There are many Methods of Using Herbs and Oils. Develop good habits like a healthy diet, the use of essential oils and herbs in natural personal care products as well as in herbal baths, sitz bath, and foot bath mixtures. Use small kitchen appliances like grinding mills or the best blenders to grind herbal teas and dried herbs into powdered herbs to put into vegetarian capsules for health supplements, or for a poultice, or other natural herbal remedies. In addition to Natural Supplements, try herbal cold water extraction of herbal teas. Use aromatherapy essential oils in insect repellents mixed with fixed oils or carrier oils and vegetable glycerin for massage oils or a natural remedy lotion made with beeswax.

A great deal can be done to improve health.  Developing and maintaining good habits is where it begins. A healthy diet, adequate exercise, natural personal care products, proper rest, recreation, loving relationships, as well as avoiding alcohol, caffeine, drugs, and environmental toxins are obvious ways to improve quality of life.  But there are other ways as well. The use of essential oils and  herbs is growing in popularity. Join the many people taking responsibility for their health by using natural remedies.

There are many ways essential oils and herbs can be used to help acquire and maintain health. ­Consume herbal teas to relax, stimulate, or invigorate. Deliciously season food with spice herbs. Encapsulate powdered herbs as health supplements to support immunity. Powderize herbs using one of the best blenders available or one of Hope for Health's grain mills. Click to view all small kitchen appliances. Create salves, poultice preparations, or soothing herbal baths using aromatherapy essential oils and herbs. Find your natural remedy needs from Hope for Health’s abundant selection of high quality essential oils and herbs.

Fomentation or Cold Compress Preparations An easy way to apply herbs topically is to apply a wrung out washcloth that has been soaked in an infusion to the skin. If it is warm, it is called a fomentation. If it is cold, it is a compress.

Herbal Baths are made by adding herbal decoctions or infusions to your tub bath, sitz bath, or foot bath. To preserve enzymes, use warm water at 115° or cooler. Essential oils may be added to herbs, fixed oils (carrier oils), vegetable glycerin, and/or aloe vera gel for a great way to make a healing concoction.

Herbal Oils are made by infusing fresh or dried herbs in high-quality vegetable, seed or nut oils. They may be used as massage oils, insect repellents, as the base for herbal salves and ointments, and they are simple and inexpensive to make. See also Aromatherapy Usage.

Herbal Teas are infusions or beverages made by steeping herbal stems, leaves, and flowers to extract beneficial constituents. A decoction is made by boiling, then steeping the hard parts of the plants such as the roots, woods, barks, and seeds. Delicate plants may be soaked in cool water to make a cold water extraction. To preserve enzymes, warm water (115°or below) may be used to soak herbs. Proportions, steeping, and soaking times depend on the plant and the desired concentration.

Poultice Preparations are made from crushed herbs to be applied topically, frequently over cheesecloth or other light cotton fabric.

Salves, Ointments, and Balms may be made with herbal oils, beeswax, and herbs to be used as external natural remedies.

Natural Supplements Powdered herbs can be put into vegetarian capsules for easy-to-take natural herbal remedies.

Syrups may be made by using herbs with honey, vegetable glycerin or maple syrup as a base for coughs and sore throats.

Note: Some herbs that are usually safe are unsafe to use during pregnancy.