January 12, 2020
ESSENTIAL OILS: WELLNESS IN HOME
Essential oils, known since ancient times, allow us to improve our health in a way that is sweet and natural. I am not referring only to your own person health but also to the environment that surrounds us, where we …
August 6, 2019
THYME ESSENTIAL OIL: USES AND PROPERTIES
Thyme is part of the family Lamiaceae, like Mint, Basil, Lavender and many other species widely known because of their perfume and flavor. This characteristic is due to the presence in the leaves of structures secreting essential oil. The …
December 11, 2017
AROMATHERAPY: HOW TO CHOOSE AN ESSENTIAL OIL
The choice of essential oil depends very much on the uses we want to make for it. Aromatherapy can be used in different ways, but the most common and most pleasant to all is the use of room diffusers. …
December 30, 2017
HOW TO DISTILL MINT
The mint species is known and cited by numerous ancient authors for its beneficial therapeutic properties; it is so old that it finds its origins in mythology. It was used anciently in Egyptian civilization, as well as in Greeks and …
March 12, 2020
SCENTED BAGS WITH DRIED HERBS AND ESSENTIAL OILS
All we need are dried flowers and herbs, pounded spices, some essential oils and a small bag of light fabric. A valid and natural aid to perfume wardrobes and drawers but also to keep moths and insects away thanks to …
September 1, 2017
POTATO CHIPS WITH ROSEMARY AROMATIC WATER
During the distillation process of an aromatic plant, including domestic distillation, by products are produced besides the essential oil, such as aromatic water (or floral water). Being able to identify good uses for the best use of a product as …
August 21, 2017
HOW TO DISTILL ROSEMARY
Considered a sacred plant in many civilizations, Rosemary is certainly one of the most important and well-known medicinal herbs of the Mediterranean area. Widespread today in all the countries with a temperate climate, it can be found both cultivated …
August 2, 2017
AROMATHERAPY: HISTORY
The term Aromatherapy means the use of essential oils for therapeutic purposes to improve health, heal the body and harmonize the spirit. The sense of smell is the most powerful and instinctive of our senses. Through smell, or perfume, …
July 25, 2017
ROSEMARY ESSENTIAL OIL: CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION
A rustic and undemanding plant, Rosemary is certainly one of the most important and well known medicinal herb of our Mediterranean area. Widespread today in all countries with a temperate climate, where it is found both cultivated and natural, …
February 3, 2017
HOW TO DISTILL TANGERINE PEEL
The main method for extracting Tangerine essential oil, as it is for other members of the genus Citrus, is certainly cold pressing. This is because the essence contained in the peel is sufficiently high, that it is enough to …
June 28, 2016
NEEM OIL, FROM THE PLANT OF GOOD HEALTH
Azadirachta indicates A. Juss., known as Neem, is an ancient plant, used for centuries in India as fertilizer and insecticide. In Sanskrit, it is referred to by the name of Nimba, that is “who gives good health”. Just think that …
February 23, 2015
HERBAL TEAS, INFUSIONS AND DECOCTIONS: THE DIFFERENCES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION
Herbal teas are herbal products based on water and medicinal plants. They belong to the category of plant extracts called hydrolytes or plant extracts dried by means of water. Until a hundred years ago, herbal teas were the main means …
December 26, 2014
THE GOOD NIGHT PLANTS
When counting sheep is not enough, the solution is given to us by Nature! There are many aromatic plants that are classified as sedatives and soothing and there are many herbal treatments for insomnia or, more simply, to be able …
December 4, 2014
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE ESSENTIAL OILS
Essential oils, the set of aromatic substances responsible for the scent of plants, are known and have been used since ancient times. Over the centuries there is an alternation of glory and oblivion, the latter essentially following the progress …
October 10, 2014
OIL FOR STRENGTHENING HAIR
Even the simplest ingredients in common use and easy to find, can become powerful and effective cosmetic products. The most striking example is extra virgin olive oil which, in addition to being celebrated for its nutritional properties, is recognized …
September 30, 2014
HEALTHY HAIR WITH AROMATIC PLANTS
Once again the plant world comes to our aid by offering us some medicinal plants as valid remedies against the imperfections of the hair and scalp. Recall that the state of the hair is only the skin’s expression of an …
September 18, 2014
OLEOLITES: THE POWER OF HERBS IN OIL
Surely known in very ancient times, macerated herbal oils, also called medicinal oils or oil tinctures, are extracts of medicinal and aromatic plants obtained by the solvent action of an appropriate vegetable fat oil. For the extraction it is …
September 17, 2014
ENFLEURAGE: ANCIENT TECHNIQUE TO EXTRACT ESSENCES FROM FLOWER PETALS
Enfleurage is one of the most ancient extraction methods, born at the time of Egyptians, used to obtain fragrances from flower petals. Flowers are the most delicate part of the plant and they do not tolerate treatments at high temperatures …
September 11, 2014
ESSENTIAL OILS AND ECOLOGICAL DETERGENTS FOR HOUSE CLEANING
For decades, the use of chemically aggressive products has accustomed us to a very strong and clean concept from the point of view of effectiveness, but it’s not very attentive to the quality and content of the products used. Ecological …
February 12, 2020
PURIFYING AND CLEANSING HERBAL TEAS DO-IT-YOURSELF
Many of our habits can fatigue our liver, the main organ which detoxifies the body, some of which are unhealthy such as heavy eating, or others that may be necessary like taking drugs for prolonged therapies. Diuresis is also important, …
March 1, 2019
LEMONGRASS: ESSENTIAL OIL TO FIGHT TUMORS
Lemon scent, intense and penetrating green notes make it one of the most used products in the world in perfumery and soaps … but the essential oil of Lemongrass offers much more than this: it is the natural source of …
November 30, 2018
MINT ESSENTIAL OIL: CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION
Peppermint is a plant known and used since ancient times, both in the culinary as well as in the herbal field. Its intense fragrance, its bright green and the simplicity with which it spreads, make it one of the …
December 21, 2017
CITRUS FRUITS AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: NEW DISCOVERIES
Citrus fruits (genus Citrus, family of the Rutaceae) are very juicy fruits, often with a sour taste, which are harvested from October to April. They are usually consumed fresh or squeezed to obtain juices (both for domestic and industrial …
December 14, 2017
MINT ESSENTIAL OIL: USES AND PROPERTIES
The name “Mint” has a mythological derivation: Mintha was a nymph, daughter of the river god Cocito. She was loved by the god Hades but Persephone was jealous and transformed her in a humble, insignificant plant. But not even Persephone …