Household & Health

Category: Household & Health

overhead shot of a small half-pint Mason of a yellow-colored arnica and yarrow salve for varicose veins, with four bottles of essential oils (including helichrysum and juniper berry) arranged next to it

Soothing Arnica & Yarrow Salve For Varicose Veins + 3 Other Natural Remedies!

man's hands holding a compost bucket of food scraps, including citrus and onion peels

The Best Guide To Easy Worm Composting & DIY Bokashi Bucket

tincture in a small glass dropper bottle next to a white plastic bottle of Betain HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters on a counter

Tummy Troubles? How & Why To Use Digestive Bitters #AskWardee 129

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!)

Hormone-Balancing Essential Oil Roll-On #AskWardee 091

Hormone-Balancing Essential Oil Roll-On #AskWardee 091

11 Natural Teething Remedies That Really Work (including an easy herbal rub-on!) | To prepare for teething and avoid over-the-counter pain medicine, I'm prepared with 11 natural teething remedies that really work -- including DIY chamomile and catnip herbal rub-on and a couple of items you may already have in your fridge! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

11 Natural Teething Remedies That Really Work (including an easy herbal rub-on!)

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!}

Please forgive me as I broach a stinky subject... smelly bathrooms! Natural mamas don't have to put up with those smells! The toxic chemicals in commercial air fresheners are scary -- so freshen your home's air naturally with a homemade essential oil air freshener! | AskWardee.tv

Homemade Essential Oil Air Freshener #AskWardee 075

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}

Combine sea buckthorn seed oil and frankincense with light jojoba oil, and you get a wonderfully moisturizing, healing, and rejuvenating DIY face serum that's safe, non-toxic, and completely natural! Experience skin-healing benefits for acne, rosacea, and inflammation!

Sea Buckthorn & Frankincense Face Serum {for skin-healing, acne, & more!}

With a jar of coconut oil, a few other natural ingredients, and a little time, you can replace almost all of your bath and beauty products with homemade, nourishing, toxin-free variations! From shampoo to foot scrub, toothpaste to sunscreen, here some great ideas to get you started!

21 Ways Coconut Oil Can Clean, Pamper, & Nourish Your Body From Head To Toe

Bethany needs an easy and natural non-toxic cleaning spray recipe that won't irritate sensitive skin. I've got one for her -- we've been using it for 15 years! Watch, listen, or read for my homemade, all-purpose cleaning spray with essential oils! | AskWardee.tv

Homemade Non-Toxic All-Purpose Cleaning Spray With Essential Oils & A FREE Glass Spray Bottle #AskWardee 061

Want to use herbal extracts ... but not if they're made with alcohol? Judy B. is in the same boat... She has small children and prefers not to give them alcohol. Watch, listen, or read to learn how to make powerful herbal extracts -- without alcohol! | AskWardee.tv

Alcohol-Free Herbal Tinctures — Super Easy! #AskWardee 055

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

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

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

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

Instant Pot Cough Syrup {with fresh thyme, ginger, & lemon}

homemade dog food in the instant pot

Homemade Dog Food In The Instant Pot