I’m working on some yummy new recipes and fun new printables to share with you this week, but for today I wanted to pop in to tell you where I’ve been finding many of my supplies for the simple home remedies I’m learning about.
It’s important to note that the ingredients needed for making home remedies are pretty simple. The hard part for me has been knowing exactly what to do with them. I knew lavender was good, but what to do with it? Bath salts are healing, when used how? And on it goes.
Now that I have my collection of resources all put together in my Home Remedies Binder, I can easily reference it to know what I need to do. (The notebooking printables for this are free for the grabbing, so go do some grabbing.)
The basic supplies I currently have on hand I’ve listed here.
- A collection of essential oils to use daily as we need them. I always have basics like peppermint, lavender, eucalyptus, and lemon, plus combo bottles that are blended for aid in digestion, for headaches, and an immune booster. (It’d give you the names of these combo bottles, but every company calls them something different.)
- Bags of dried eucalyptus, red raspberry, lavender to make teas or baths
- Epsom salt
- Pre-made tea bags (to make life easy) – peppermint, immune booster, red raspberry
- Apple cider vinegar, coconut oil, onions, oats, fresh ginger root
- Herbal salve
Where to buy supplies to make home remedies
There are hundreds of online sources for buying ingredients needed to make home remedies. I’m only listing a few here, because these are the places I’m purchasing from right now as I build my “medicine cabinet.”
1. Golden Poppy Herbal Apothecary
They offer great products at great prices!
I order my vanilla bottles through this company, but how silly that I haven’t ever looked at their herbs before. Well, shucks, I didn’t really know what to do with them, I guess. But sure enough, Mountain Rose Herbs carries a big supply of herbs. Go figure.
3. iHerb
iHerb doesn’t carry much in the way of loose-leaf herbs, but they do carry a nice variety of vitamins and supplements if you find something you’d like to order ready-made. They also offer a $5 coupon to new customers and free shipping on $20+ orders, so that’s pretty sweet!
4. Vitacost
I needed to order a few food items anyway, so I ordered some pre-made tea bags recommended in the books so I’d have these on hand for when I need them. Nice and easy! (New customers can get a $10 coupon to use on their first order – details here.)
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Where do you like to purchase your home remedy supplies?
Free Home Remedies Notebook
Don’t forget to pick up your free Home Remedies Notebook printable pages here. They are available to everyone!
Just an FYI for those looking for a great source of essential oils….check out Plant Therapy. They have oils that are just as good as those from the MLM companies but cost half the price. They also have a whole line that are specifically for children only and they have FREE shipping on any size order all the time! They are on Facebook and have a blog with recipes and more!
One of my favorite places to get herbs is at bulkherbstore.com. They’re prices seem competitive, they strive to sell organically grown products, and they have excellent how-to info on making teas, tinctures, salves, etc. as well the medicinal properties of the different herbs they sell. I’ve always been very pleased with their products and it’s helpful to have the ingredients on hand when needed, instead of trying to run to the health food store.
I haven’t purchased herbs to use in home remedies yet, but this year I bought several at the farm I’m working at (where we purchase a half share), so I’ll have a few to use for purposes other than cooking. I have two types of lavender growing and some holy basil, which for starters I know can be used for medicinal purposes.
I’ll have to check for uses as the summer goes on. It’s not a good time for me to buy the bundle (although it seems informative and like a great deal), because I have not yet taken the time to use some of the informative courses and ebooks I purchased prior to this. I don’t have a lot of time to devote to this right now, even though I am interested.
So I guess I would suggest checking out farms or greenhouses to get fresh herbs to grow your own, as well as one of your favorite companies (Laura), MadeOn. I purchased zinc oxide, beeswax pellets and a summer recipe ebook from them in order to try making my own sun-block this year! MadeOn has specials and seem very generous and offer great quality.
I love to buy my oils from Hopewell Oils… A Christian company based in tx… Awesome quality, price, customer service… Fast shipping!!! Try em out!