Marlene's new E-book sets out a broad range of vinegar usage tips that are both convenient to use for your skin and your body and more importantly they really work.
Home-made Vinegar; the lost art!
Did you ever wonder if it was possible to make your own vinegar?
Well, it is and it is easier than most people think. Making vinegar is an inexpensive project that results in a more flavorful product. Vinegar can be made from a variety of ingredients including rice, fruit, wine, champagne or any material containing sugar.
Homemade vinegar can be flavored and bottled and given for unique gifts.
Vinegar is one such liquid that has mingled with the history and folklore of man. It was first mentioned for its preservation and healing powers around 7,000 years ago in Babylon. It was thus that vinegar became known as an all-cure potion.
In Persia, physicians made a drink of vinegar and lime to help remove fat. It was also used by the Roman and Greek seafarers to treat scurvy whilst on long sea voyages.
Vinegar can be made from a variety of ingredients including rice, fruit, wine, champagne or any material containing sugar.
Vinegar has acids that are very powerful in removing the dead skin cells off the skin’s surface. It un-glues the dead skin cells held together by the oils and sloughs them off easily. It is also an excellent way to regulate the pH of the skin.
Apple cider vinegar can be used for skin irritation from chicken pox, hives, poison ivy, poison oak, shingles, eczema, psoriasis and diaper rash can be minimized by soaking in an apple cider vinegar bath
Flavored vinegars also add an extra kick and delightful fragrance to skin toners and skin sprays.
You can make it from anything that contains sugar or a starch. Fruit, fruit juice, fruit peels, even carrot peelings, or grains.
Do not use commercial juices as the pasteurization process and additives interfere with the bacteria needed to make the vinegar.
For the frugal homesteader this is an excellent way to make peelings more useful than just livestock feed or compost.
Once you start using it as a replacement for the more expensive, harsh, and possibly toxic cleansers and beauty products in your home, you'll begin to see that vinegar's potential has almost no limits.
Vinegar is very effective in soothing dry and itchy skin.
Vinegar is a wonderful -- and inexpensive -- addition to your beauty regimen. Vinegar can help restore the natural acidity of your skin, which may clear up skin problems such as dryness, itching, flaking, and acne.
For gorgeous skin, head to the kitchen and grab some vinegar!
The use of vinegar with a variety of plants or essential oils for cosmetic purposes can be traced back to the Romans and was fashionable during the 19th century as vinegar de toilette.
Vinegar has a tonic action that promotes blood circulation in the small capillaries that irrigate the skin. It is also antiseptic, preventing the proliferation of bacteria, viruses, or yeast that trigger infection.
It can dissolve excessive fatty deposits at the surface of the skin and reduce scaly or peeling conditions. Lastly, vinegar regulates the pH of the skin.
Vinegar is most effective when used with herbs and flowers, lavender, rosemary, rose, dandelion , mint, elder flower etc..
It is essential to use top-quality white wine or cider vinegar. Dry any fresh plant material for two days before using.
Measure and mix only dried plant material and then add the vinegar. Apple ciders composed entirely of liquids can be used at once.
Those containing plant material must be left to macerate. Prepare the latter in a screw-top jar and leave on a window sill for two weeks, strain, and then bottle.
To use, add 1 teaspoon of apple cider to a cup of bottled or spring water to wash your face or pour 3-4 tablespoons into a bath.
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