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Six Health Benefits of Lavender

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The health benefits of lavender are endless. This gorgeous herb continues to impress, the more you read about it. It’s key actions are that it:

  1. Relieves gas (i.e. helps with digestion)
  2. Relieves muscle spasms
  3. Alleviates depression
  4. Disinfects (makes for a great first aid essential oil)
  5. Kills bacterial (combats skin infections and speeds up healing of scars!)
  6. Stimulates blood flow (i.e. reduces headaches).

At first, what attracted me to Lavender was it’s skin benefits. However, it also helps with headaches – added bonus!

The lavender flowers are well known for their soothing and calming effects and the herb can be used to also calm nerves are relieve irritability. If you want lavender for this specific purpose, Eco-Savy highly recommends using a “diluted” lavender essential oil. The “non-diluted” version is better for first-aid purposes/wound healing.

Lavender Health Benefits- Eco-Savy

 If you want to try a product that contains “lavender” and can (1) help your skin (2) increase your metabolism/increase weight loss and (3) improve digestion, Eco-Savy HIGHLY recommends trying “Green Tea Benefits” Ultra Skinny Tea. It contains “lavender” as a key ingredient. Learn more: http://greenteabenefits.net/product/ultra-skinny-tea/

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Herbal Remedies For Acne and Sunburned Skin

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There are sooo many products out there for your skin, but sometimes you have to wonder what else exists in the marketplace today that is more “natural” and “organic”.

What many do not know is that some ingredients found in your “everyday” herbal teas and are very good for your skin. Two in particular are called “dandelion” and “burdock root”.

Dandelion

Dandelion Leaves - Eco-Savy.com Dandelion is one of the best detoxifying herbs. It will remove waste from your body, specifically that found in the liver and gallbladder.

With regards to keeping your skin healthy, a dandelion herbal tea or “tincture” is perfect. IT has been known to alleviate such conditions as eczema, psoriasis and nettle rash, as well as acne and boils. It is recommended that a tincture should be made from the root for eczema and should involve 0.5tsp diluted with scant ½ cup water, 3 times a day.

Burdock

Burdock Root - Eco-Savy Burdock is one of my favorite herbs, just because of all of its incredible uses/properties. It is also one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Western and Chinese herbal medicine. The root helps the body eliminate waste products in chronic skin and arthritic conditions.

In particular, burdock’s diuretic, antibiotic, and mildly bitter action makes it helpful for skin disorders, especially where toxicity is a key factor, for example in acne, boils, abscesses, localized skin infections, eczema, psoriasis.

Best Way To Extract The Goodness From These Herbs: Tincture Technique

The best way to extract the properties from these herbs is to make a tincture.

How To Make A Tincture:

How to Make A Tinture

Recommended Amounts (VERY SMALL QUANTITIES GO A LONG WAY)

SUNBURN AND HERBAL REMEDIES:

Skin rashes and sunburns usually clear up without any assistance, but herbal treatments can speed recovery.

CAUTION: If there are any signs of infection seek professional advice.

Internal Method – Natural Relief from Skin Burn

  • 0.25 oz of each root (burdock and dandelion) into three cups of water
  • Drink 2 cups of this dilution a day
  • Repeat for at least one week

External Method – Natural Relief from Skin Burn

  • Apply aloe vera gel
  • Apply neat lavender essential oils to the affected area as need to sooth the minor burn or sunburn

ACNE, BOILS AND HERBAL REMEDIES:

The result of local infection, hormonal imbalance or internal toxicity, acne and boils should be treated on the surface of the skin and internally.

CAUTION:  Do not squeeze or burst boils or acne spots as the infection may spread.

Internal Method – Natural Way To Clear Up Acne

  • Pour 0.25 oz of each root into three cups of water
  • Drink 2 cups of this dilution a day (note: this is just a recommendation)

External Method – Natural Way To Clear Up Acne

  • Make a decotion using 0.25 oz of burdock root and 0.5 oz of dandelion root
  • Dilute the strong solution with 3 cups of water

Even more exciting is that Eco-Savy will have a product just like this, soon for purchase <3

Can’t wait!

Natural Remedies For Insect Bites

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With all this great summer heat unfortunately comes insects. The problem today is that most insect repellants all contain so many harsh chemicals (i.e. DEET) and often make you feel kinda gross while out in the heat.

Below are a list of some natural alternative insect repellents, some may even surprise you:

Basil – Commonly known for its use as a “spice” in North America, but elsewhere it is used extensively in medicine, particularly in India. Indeed, Indians rub the leaves on their skin as an insect repellent, and Africans do the same.

Best Natural Remedies For Insect Bites

Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemuum muticum) and Pennyroyal – Both of these herbs contain “pulegone”, a powerful insect repellent. Pennyroyal is the more popular of the two, and it has a long and honorable history. In fact, pennyroal goes back to the first century A.D. when people discovered that it was effective against fleas. However, based on personal experience, I would say “mountain mint” works better than penyroyal.

How to apply: Just pick some leaves and rub them on your skin and clothing. Note: don’t use either of these if you are pregnant, as these herbs have been known to increase the risk of miscarriage).

Citrus essential oils: Something about citrus, and plants with citrus-like aromatic qualities, repels insects. The info-graphic below will help you understand how powerful citrus essential oils can be when used as a natural insect repellent.

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