homemade Lemon Chamomile Facial Cleanser and Toner left over you can store it in a container and place it in the refrigerator and use it week you need it. The facial cleanser should last about a week in the refrigerator and maybe even longer. This homemade Lemon Chamomile Facial Cleanser really helps cleanse your face as well as tone it, fight off aging signs and treat problem skin areas such as acne. The facial cleanser and toner also provide natural antioxidants and lots of vitamin c which helps regenerate new skin growth and allow your skin to have a healthy glow. This facial cleanser even draw out nasty impurities deep inside your skin, which is awesome if your trying to get a nice smooth clean looking complexion.

Stop going to the stores and buying facial cleansers and toner's that just don't seem to work. Make your own easy homemade all natural Lemon Chamomile Facial Cleanser and Toner right in your own home using natural ingredients from your kitchen. I know you will love this homemade facial cleanser and toner as much as I did. You can find more information on homemade facial cleansers at a website I have provided for you attached to this article.