Homemade Herbal Bath Bag Recipes
Posted By TipNut On October 17, 2007 @ 6:10 am In Beauty & Health, Crafty Ideas | 1 Comment
Picture of Lavender Sachet - Tipnut.comHerbal bath bags (also known as bath tea bags) make a lovely soaking bath that can be beneficial to your skin, ease stress and help soothe aches and pains.
They’re similar to the [1] shower spa bags except these soak in the tub with you, making the bath a luxurious tea spa. If you just need some tender foot therapy to ease sore feet, these can be added to foot baths–or you can try the [2] foot soak recipes.
Basic Instructions:
Make drawstring bags out of cheesecloth, organza or muslin, enough to hold anywhere from 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of your favorite herbal bath recipe. Tie them tightly shut so the loose herbs won’t float out into the bath water. After use the contents can be emptied, the bags rinsed out then washed to be refilled and reused.
Bath Preparation Directions:
* Two ways you can enjoy these, either hang the bags on the tap while the hot water is running to fill the bath, making sure the water is running through the bags. Once the tub is filled, let the bag float in the tub with you.
* Infusion Method: Boil a quart of water, turn off heat, add herbal bath bag to water, cover, then steep (let it steep at least 20 minutes for best results). Add all of this piping hot infused water to your bath (be careful not to burn yourself) and plop the herbal bag in the bath to soak while you’re in it too. Note: Do not steep the herbs in an aluminum pot.
Herbal Bath Tea Recipes:
These amounts will make a batch at a time to be stored in an airtight container until you use them. For convenience, fill up your drawstring bags then store.
Basic Milk Bath Starter Recipe
1 1/2 cup powdered milk
1/2 cup Epsom salt
1/8 cup baking soda
2 TBS cornstarch
* Use this as the base for herbal milk bath bags, add whatever dried flowers and herbs you like.
Lavender Bath Soak:
* 1/2 cup dried lavender
* 1 cup Epsom Salts
Lavender Oatmeal Bath:
* 1 cup oatmeal
* 1/2 cup dried lavender
Lavender Oatmeal Milk Bath:
* 1/2 cup powdered milk (or the milk bath starter recipe above)
* 1/2 cup oatmeal
* 1/4 cup dried lavender
Rosemary Oatmeal Bath Tea
* 1/2 cup Oatmeal
* 1/4 cup Rosemary (dried)
* 1/4 cup Chamomile (tea is fine)
Lavender Chamomile Soak:
* 1/2 cup each: Epsom salt, lavender, chamomile
Herbal Splendor:
* 1/2 cup each: thyme, sage, lavender, mint, bay leaves, rosemary
Herbal Soother Bath Soak:
* 1/2 cup each: Lavender, Rose Petals, Sage, Rosemary
Rosemary Basil Soak:
* 1/2 cup rosemary
* 1/2 cup basil
* 1 cup oatmeal
Homemade Bath Spa Bonus:
Along with the herbal bath bags, you can add 1/2 cup of honey to your bath while the water is running. Or you could use the milk bath starter recipe with the honey for a homemade milk and honey bath.
More Tips You May Like:
* [3] 5 Homemade Bath Salts & Soaks
* [4] Milk Bath Recipes To Pamper Yourself
* [5] Herbal Steam Facial Recipes
* [2] 5 Homemade Foot Soak Recipes
* [6] Homemade Honey Bath Recipes
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[1] shower spa bags: http://tipnut.com/homemade-shower-spa-bags/
[2] foot soak recipes: http://tipnut.com/5-homemade-foot-soak-recipes/
[3] 5 Homemade Bath Salts & Soaks: http://tipnut.com/5-homemade-bath-salts-soaks/
[4] Milk Bath Recipes To Pamper Yourself: http://tipnut.com/milk-bath-recipes/
[5] Herbal Steam Facial Recipes: http://tipnut.com/herbal-steam-facial-recipes/
[6] Homemade Honey Bath Recipes: http://tipnut.com/homemade-honey-bath-recipes/
[Granny note:
Some of these gifts can be put into a coffee filter, tied with a bow and dropped in the bath will work just fine..or staple closed and add a small bow and instruction card, saves taking the time and money to make a bag.....granny]
http://www.coloradoprospector.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=391&pid=3313&st=0&#entry3313 Incredible piece of WWII Naval History—Atlantic theatre (read Europe missions).
Each Naval Pilot was issued one of these heavy rubber waterproof packs prior to flying assigned missions over enemy territory in the Atlantic theatre.
The Pacific Rim rubber pack did not contain near as much gold as the Atlantic pack did.
In this particular one were two watches with the following writing on the faces of each:
MILUS
Instant Date
21 Jewels
Milushock
M. 40 A1
Swiss Made
The gold coins from left to right:
British Gold Sovereign
British Gold ½ Sovereign
unknown european fractional gold
gold Swiss franc,
gold French rooster.
The round pendant inscribed with a “P” and has a bail for wearing on a chain is 24K pure
The four heavy gold links are also 24K pure and weigh within 1/100 of a gram of gold each. Soft enough to twist apart and separate the links they could be used as individual bribes if needed.
The 3 large rings at the bottom are 9ct gold and very large for fitting over a man’s knuckles.
Extremely hard to cut open, the contents were not tampered with in these, which now resides in a retired navy pilot’s personal collection.
Each pilot was instructed to turn these in upon safe return back to base after a mission. This and some others were found in a small horde in a garage sale in Michigan. Also accompanying these eKits were the government destruction procedure papers for melting and recovering the gold.
These were never intended to ever see the light of day nor fall into the hands of civilians.
An example of the incredible stuff available to citified prospectors like I teach others how to be....
http://asonomagarden.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/our-weeping-santa-rosa-plum-tree/
Our Weeping Santa Rosa Plum Tree
Published March 14, 2008
fruit trees, what’s blooming
Tags: bud break, fruit trees, organic garden, peach leaf curl, santa rosa, santa rosa plum, weeping plum
Since moving to this spot, we’ve become a little fruit tree crazy. When we first toured the property we were excited about seeing the golden delicious apple tree, pear tree, and orange tree that were here, but since then we’ve planted an additional 10 or 11 trees to our third of an acre.
This Santa Rosa Weeping Plum is one of our newest additions and one of our favorites. It stands at the back of the yard out on it’s own, so it really is a showcase tree. I think this photo really captures a time when it’s at its most beautiful, right before the bud break. This was on February 28th. Now it’s in full bloom with branches touching the ground.
Since we’ve planted it we’ve had a problem with peach leaf curl and we don’t know how to treat it organically. The only thing we’ve been able to do, which is the only non organic thing we do in our yard, is to spray it with copper spray. If anyone knows of a better way to treat it, please comment. We’d love to know.
Anyone know?
10th