How to Make a Soothing Herbal Bath
With all the stresses of everyday, it is sometimes nice to take a soothing and relaxing herbal bath.
You can easily make your own herbal bath from herbs you have grown in your own garden or windowsill.
Lavender and mint are excellent herbs to soak with in the bath.
Here is how you do it.
1) Buy lavender and mint seeds and germinate them for 7 - 10 days by soaking the seeds between paper towel in a jar or Petri dish.
Place the dish near a window for light and spray the paper towel daily.
2) Once germinated, place the sprouted seeds in organic potting soil approximately ½ inch in the soil.
Use separate pots, placing the mint seeds in one and the lavender seeds in the other.
Water lightly until moist.
Place near a south facing window for light.
3) As seeds begin to grow, water as needed, approximately weekly.
Do not over water, but do not let them dry out either.
4) When herbs are full grown, cut off the purple lavender and put into bunches.
Use an elastic at the bottom to hold the lavender together.
Tie them with string so bunches are hanging down to dry.
5) For the mint, cut off the tops and place on a cookie sheet in front of a window to dry.
6) Once the herbs are dry, put an equal amount of lavender and mint into a cotton sachet.
Place the sachet into a running warm water bath.
To make a cotton sachet, get white cotton, cut two squares by about 4 inches by 4 inches.
Sew the two pieces together, around the three sides, and then turn the sachet inside out for a cleaner look.
Fill the sachet with herbs, and then sew the top together so the herbs do not fall out.
This may sound like a lot of sewing, but it can easily be done by hand and only takes about ten minutes to put together.
7) Soak in your tub, with your herbal sachet, for at least 20 minutes for a relaxing and rejuvenating soak.
This combination will also help eliminate toxins from the body and sooth any skin ailments.
If you have psoriasis, however, or a serious skin condition, please check with your doctor before using the soak.
For normal skin, this is very soothing and relaxing.
You can also rinse your hair in the soak.
You will feel great and rejuvenated after this bath!
You can easily make your own herbal bath from herbs you have grown in your own garden or windowsill.
Lavender and mint are excellent herbs to soak with in the bath.
Here is how you do it.
1) Buy lavender and mint seeds and germinate them for 7 - 10 days by soaking the seeds between paper towel in a jar or Petri dish.
Place the dish near a window for light and spray the paper towel daily.
2) Once germinated, place the sprouted seeds in organic potting soil approximately ½ inch in the soil.
Use separate pots, placing the mint seeds in one and the lavender seeds in the other.
Water lightly until moist.
Place near a south facing window for light.
3) As seeds begin to grow, water as needed, approximately weekly.
Do not over water, but do not let them dry out either.
4) When herbs are full grown, cut off the purple lavender and put into bunches.
Use an elastic at the bottom to hold the lavender together.
Tie them with string so bunches are hanging down to dry.
5) For the mint, cut off the tops and place on a cookie sheet in front of a window to dry.
6) Once the herbs are dry, put an equal amount of lavender and mint into a cotton sachet.
Place the sachet into a running warm water bath.
To make a cotton sachet, get white cotton, cut two squares by about 4 inches by 4 inches.
Sew the two pieces together, around the three sides, and then turn the sachet inside out for a cleaner look.
Fill the sachet with herbs, and then sew the top together so the herbs do not fall out.
This may sound like a lot of sewing, but it can easily be done by hand and only takes about ten minutes to put together.
7) Soak in your tub, with your herbal sachet, for at least 20 minutes for a relaxing and rejuvenating soak.
This combination will also help eliminate toxins from the body and sooth any skin ailments.
If you have psoriasis, however, or a serious skin condition, please check with your doctor before using the soak.
For normal skin, this is very soothing and relaxing.
You can also rinse your hair in the soak.
You will feel great and rejuvenated after this bath!
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