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Menstrual cycle and Essential oils. bonus natural stain removal

Nothing ruins your morning like finding out your period started with a big red stain on your mattress! So first let's talk stain removal, in a 2 oz trigger bottle add 20 drops lemon essential oil and top off with white vinegar. Shake bottle and spray on stain let sit for a few minutes before blotting with a damp rag followed by a dry one. Alright now that that stain is gone lets talk pain easement.
Oils I recommend are clary sage, cypress*, sweet fennel, jasmine touch*, juniper berry, melissa, neroli touch*, peppermint and ylang ylang.
*These oils should not be ingested and are to be used arom or topically with a carrier oil such as grapeseed, coconut or almond.
So let's talk about what these oils do.
Some of these work to tone muscles in our reproductive system. Other help with inflammation and pain.
 For those nasty cramps we use peppermint and/or melissa. Now if you are a nursing mom who's pms vacation has ended like mine you CANNOT use peppermint or melissa as they will stop lactation, instead we can use clary sage or juniper berry. Sweet fennnel will help with inflammation but not so much with pain. Ylan ylang will help with pain but not inflammation.
Now all the other oils mentioned can be diffused or applied topically with a carrier oil to ease discomfort.

Cold and Flu with Essential Oils

Cold and Flu season is here so what can we do to protect ourselves? Well I have been bathing with doTerra onGuard so when the flu hit my body was ready to fight. A couple drops of Juniper berry and peppermint oil and I was out of bed in 12 hours. Meanwhile my friend were still whining for a week! So why did it take them so long and me so little? It's in the herbs. The oils in doTerra's onGuard was like a preventative measure, they helped my body fight before the germs entered my system. Then when some did bust through my defenses the peppermint and juniper berry oils helped my immune system go into turbo mode and fight back hard.
This is why peppermint is one of my top 3 must have oils for go-bags. Peppermint oil for immune support, Ginger for digestive support and Melaleuca (Tea Tree oil) for skin and purification. Melaleuca also has anti- microbial properties making it essential for preventative care support.

Update

New baby and crazy life has made posting different but I will be back doing my thing soon. I am currently doing my research my next post will be about the benefits and usage of marijuana.

Camping Herby Essentials

With the nice weather here, I thought it was a good idea to post some essential herby things for camping. First thing to mention is a bug spray! I use Bug Soother  gnat-ural bug repellent. (their pun not mine). Here's a link to a blog that has a few recipes to make your own. I haven't tried all of these myself so I can't say anything about them. Catnip is a good one I have used.
Next I should talk about burns sunburns, I already made a post on treating burns as sunburns here. But some key point to remember shade is your friend to avoid getting a sunburn. Hot water makes the itch and burn worse. Apply a chilled infusion of chamomile, elderflower, or lavender as a compress to the effected area.
Sickness prevention is easy a post on that can be found here. Taking some green tea for the morning and peppermint tea for before bed is a great way to boost your immune system while you're in the woods.
If you have trouble sleeping in the woods bringing rooibos tea to drink before bed is a great idea. Mixing it with the peppermint tea is great. Alternatively you can take Valerian root capsules.
In summation herbs you want to take with you to the woods are

• peppermint
• rooibos
• chamomile
• lavender
• elderflower
• aloe

and

• green tea

Cold and weather changes

We are transitioning from winter into spring and with that our bodies like to play tricks on us. The some times drastic changes in weather can confuse our bodies and causing our immune systems to weaken. You might find yourself more allergy sensitive and having more colds. So what do I do?
Well lucky for you I've covered this in earlier post coping with allergies and preventing sickness.  But here's the basic points if you don't want to read those posts.

• peppermint
• echinacea
• vitamin D
• oranges
• watercress
• honey
• nettle leaf
• and dietary changes

If you want to know how those things work to prevent sickness or help you cope with allergies follow the link to my blogs that explain it. Thank you!

Allergies

      Let me start this post with the story about how I found out I was allergic to my cat. I had  cat who had 8 kittens, one day I started having allergic reactions but I had no idea to what. So I when to have an allergy test and found out I was allergic to cats, pollen, and confirmed my allergy to latex. I was so confused, I've had this cat for 4 years! Why did I start having reactions now? After careful thought, I realized the only thing different was I hadn't eaten watercress in month. I used to eat watercress in a salad with salt and lime almost everyday. After some reach I found out watercress is a natural antihistamine! Crazy right?

     So, things that help with allergies; watercress, saline rinses, honey, nettle leaf, and dietary changes. Watercress is great in salad and is a natural antihistamine. 

     Like watercress, nettle leaf is a natural antihistamine, it is best to take in capsule form. Mixed with peppermint and red raspberry, nettle leaf makes a great allergy relieving tea. 

    Saline rinses are praised for working. The theory is the saline rinse will wash out allergens from your sinuses. I haven't used this method but I've read many good reviews and come doctor even recommend this method.

    Honey specifically local raw honey. The theory on this one is that the raw honey will have allergens in it in low doses and works like a 'shot'. So the idea is you de-sensitize your body from your allergens slowly. I don't know if this is true, but I do know honey helps with allergy symptoms.

      Dietary changes like adding fenugreek, thyme, and watercress have been known to help with allergies. Thyme and fenugreek have been known to help out more with winter allergies than summer allergies. I already talked about watercress but watercress is my favorite

     Thank you for reading this and please leave a comment to help me pick a topic for my next post. Thanks again.