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Certain areas of natural skin care overlap. For example, the term botanical can refer to herbs, flowers, or even vegetables; however, when talking about flower essences, you’re automatically talking about aromatherapy — using the extracted oils from flowers for the health of body, mind, and soul.
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With skin that is mature, thin or frail, broken capillaries often appear. Sometimes they are referred to as varicose veins, thread veins, spider veins, or couperose skin. Spider veins occur when cells in the capillary walls become weak and lose their elasticity. When capillaries lose their elasticity after dilating, they cannot return to their previous size. They then collapse and the skin turns red.
Marigolds are good for any type of inflammation of the skin, so a good natural cure for varicose veins is to apply a compress of marigold flowers directly to the area. You can repeat this until you see results.
So I’m still investigating hydrosols. I’ve always known about the power of herbs, but I never knew flowers had healing properties as well. I’m really amazed at the practical and medicinal uses for flowers. They’re not just ornamental.
Did you know there are people who believe that plants are senscient? Sometimes people have the gift to understand the language of flowers. Modern day shamans listen to plants and use the knowledge they glean to help heal people of illness.
Aromatherapy is a tree with many branches — hydrosols being one of them. The term hydrosol is a combination of hydro (water) and sol (solution) — a natural water solution. When essential oils are distilled from plants, hydrosols are the byproduct of the process. Hydrosols cannot be manufactured synthetically.
I’ll apologize in advance for this pun. I love love charms. Making love charms is a wholesome craft since love charms are always made with natural ingredients. I have a killer recipe that’s guaranteed to make you irresistible to the opposite sex, but first let me ask you something. Has anyone explained to you the alchemy of a love charm? Didn’t think so. Well you’ve come to the right place.
