Re: Becky, hair formula questions

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A lot of that information is stuff I've saved from different websites like Australia and not me speaking directly. ) And besides, I'm with you on needing the specific directions - I was born in Missouri.

On the rosemary part - you have a choice of using essential oil rosemary or the herb to add to whatever oil you want to use on your hair. UDO, flax oil, and fish oil, etc I wouldn't waste on my hair and would prefer to take orally. Personally I take the dried herb and infuse it into olive oil - I take a bottle of olive oil and add whatever herbs I want and put it in my west window for a couple of weeks shaking it every day. An easier/faster method would be to slowly heat the herbs in the oil for a couple hours. Since I tend to get busy and forget something on the stove, I prefer my front window method. )

Regarding the birch oil - in the amounts called for in the tissue repair oil recipe, you are correct in thinking that it is too much. But in aromatherapy, you are talking about using only a couple drops, not pints of it. In Ann Worwood's book - the Complete book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy - she uses birch oil in dry hair recipes and her recipes call for 1-3 drops of the essential oils in 1 cup of the carrier oil or soap. That would make a large difference in the safety issue of using birch oil.

Red Clover is a legume. Legumes are plants that fix nitrogen in the soil - peanuts, alfalfa, peas, vetchs, clovers - basically think of all your best livestock feed and farming crops.

Did I cover everything for you?

Becky

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, "Well, that's not going to happen."