Mother Earths Healing

  Please refer to the DIY video at the bottom of the page   for step by step instructions on making laundry detergent powder. You will need:    1 C Washing soda    1 C Borax 1 C Baking Soda    1 Bar Castile Soap  Cheese Grater Bowl    Whisk    Ice Tray or any mold Essential Oil (Optional) Step-1 Pulverize the soap bar into a fine powder, this is important as it will dissolve better in any temperature of water. Chop up the soap bar and then run it through a food processor or use a cheese grater. Step 2- Add washing soda and borax. Run through the food processor as desired. The finer the powder, the easier it will dissolve in washes. Step 3-Add ¼ C Vinegar or more if needed. The soap should still look dry, the goal is to get it wet enough that it will pack into molds. Like you’re building a sand castle. Step 4 Pack into an ice cube tray. Or any mold you choose. Use...

Our first line of defense against any bug that comes our way, the immune system is the key to staying healthy while everyone around you is falling ill. There are many health factors that all affect the immune system and if any one of them are disrupted, your immune system can fall causing you to get sick MUCH easier. With a healthy immune system, I am rarely sick and when I do somehow manage to catch someone else's bug, I am sick for a much shorter period of time. Some of the health factors that affect your immune system are: Sleep – Failing to get your daily dose of shut-eye can instantly destroy your immune system. During times of illness and when others around you are sick, it is double important to be vigilant about your sleep! Diet – Hippocrates, the father of medicine, once said, “let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.” This is a very important quote because the health of our immune system is directly correlated with what we put into our b...

Breathing in the fresh, clean scent of just-washed linens can make doing laundry feel like less of a chore. Unless you’re breathing in the petroleum-derived ingredients, phthalates, tricolsan and synthetic fragrances found in most conventional laundry detergents. Then, you’re lucky if you don’t have a coughing fit, or an asthma attack. Or worse. The toxic chemicals in laundry detergents may make your bed sheets smell like they’ve been dried in a crisp mountain breeze, but that fragrance couldn’t be farther from anything resembling natural. From skin irritants to carcinogens to hormone disruptors, the chemicals in conventional laundry detergents are downright dangerous. Have you ever noticed that distinct over-powering smell when you walk by the laundry detergent aisle? That’s actually a bunch of toxic chemicals off-gasing into the air. And, you can bet they’re polluting the air in your home every time you dump that conventional detergent into a load. Why expose yourself ...