DECIDING ON QUANTITY

Whether to make up a small bottle of massage oil or instead to just make enough for one massage will depend largely upon what ailment is being treated. For example, a massage oil to treat period pains is only going to be used once a month and therefore it would be preferable to just make enough for one application. Conversely, if treating skin which is covered with acne, a daily application of massage oil will be needed for a considerable length of time. In the latter? case it would be preferable to make up between 30 and 100ml.

Throughout the recipe chapter I have given recipes for a bottle of massage oil as well as for a single application.

Recipes for Chapter One

Muscular aches
(massage oil)
10 drops juniper
7 drops lavender
8 drops rosemary
in 50ml base oil

or
2 drops juniper
1 drop lavender
1 drop rosemary
in 2 teaspoons base oil


Hangover
(bath)
2 drops juniper
1 drop rosemary

Bergamot tea (Earl Grey)
1 teaspoon of black tea
1 drop of bergamot
3?4 cups of hot water

Lemon tea
1 teaspoon of black or
green tea
1 drop of lemon
1-2 cups of hot water

Aromatic teas
Peppermint tea
1 teaspoon of black tea
1drop of peppermint
3?4 cups of hot water

Orange tea
1 teaspoon of black or
green tea
1 drop of orange
1-2 cups of hot water
Period pains