My grandmother's secrets

Compresses for eyelids with camomile infusion.

2009-03-01T06:29:00.000-08:00

Compresses — the most ancient cosmetic procedure. It approaches any type of a skin. It is especially good to do compresses for eyes and a century. The skin round a century has no fatty basis and very much requires an additional moisture.
Compresses in this case will help.
The grandmother knew about it and did to itself compresses , and various.
As it to do. As much as possible to relax, it is recommended to do compresses lying. Occupy convenient position, under a head put the small flat platen.
If you have decided to impose a compress not only on area of eyes, you should use a fabric большего the size to close all person.
Thus do not forget to make a cut for nostrils and for a mouth. Wet a fabric in warm infusion of a camomile. The compress is held usually by 2—3 minutes.
The skin in this time will feel heat. Now put to a skin a fabric moistened in cold infusion. After a cold compress again make warm and so some times.
Besides, that such compress will humidify a skin, it still will give it sensation of freshness and ease.

Oil for weakening muscles massage

2009-02-12T05:16:00.000-08:00

Since ancient times with olive oil rubbed that part of a body which were going to mass is helped muscles and nervous terminations to relax. To eliminate muscular weariness of a back, a breast, feet, it is possible to rub a body with following structure: olive oil, the camomile flowers, two segments of garlic are drawn 9 days and stored in a bottle. Before each application the bottle is necessary for stirring up, and after ointment drawing at once to start massage.

Camomile hand cream

2008-12-26T12:51:00.000-08:00

The beauty of our hands in our hands. Nobody can argue with it. My grandmother always care for own hands and I follow her advices and habits in it. She work hard but she always had the hands in the good condition.
I want to share with you the recipe of hand cream that she use. You can easy do it yourself by own hands.

You need: 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of vodka, about 20 gram dry camomile's inflorescences, about 50 gram of butter, and 250 ml of water. Before all you have to make camomile tincture. For it fill in the camomile flowers with boiled water (water have to be over flowers a bit) and rest it about 8—9 hours insist under cover. After filters resulted tincture.
For a cream you need only one tablespoon of the tincture. Your bitter to pound with honey, add one tablespoon of camomile tincture, add vodka and carefully mix all it.
Grease hands few times in day, just as you need. This cream well make your hands soften, tender and gentle, and will really care about your hands.

Camomile potion against stomatitis

2008-12-15T12:52:00.000-08:00

The stomatitis may occur in childhood, and need to know how to treatment it. Here is easy way to get this illness out without any antibiotics etc. As you see, the nature already have many ways how to fight many sickness, and stomatitis too.
So just into the glass with camomile potion one teaspoon of honey and give to the child. Such rinsing have pleasant taste and smell, and even child swallow it it's okay. As you see, this is very effectively. By the way, I still remember this procedure from the childhood.

Spirit tincture with camomile

2008-12-02T11:47:00.001-08:00

Children are often return home with some kind of wounds or scratches. This tincture help to heal all it, and although this tincture is very easy for preparing, it's very useful.
Here is our way to make it. Fill in camomile flowers with vodka in a proportion 1:5. Keep about 10-15 days in strong closed ware, and don't forget shake it up daily.
Another way for use this tincture is all one teaspoon of this tincture to the glass with warn water for for rinse a throat if cold.

Camomile oil for body care

2008-11-27T00:47:00.001-08:00

Another good use of camomile oil is using at relaxing massages. My grandmother often did massage to the grandfather and to us, children, even when we strongly got tired. Also I know camimile oil is good for on feet if is varicosity.

Camomile oil for hair

2008-11-21T12:56:00.000-08:00

Here is another recipe for hail care use camomile oil. You need to take about 100 gram of camomile flowers, about 75 gram of spirit or vodka, 100 gram olive oil, and 10 drops of camomile essence.

The flowers fill in with spirit, and rested couple of days. After add olive oil, all it warn use water bath until alcohol evaporate. Next, oil filtering, add essence, and put into some bottle (take a small beautiful one).

Use this oil before hair washing, like a mask. Put oil on hair for half hour before hair washing, wear a polyethylene hat, and wrap your head warm towel. After half hour just wash your hair. The effect is shocking. Your hair become shining and soft.

Hips (wild rose berries), our helper

2008-11-14T12:17:00.000-08:00

Hips, the wild rose berries, are unique because contain very much vitamine C. This vitamin is very important for support our body in healthy status and ability fighting with infections.

Now hist are ready and this time is great to picking up. We need pick up hips and for keep it a long we need to dry it. I'm dry hips in my oven.

If you feel tired or cold, put a punch of hips into thermos and fill out hot boiled water. Better keep it over night, so in the morming you will have very aromatic, nice taste and very useful for you tea.

Feet bath

2008-11-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

For sweaty feet you acn use feet bath with chamomile flowers potion. This recipe is very old, and our grandparent sure know it well. Now, in time of shops full different creams for everiting case our life such recipes become forgotten. But this is not means it's less useful. Soon vice versa. I think we have to be close to nature and use nature's solutions that easy and widely available.

Bath with chamomile flowers potion

2008-10-31T14:04:00.000-07:00

The chamomile flowers potion is good for adding to bathes. In case of rheumatism or gout it help to relief the pain.

The use is relative simple. Before all need to make the potion. For it take 1/2 kg (in case of full bath) of the chamomile flowers, fill out cold water, close with lid and boil about 10 minutes. After add to bath.

Such bath is good for skin diseases, relief spasms and convulsions, good in case of neuroses. Kids after such bath will sleep .

Chamomile cream

2008-10-29T05:43:00.000-07:00

My grandma all the creams she use made by own hands. She always experimented, putting components together. So there are many variants. Here is one, healing and tone up at once.

Take 50 gram butter and 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil, melt down it use bain-marie. Add 2 egg's yellow and 2 tablespoons of honey, carefully mix, add half tablespoon of glycerine, 30 ml of camphor tincture and about 50 ml of chamomile flowers potion.

Mix carefully until it become soft viscous mass, store in glass jar with good lid.

This cream is good for face and hand skin.

The chamomile poultice

2008-10-27T05:56:00.000-07:00

I know one more use a chamomile flowers, as poultice made from them. 2-3 tablespoons of chamomile flowers fill out with 2-3 tablespoons of hot boiled water. Resulting gruel put on gauze and place over sick area.

Good for reumatism, sick joins, bruises, edema.

The chamomile potion in case breathing troubles

2008-10-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

The chamomile flowers potion is also great for relief respiratory illness. Just try this inhalation.

I make it for my son that earlier has relative often sick throat. Now it's okay but maybe this recipe will be useful for somebody.

Take 400 ml water and boil it, add 1 tablespoon of chamomile flowers, 1 tablespoon honey, and 1 tablespoon baked soda. A patient have to breath (carefully!) over boiled water, wrap in towel about 10-15 minutes (kids no more 5 minutes). Do it 1-2 times/day.

This recipe help with astma, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, flu, bronchitis, tracheitis etc.

The chamomile potion against injury

2008-10-20T04:23:00.000-07:00

The chamomile flowers potion can help in case slowly healed injury. Make strong chamomile potion and rinse incjuty properly. It disinfect injury, take down pain, and after few days you notice improvement in healing.

I help this way once my neighbor with bad injury, so can say it work really.

The chamomile potion against cold

2008-10-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

If you feel you catch cold, you can use the chamomile flowers potion prepared such way: take a 2 tablespoons of chamomile flowers and fill 500 ml cold water (it will be your day portion), keep glass with your chamomile mix over boiled water about 20 minutes, get off and when it get cold filter it. Sip slowly and gargle all day.

How do you make your home made jam?

2008-10-06T03:49:00.000-07:00

Must say, I like to have (and eat!) various home made jams. Peach, apricot, blackberry, strawberry (yummy!), cherries, pears, some mixes with apples... There are only few I like the most. My son definitely love it too, this is really nice open a own glass with strawberries for example and eat it with hot tea!

For everyone who know this feeling and love home jams, I want to share one small tip. When you make your jam, just after it become boil, add to your jam lemon juice. Yes, you heard right, the lemon juice. For say 5 pounds of jam I take one fresh lemon and just press juice out.

Why? Easy! Your jam will be colorful! Because jam color become dark just after jam boil, adding the lemon juice prevent jam be dark. Try it!

The bowels troubles? Use the chamomile flowers potion!

2008-09-03T09:00:00.000-07:00

We all somethimes have troubles with bowels. The chamomile flowers can help you here too! I know because use it several times...

Take 2 tablespoons of chamomile flowers, mix with 200 ml hot boiled water, rest for 20 minutes. Use pre-heated by 50 ml 2-3 times/day in case of bowel spasm, flatulency, fluid bowel movements.

How to make brew from chamomile flowers

2008-08-11T03:52:00.000-07:00

This simple recipe tell you great curative used in many recipes.

Just tale about 3 tablespoons of chamomile flowers and fill it out with 200 ml of hot boiled water. Rest it in some glass for 10-12 hours.

The easist way to use this curative is take pre-heated gauze, put the chamomile flowers from your brew to gauze between two layers and place to face for 10-15 minutes. Wrap your face in small bath towel. After you remove the mask grease your skin with cream.

That easy mask make your skin young and fresh :)

The face skin mask from chamomile flowers kill wrinkles

2008-08-08T02:49:00.000-07:00

Next one recipe from my grandma, and againg with chamomile flowers. This is truly wonderful herbs!

The chamomile flowers you can see as part of many health and cosmetic masks that make face skin soft, tender, reduce wrinkles and tone up.

Here is how my grandma do it. Concentrate brew from chamomile flowers mix with honey, fresh egg white and almond oil up to cream consistence. Put this to 2-3 gauze layers and place to face. Wait about 1--15 minutes, that's enough. Clean the face with clean heat water. After need to dry out the face and use your favorite day cream.

Such masks effectives against "old skin" as well as tone up face muscles, and skin look fresh and young.

Freezed potion from chamomile flowers

2008-08-05T09:46:00.000-07:00

I want to share with you cool (yes, really cool!) recipe for skin care based on freezed potion from chamomile flowers. It's easy to prepare and effectively improve skin tone and reduce pore size. My grandma began every day with face cleanig by ice cube of that potion. As I remember it was really every day morning just after she wake up.

The face skin care and acne removing

2008-07-25T05:44:00.000-07:00

My grandma has wonderfil clean, soft and tender face skin. The stuff is she make the stream bath with chamomile flowers.

I know another way to do this is to boil chamomile flowers in a pan and keep the face over it with head covered with a towel for a few minutes. Just be careful not to burn yourself.

My friend also do such way for cold cure.

Chamomile essential oil

2008-07-05T09:41:00.000-07:00

Chamomile essential oil you may find in stores, drugstores and oriental shops.

Essential oils have own strong power and able to affect our mood. For example, chamomile may take down anger and help to calm anxiety mood.
In case your baby is teething, chamomile oil helps to calm and soothe inflamed gums. Just dilute two drops in a little warm water and rub over the affected area three times a day.
Another very popular way is adding soothing aromatherapy oils to your baby baths to create a lovely smell and soothe his sensitive skins.
A gentle massage with chamomile oil can often provide relief from problems such as backache, sleeplessness, edema, headaches and tension.

How to make chamomile oil

2008-07-02T08:58:00.000-07:00

Take 3 tablespoons of chamomile flowers and flood it with olive oil. Close the glass and rest up to 40 days. After take a small portion in some little dark glass for everyday use. Use non-filtered. Your chamomile oil will be good for use few years.

Chamomile rinse for hair

2008-06-15T04:55:00.000-07:00

My grandma always looking great. I think very important part of beauty every woman is her hair. And hair of my grandma were always beautiful.

Her secret for hair care was chamomile rinse. I think it still actual today too, so if you have blonde or light brown hair think about use chamomile rinse as hair care procedure.

The chamomile rinse preparation is relative simple. Take 30 ml of dried chamomile flowers and put it to 600 ml boiling water. Simmer it about 15 minutes, filter it, and cool before use.

More, the chamomile rinse is great thing against dandruff.

Chamomile tea

2008-06-05T04:07:00.000-07:00

My grandmother never bought tea in stores.
She always make a tea from herbs, somethines use one herb but usually few.
The chamomile tea like my grandma the most. Now I understand why.

It has long been used to soothe frayed nerves and guarantee a good night's sleep.

But drinking chamomile tea could also help keep diabetes under control, scientists claim.

Research suggests the chamomile tea lowers blood sugar levels and can help prevent complications arising from the condition, including blindness, kidney disease, and nerve and circulatory damage.
Also, taken with meals each day, the tea may also protect against hyperglycaemia - a potentially fatal condition caused by very high blood sugar levels.

This tea useful and for kids and for adults.

Drink chamomile tea! :)

"The plant doctor"

2008-05-05T09:34:00.000-07:00

Chamomile is sometimes known as "the plant doctor", because it is thought to help the growth and health of many other plants, especially ones that produce essential oils. It is thought to increase production of those oils, making certain herbs, like mints (spearmint, sage, oregano) and basil taste stronger in scent and flavor.

Chamomile tea is also thought to be useful to suppress fungal growth, for example, misting it over seedlings may prevent damping off.

Chamomile is frequently an invasive species in agricultural fields. Farmers often must control chamomile's spread to maintain productivity of their fields.

German chamomile

2008-04-25T03:28:00.000-07:00

My grandma use chamomile for solve many problems and chamomile always was in her home.

Matricaria recutita or German chamomile, also spelled camomile, is an annual plant of the sunflower family Asteraceae. Synonyms are: Chamomilla chamomilla, Chamomilla recutita (accepted name according to the Flora Europaea), Matricaria chamomilla, and Matricaria suaveolens.

It usually grows near populated areas all over Europe and temperate Asia. It is widely introduced in temperate North America and Australia. As the seeds need open soil to survive, it often grows near roads, around landfills and in cultivated fields as a weed.

Other names include blue chamomile, wild chamomile, Hungarian chamomile, and scented mayweed.

The branched stem is erect and smooth and grows to a height of 15-60 cm. The long and narrow leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate.

The flowers are borne in paniculate capitula. The white ray florets are furnished with a ligule, while the disc florets are yellow. The hollow receptacle is swollen and lacks scales. This property distinguished German Chamomile from Corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), which has a receptacle with scales. The flowers have a strong, aromatic smell, and bloom in early to mid summer.

Calendula balm

2008-04-10T09:13:00.000-07:00

This calendula balm is great for those summertime bites, stings, burns and other inflammatory skin problems.

You will need: 1/2 cup dried calendula petals , 1 ounce beeswax, 1/2 cup olive oil, a sterile tin to hold your finished project.

Place the petals and oil into an oven proof dish. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place the oil and herbs into the oven, then turn it off. Leave for 3-4 hours, then remove from the oven. It may need to cool for an hour or two on the counter. Once it is cool, strain out the herbs with cheesecloth. Add the beeswax to the remaining oil and put back into the oven (or you can use a microwave for this part) Heat just until the beeswax is almost melted. Then you can take it out and stir until it is all melted and combined. Pour into your prepared tins and let sit 15-20 minutes until cool.

Calendula Cream with butter

2008-04-07T09:10:00.000-07:00

Soothe and smooth your skin with this gentle cream.

I found this recipe not easy due its components, but maybe it will be useful for you.

4 ounces butter
2 tablespoons dried (or fresh) calendula flowers
800 IU vitamin E oil
3 drops rose otto essential oil
30 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops tincture of benzoin, optional (as a natural preservative)

Melt butter in the top of a double boiler; add calendula flowers and heat on medium setting for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture through a strainer to remove calendula flowers. Add essential oils and vitamin E oil. Pour into jar (best if the cream fills the jar); once mixture is cool, close with lid.

Calendula tincture

2008-04-06T03:02:00.000-07:00

For a dried herb tincture, you will need 1 part Calendula flowers to 2 parts distilled water and 8 parts grain alcohol (190 proof corn grain alcohol). The first step is to grind the dried flowers into a powder with a mortar and pestle. Mix the water and alcohol together and pour over the pulverized flowers in a glass jar. Seal and shake twice a day for two weeks. Wait one day without shaking before pouring off the tincture so that particles can settle to the bottom. When they are settled, gently pour the liquid into another jar. Take the leftover material and scoop into a cheese cloth. Squeeze out all the alcohol (like you would a tea bag) into the newly strained tincture. Lastly, funnel the tincture into medicine dropper bottles.

Being a cleansing and detoxifying herb, Calendula works great for stimulating and purifying the liver.
The correct dosage is 1 to 2 mL three to four times a day.
It is also a great tonic for stomach ulcers and digestive disorders, and a gargle for canker sores in the mouth and throat.

Calendula oil

2008-04-05T07:54:00.000-07:00

Calendula oil

This oil has always been a grandmother. It's great for bug bites, stings, cuts, burns.

2 tablespoons dried calendula flowers & petals 16 tablespoons olive oil - any brand, clear.

In an old pot or pan place the calendula flowers and cover with the olive oil. Using the double boiler method, simmer for an hour. Repeat once or twice a day for 3 days. Let cool completely and strain the infused oil through cheesecloth. Collect the infused oil and store it in an amber or dark bottle, in a cool place.

Calendula tea

2008-04-03T03:41:00.000-07:00

The simplest use of calendula flowers - it's just weld Calendula as tea.
Pour one cup of boiling water over one to two teaspoons of dried calendula petals. Steep for ten minutes, then strain. By drinking two to three cups daily there will be a great improvement in blood circulation.

To help in the healing of skin wounds:
Soak a compress in Calendula Tea, and apply to the wound for 30 minutes twice daily.

Calendula can also be used to treat sore throat. Gargle with warm tea several times a day. This will help relieve the inflammation caused from the common cold.

About Calendula

2008-04-01T02:31:00.000-07:00

Most of my grandmother's favorite plant is calendula. She used it very often.The plant provides a solution to many problems.
Very most favorite plant of my grandmother's is calendula.
Calendula in suspension or in tincture is used topically to treat acne, reducing inflammation, controlling bleeding and soothing irritated tissue.

Calendula, also known as marigold, is a genus of about 12-20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the area from Macaronesia east through the Mediterranean region to Iran. Calendula should not be confused with other plants that are also known as marigolds, such as plants of the genus Tagetes, corn marigolds or marsh marigolds. It is also the flower of the month October.[citation needed]

The name Calendula stems from the Latin kalendae, meaning first day of the month, presumably because pot marigolds are in bloom at the start of most months of the year. The common name marigold probably refers to the Virgin Mary, or its old Saxon name 'ymbglidegold', which means 'it turns with the sun'. Marigolds typically bloom quickly (in under two months) in bright yellows, reds, and oranges throughout the summer and well into the fall.

Marigolds are considered by many gardening experts as one of the most versatile flowers to grow in a garden, especially since it is easy to grow. Seeds sown in the spring, in most soils, will germinate freely in sunny or half-sunny locations. They do best, however, if planted in sunny locations with rich, well-drained soil. The leaves are spirally arranged, 5-18 cm long, simple, and slightly hairy. The flower heads range from pastel yellow to deep orange, and are 3-7 cm across, with both ray florets and disc florets. They have a spicy aroma and are produced from spring to autumn in temperate climates. It is recommended to deadhead (removal of dying flower heads) the plants regularly to maintain even blossom production.

Calendula is a fun and fast growing annual that is easy to germinate and simple to care for. It is a satisfying choice for kids and beginning gardeners that quickly rewards and motivates with fast and generous crops of showy flowers.

The petals, with their slight aromatic bitterness are used in fish and meat soups, rice dishes, salads, and as a coloring for cheese and butter. The whole flower was used as a garnish in medieval times.

Welcome!

2008-03-29T08:09:00.000-07:00

My grandma has great knoledge nature and keep health so long ages use many things from nature. Now my grandma not with us, and I want to share her recipes that I learn when she was alive.
If you know something too, feel free share it here. I'm will be glad hear it!