Homemade Natural Bug Spray Recipe

3 1/2 ounces (which is basically 1/3 cup) of Witch Hazel or cheap Vodka
1/2 teaspoon Lemongrass Oil
1/2 teaspoon Lemon Eucalyptus Oil
1/2 teaspoon Citronella Oil
Combine all ingredients in a small four-once spray bottle you can get at dollar store.
When you use it, be sure to shake the bottle contents before spraying as the oils separates from the witch hazel.

* We like using only Lemon Eucalyptus Oil because it works better.  I know of a lady who uses Lavender and Peppermint, these haven't worked for me.  The FDA recommends Lemon Eucalyptus Oil.

We offer our Insect Repellent Starter Kit for your convenience!

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Dead Sea Mud

Dead Sea Mud Mask contains 100% Pure Dead Sea Mud

Organic; Moisturizes; Reduces Wrinkles; Gently Exfoliates; Skin regenerative for healthier and glowing skin; Anti-Aging; for ALL skin

You can put some in a small bowl, add the essential oil of your choice and reap the benefits! I work in a private club which smokes cigars, I mix a bit of Rosemary Essential Oil for a hair mask. I use a paint brush and brush my body from top of feet all the way to my hair. I get ready for my shower while it dries then shower the toxins away!

You can special order please email me for any of the $3.99 Essential Oil of your choice! You can also blend your essential oil; i.e., Rosemary Mint, Patchouli,  Sage, etc.

Dead Sea Mud helps to provide relief for eczema, acne, wrinkles and psoriasis. It improved the skin’s natural regeneration and improves blood circulation. It contains mud grains which help to cleanse skin and remove toxins, dirt particles and impurities. It is able to peel away dead skin cells, revealing healthier, youthful skin while it moisturizes and helps with skin’s hydration. After applying a Dead Sea Mud mask, it will dry and pull out toxins that may be in your skin because of your diet. It is also tightening and firming the skin which gives the skin an anti-aging benefit, leaving it with a more youthful look. Other ailments that Dead Sea Mud is able to help alleviate are dry skin, rheumatism, arthritis, muscle aches and stiffness and joint inflammation.

Dead Sea Mud can also be applied to the scalp in order to strengthen hair roots, enhance new hair growth and help prevent hair loss.

Benefits:
~Improves blood circulation and natural skin generation.
~Fine mud grains, cleanse the skin and remove any dirt particles, impurities and toxins.
~Proven to provide effective relief for skin disorders such as psoriasis, eczema, acne and wrinkles.
~Moisturizes your skin and helps natural skin hydration
~Gently peels away dead skin cells to reveal more youthful, healthier skin layer

Dead Sea mud has many amazing health properties, and in addition to the ones listed above also helps treat and relieve some other ailments. These ailments include arthritis, muscle stiffness and aches, rheumatism, joint inflammation and even itchy, dry skin.

The minerals which are present in the mud are all natural minerals which your skin needs every day. By using Dead Sea mud, or a mud mask, you are basically feeding your skin these essential minerals. Minerals such as potassium, magnesium, sodium, bromine and calcium are all needed by your skin to help maintain the right moisture levels and hydration.

Another very powerful effect of using Dead Sea mud is the fact that as it dries, it pulls out any toxins that may be present in your skin cells from your everyday diet. This leaves the skin completely clean, refreshed and pure on top of infusing it with the minerals.

At the same time it firms your skin and tightens it, giving you an exceptional anti aging benefit and leaving your skin looking younger. Because of this dual effect of exfoliating, cleansing and providing essential minerals, Dead Sea mud is able to help with so many various ailments or to simply keep you skin looking young and healthy for a long time!

Tip: Mud masks made with Dead Sea mud have also proved to be very helpful when applied to a scalp for hair roots strengthening. These masks help to stop hair loss and enhance new growth. They proved to be 4 times more effective than any other product of the kind during comparative tests with many other popular cosmetic brands.

Disclaimer: Not backed by the FDA, not intended to diagnose; just my personal experiences.


Our mission is to use Quality Ingredients for a Quality Product™!

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Toe Nail Fungus

Tea Tree Oil - I use this on my husband’s toes.  He has horrible toenail fungus. My mother had it also and she got a prescription medication.  Mum said she took TWO pills and wound up in the EMERGENCY ROOM!  She had such a frightening reaction to the medication.  I remembered tea tree oil. I used it on hubby (he wears steel-toed boots 6 days a week for work!) and it worked for him and her.

This worked for us and here's how we used it:

Make sure you can put your feet up for a while. Use my Cleansing Foot Soak, carefully dry feet. Place feet up.  Carefully pull back toenail and place ONE DROP of oil under each infected toe.

Do this everyday for two weeks.  You will start to see an improvement after about 10 days.

The 3rd week move to every other day, the 4th week every 3rd day.

Now I use it twice a week on his toes and his nails are now white with pink beds!

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Natural Disinfectant Spray

Here at J&J Farm we use AB Protection Blend but here is another recipe

Natural Disinfectant Spray Recipe

1oz Vodka or Witch Hazel
1oz Water
1 drops Rosemary Essential Oil
3 drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
1 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
1 drops Lavender Essential Oil

OR 6 drops AB Protection Blend

Mix all ingredients together and add to a spray bottle. Shake the spray bottle frequently while cleaning.

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Air Freshener Spray Ideas

Basic
1 cup witch hazel
8-10 drops Essential Oil
OR for each ounce witch hazel use 1-2 drops Essential Oil

Deodorizing
6 drops Bergamot
1 drop Eucalyptus
2 drops Lemon

Pet Deodorizing
6 drops Cedarwood
3 drops Tea Tree

Apple Pie Spice
6 drops Cinnamon
3 drops Clove

Orange Spice
5 drops Sweet Orange
2 drops Cinnamon

Mood Lifter
4 drops French Lavender
3 drops Orange (Sweet or Blood)
2 drops Ylang Ylang

Stress Reliever
1 drops French Lavender
2 drops Rose
2 drops Clary Sage

Poo Chase (spray before bathroom use)
4 drops Eucalyptus
4 drops Peppermint

Pour into spray bottle, add drops of Essential Oil, shake VERY well before each use.

Remember these Essential Oils  can stain, so be careful where you spray.

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Arnica, A Sports lover’s dream

Arnica, also called Arnica montana, is a plant that is native to the mountainous regions of Europe and southern Russia. Arnica is an herb that grows mainly in Siberia and central Europe, as well as temperate climates in North America. The flowers of the plant are used in medicine.

We ONLY use Arnica from Germany NOT Mexico, which is subpar product.  We believe in quality, period. One seller I know of sells Mexican Arnica! True Arnica comes from Elevations over 2700 feet! We carry ONLY Arnica Montana; We get ours from Germany between Nuremberg and Munich.

Don't be fooled by cheap imitations anyone who sells Heterotheca inuloides shows their poor quality. What else are they selling you that is poor quality?!!

There is a major difference between Arnica grown in Europe and “Arnica” from Mexico:

‘That grown in Mexico is not Arnica at all. The species name for Mexico-grown “Arnica” is actually Heterotheca inuloides. Although both plants share similar uses, Heterotheca is not an Arnica plant species. Additionally, this plant is more readily available and far less expensive’ It is also known as “False arnica, Árnica mexicana, Árnica del país”

We also use it in our Bengal Balm, our organic muscle rub.

The flowers and leaves of this plant have many traditional medicinal uses. People take arnica by mouth for sore mouth and throat, pain such as pain after surgery or wisdom tooth removal, insect bites, painful and swollen veins near the surface of the skin (superficial phlebitis), bruising, muscle pain, vision problems due to diabetes, stroke, and for causing abortions.

Arnica is applied to the skin for pain and swelling associated with bruises, aches, and sprains. It is also applied to the skin for insect bites, arthritis, muscle and cartilage pain, chapped lips, and acne.

In foods, Arnica is a flavor ingredient in beverages, frozen dairy desserts, candy, baked goods, gelatins, and puddings.

In manufacturing, Arnica is used in hair tonics and anti-dandruff preparations. The oil is used in perfumes and cosmetics.

How does it work?

The active chemicals in arnica may reduce swelling, decrease pain, and act as antibiotics.

Osteoarthritis - Early research shows that using an arnica gel product (A. Vogel Arnica Gel, Bioforce AG, Switzerland) twice daily for 3 weeks reduces pain and stiffness and improves function in people with osteoarthritis in the hand or knee. Other research shows that using the same gel works as well as the painkiller ibuprofen in reducing pain and improving function in the hands.

What is it used for?

People use Arnica as a cream or gel for soothing muscle aches and inflammations and healing wounds. When applied to the skin, it may improve healing by decreasing swelling and pain and speeding blood reabsorption.

People also apply arnica to the skin for treatment of acne, boils, and rashes.

Is it safe?

Arnica is recommended for external use only. Do not put Arnica inside your mouth or swallow it. The plant is poisonous and, if swallowed, it can cause stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, difficulty breathing, cardiac arrest, and death.

How to use

Speed up healing. Following accidents, surgery or sports-related injuries, use homeopathic arnica to relieve soreness, bruising, swelling and pain when used on unbroken skin.

Make compresses:  Use on sore muscles, sprains and joints.  Mix 1 oz. of homeopathic Arnica tincture with 10 oz. of warm water. Soak your compress in the mixture, and then gently wring out and apply to the painful area. Save your mixture; you can continue to soak and use the compress to treat an injury for 24 hours.

Make arnica oil:  Mix 1 oz. of homeopathic Arnica tincture with 5 oz. of carrier oil to make arnica oil for topical use.

Make a liniment using rubbing alcohol:   Place 4 oz. of dried Arnica blossoms in a pint size glass jar. Add 16 oz. of rubbing alcohol. Tighten the lid. Store at room temperature for 14 days. With the lid intact, gently swirl the contents once daily. After two weeks, filter the liquid through a mesh kitchen strainer.

Make a liniment using Vodka:  Crumble Arnica flowers with your fingers.

Add the crumbled flowers to a jar into which you have measured a quantity of vodka. The ratio is one part arnica flower to five parts vodka. The actual quantities you use will depend on how much arnica gel you want to make.

Shake the jar to mix in the Arnica flowers. Put the jar in a cool, dark place such as a cabinet or closet where it will remain for the next four weeks. Shake the jar vigorously at least once a day.

After four to six weeks, strain the contents of the jar through a paper towel or coffee filter over a colander into a bowl. The strained liquid is the Arnica  extract. Pour it into a small jar, preferably amber-colored to protect it from light.

Arnica is often listed as an ingredient in homeopathic products; however, these products are usually so dilute that they contain little or no detectable amount of arnica.

Special Precautions & Warnings:

Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Don't take Arnica by mouth or apply to the skin if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. It is considered LIKELY UNSAFE.

Allergy to ragweed and related plants: Arnica may cause an allergic reaction in people who are sensitive to the Asteraceae/Compositae family. Members of this family include ragweed, chrysanthemums, marigolds, daisies, and many others. If you have allergies, be sure to check with your healthcare provider before applying it to your skin. Do not take Arnica by mouth.

Broken skin: Don't apply arnica to damaged or broken skin. Too much could be absorbed.

Digestion problems: Arnica can irritate the digestive system. Don't take it if you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcers, Crohn's disease, or other stomach or intestinal conditions.

Fast heart rate: Arnica might increase your heart rate. Don't take Arnica if you have a fast heart rate.

High blood pressure: Arnica might increase blood pressure. Don't take Arnica if you have high blood pressure.

Surgery: Arnica might cause extra bleeding during and after surgery. Stop using it at least 2 weeks before a scheduled surgery.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate Arnica in the same way it regulates medicine. It can be sold with limited or no research on how well it works or on its safety.

Moderate Interaction

Be cautious with this combination!

Medications that slow blood clotting (Anticoagulant / Antiplatelet drugs) interacts with ARNICA

Arnica might slow blood clotting. Taking arnica along with medications that also slow clotting might increase the chances of bruising and bleeding.<br/><br/> Some medications that slow blood clotting include aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), diclofenac (Voltaren, Cataflam, others), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others), naproxen (Anaprox, Naprosyn, others), dalteparin (Fragmin), enoxaparin (Lovenox), heparin, warfarin (Coumadin), and others.

Always tell your doctor if you are using an alternative product or if you are thinking about combining one with your conventional medical treatment. It may not be safe to forgo your conventional medical treatment and rely only on an alternative product.

As with any herbal remedy, Everything in Moderation including Moderation!

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January 2019 & Government Shutdown

January has been a tense and exciting month for us here at J&J Farm.  We’re getting ready for the new Farmer’s Market & Craft Season while maneuvering the Government Shutdown which is affecting our beloved customers, friends and family members.

We are helping out by offering a Shutdown discount for all our customers.  Purchase any one of the Aromatherapy Pendants, Aromatherapy Astrology Pendants, Car Diffuser and/or Superhero Car Diffuser will receive 50% off any of the 1ML Essential Oils! Just use the code during check out! Discount Code good until January 31st.

We will be at B Cord Brewery for their Valentine Vendor Fest on February 10^th!!  Come check out the awesome gifts for Valentine’s Day and enjoy a well brewed beer!!

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