With the growing awareness of herbal remedies, it is only natural for me to give you a few herbal remedy "recipes" as well as your daily herbal descriptions. And for now, as with our herbal decriptions, we are focusing on mental health and the various alternative remedies available.

Alternative medicine isn't just about what we can ingest, but what we align ourselves with. In other words, all of our senses can be of use in the healing process. One greatly used relaxation technique (especially in the early 1900's) was hot baths; whether herbal, with sea salts, oils, or in a natural hot spring. So here is the first of many "Bath & Spa Relaxation Recipes" I will be sharing with you:

Herbal Bath Sachets
Therapy in a bag

Place a handful or more of dried or fresh herbs such as chamomile, lavender, or lemon balm inside a muslim bag or a couple of layers of cheese cloth, tied with string. Place the bundle of herbs in your bathtub and fill with very warm water. I like tying my bundle to the faucet itself and then once the tub is full, letting it steep like a tea bag while I soak.

The heat of the water will release the essential oils of the herbs into the water. In about 10-15 minutes the oils will have been properly released and you are free to use the herbal bundle as a sort of bath scrub, rubbing it along your body much like you would a loofah.

Discard the herbs at the end of the bath.

To add to the relaxation aura you are building, try a soy wax candle scented in lavender or lemon balm, or some lavender oil in a diffuser. Oh, and always remember to breathe in and out...in and out...ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Coming soon: Recipe: Herb Facial Scrub - Spoiling Yourself with Herbs