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Household & Health

Category: Household & Health

Elderberries being strained out to make an elderberry tincture.

How To Make An Elderberry Tincture (just 2 ingredients!)

A Peek Into Our Medicine Cabinet: Fighting Illness With Food | I used to always rely on the pediatrician to tell me what to do when my kids were sick. Now? I keep just a few basic items in my pantry and fridge that are more effective and efficient than antibiotics and over-the-counter medications. Here's how I'm fighting sickness with food in my home! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

A Peek Into Our Medicine Cabinet: Fighting Illness With Food

2 Natural Cold Remedies That Really Work! | The week before last, I felt that tell-tale tickle in the back of my throat and had a full-blown cold within 24 hours. I used 2 natural remedies to get over it quickly. Keep reading to find out what remedies actually worked! | AskWardee.tv

2 Natural Cold Remedies That Really Work! #AskWardee 054

The Instant Pot is the perfect tool for making a handmade salve. The process is even mostly hands-free with just 2 simple steps. First, you make an herb-infused oil. Second, you make an herbal salve.

How To Make An Herbal Salve In The Instant Pot

Small bottle of essential oil.

6 Essential Oils For Candida (+ Oral Thrush Mouthwash Recipe!)

close-up shot of fermenting raw apple cider vinegar in a glass jar, involving apple chunks submerged in a sugar water solution

Homemade Raw Apple Cider Vinegar Recipe

My most recent addition to our natural remedies arsenal is homemade cough syrup -- made with one of my favorite kitchen gadgets, the Instant Pot!

Old-Fashioned Homemade Cough Syrup (Instant Pot, Stove Top)

foaming soap dispenser full of homemade hand soap

DIY Foaming Hand Soap With Essential Oils

14 Herbs to Boost Immunity {pssst! 8 may already be in your kitchen!} | Winter is typically a time for sickness -- but it doesn't have to be. These immune-boosting herbs are easily added to your diet so that you can be healthy all season long! Some are are probably in your kitchen cabinets already. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

14 Herbs to Boost Immunity {pssst! 8 may already be in your kitchen!}

a small jar and spoonful of elderberries on a wooden table next to a plate of heart-shaped elderberry gummies

Immune-Boosting Homemade Elderberry Gummies (only 4 ingredients!)

Deodorant stick surrounded by purple flowers.

Natural Homemade Deodorant …That Really Works!

Whipped Body Butter | It's not frosting, but it does look good enough to eat. This whipped homemade body butter is thick and rich. It nourishes the skin with just a few ingredients like shea butter and essential oils. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Way Better Than Lotion: Homemade Whipped Body Butter with Essential Oils

Herb-Infused Baby Bottom Balm {cloth diaper safe!} | After buying an expensive 2-ounce tube of herbal bottom balm, I decided to make my own -- and I like my version even better! With skin-nourishing oils and healing herbs, this baby bottom balm is even cloth diaper safe! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Herb-Infused Baby Bottom Balm {cloth diaper safe!}

homemade dog food in the instant pot

Homemade Dog Food In The Instant Pot

Homemade Essential Oil Roll-On Headache Stick | When I paid $9 for an essential oil "migraine stick" the other day, I knew I could save a bundle by making my own! Make this DIY Essential Oil Roll-On Headache Stick to get quick, natural relief from migraines and tension headaches! Video instructions included! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homemade Essential Oil Roll-On Headache Stick {print & video instructions}

Are you searching for a chemical-free, economical shave gel? One that leaves your skin feeling super soft and nourished? Look no further! This easy, homemade 3-ingredient gel uses healing herbs, soothing Aloe vera, and olive oil for a smooth shave that is kind to your skin.

Homemade 3-Ingredient Shave Gel

How To Make An Herbal Eye Pillow For Relaxation & Headache Relief | Tired eyes? Stressed? Have a headache? Can’t sleep? An herbal eye pillow may be just the thing you need! With the weight of the rice and the soothing scent of lavender, you can rest and relax to your heart's content. Plus, these pillows are so quick and easy to make, you can give them to all of your friends, too!

How To Make An Herbal Eye Pillow For Relaxation & Headache Relief

Homemade beauty products almost always require melting beeswax and fat over a double boiler, so I avoid making them. Until the Instant Pot and its handy Keep Warm button. Could that work for melting fat and beeswax WITHOUT the double boiler? Keep reading to find out!

Instant Pot Hard Lotion Bars

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I’m Wardee Harmon and I help Christian families who know they should eat healthy but are tired of complicated, time-consuming, weird-tasting, and unsustainable “healthy” diets…

…who want to look and feel better, save time and money, and have more energy for enjoying family life and serving Him fully!… like I was. Click here for more…

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Not only because we believe it’s the healthiest way, but because we want to give Him glory for creating good food as the best medicine!

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