Archive for January, 2011
Most Popular Aromatherapy Essential Oils : Cedarwood
Cedarwood Essential Oil is from the genus Cedrus, specifically the Cedrus atlantica. Commonly referred to as Atlas Cedarwood. There are however various other Cedar and Juniper species used to produce Cedarwood Essential Oil but the preferred choice is the Atlas Cedarwood.
List of Foods for Detox Diet
A good detox diet plan will advise you to consume organic and pure foods in your every day meals. These will help your lymph, liver and kidneys functioning. Any meal that goes against the principle of organic foods should be avoided during the detox period.
Traditional Chinese New Year Food: Sticky Rice Cake (Niangao)
There are many traditions associated with the Chinese New Years season or Spring Festival. However, one important tradition takes place before the old year has come to a close. According to legends, one week before the ‘Spring Festival’ begins, the ‘Kitchen God’, assembles on earth. The Kitchen God returns to heaven to report on a family’s behavior during the previous year. A negative report by the Kitchen God means a family will suffer from bad luck during the year to come. Chinese new year rice cakes are served and feasted by the whole family in order to satisfy him.
How to Make Herbal Bath Tea Bags/Sachet
A Two-Week Detox Diet Plan
This is a sample two-week detox diet plan to support detoxification by increasing elimination from the body, cleansing the colon, enhancing circulation to clear toxic substances, eliminating foods from the diet that require detoxification or are allergenic, and providing nutrients to support and protect the liver, the main organ involved in detoxification.
Herbal Bath Tea Recipes
 These bath tea recipes for floral and herbal “bath scents” will leave you soothed and scented. You may collect your herbs and flowers in the countryside, grow them or purchase them from a variety of stores. A drive out to the country will yield most of the ingredients listed below from April through May depending on your part of the country. It is best to pick leaves and flowers after the dew has dried. You may either dry the flowers and leaves for future use or store “green” material in jars for 2 days.
