GOOT

Sheri Graham

3 TB coconut oil
3 TB olive oil
3 TB fresh chopped garlic

GOOT Garlic Oil Treatment

Anti-infective/Anti-fungal/Anti-parasites

MAKING GOOT

Warm coconut oil over stove until melted and add olive oil. Remove from heat and add fresh chopped garlic. Blend at slow speed, then at high speed for two minutes. Use a blender or coffee grinder. Pour mixture through a screen to remove chunks of garlic that the blender may have missed. Pour into a wide mouth jar and label it “GOOT.” Place in a refrigerator.

Freshly made, the mixture is a milky color and runny. GOOT turns into a thick soft paste after one hour. After being in the fridge for several hours, it is just hard like a salve easy to spread.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
GOOT, rubbed into the skin, transfers raw garlic oil directly into the blood stream.

Apply on the feet of children or infants to fight infections. Rub on chest for chest colds, pneumonia or rub into nostrils for sinus infections. Place on cotton swab for ear infections. Apply directly to sores inside the mouth. Rub on Athlete’s foot or genital area for jock itch. Insert GOOT into affected area for yeast or other related infections. Apply on rashes any place. GOOT kills Candida, parasites, bad bacteria and virus by direct application. Also can be applied on bug bites.

In addition, it treats systemic infections by absorption through the skin into the blood supply and travels throughout the body. After two weeks, make a new batch of GOOT.

Garlic is an amazing powerhouse created for our use by our loving Creator!  This works well on the bottoms of the feet before bedtime.  Cover the feet with socks to keep it from getting all over the sheets.  Learn how to use this amazing gift from the Lord!

Love Always,

Mommy

Sore Throat Tea

Mommy Invention

3 TB lemon juice
2 TB honey
8 oz boiling water

Combine lemon juice and honey in a mug.  Pour in boiling water and stir until honey dissolves.

Sore throats aren't any fun but this can help ease the soreness.   The hot drink feels good on a sore throat.  Sip this slowly for best results.
Love Always,
Mommy

Egg Shell Water

Bulk Herb Store

Tid Bit on Eggshell and Bone Health

1. Studies have shown that taking eggshell with vitamin D3 improves bone mineral density. Egg shells have been used for the pain, and treating, of all kinds of arthritis and joint pain.

2. Pour 2 cups of hot water over 4-5 (free-range or organic is best) crumbled egg shells. Add 1 tsp fresh lemon juice or vinegar. Cover and let sit for 2 hours. Strain the shells out and put liquid in a clean glass jar with a lid. Take a sip of the liquid one or two times a day. Just because it works, does not mean you should take more than you need. So, slowly increase your dosage until pain is the gone. After that do not increase it. Some of us need more calcium than others, but remember our bodies cannot handle too much calcium.

3. Egg shells are high in Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Glycine, Gelatin, Collagen, and Other trace minerals.

Mommy has made this in the past and added 1 tsp to smoothies for 5 people.  Before Joshua could drink milk, this was so very important for him.  I want to made some more to add to our food.  Just be careful to not add too much!

Love Always,

Mommy

Cayenne for warm feet

Bulk Herb Store

Cayenne powder has been used by researchers in Antarctica to help them bear the extremely cold temperatures. The cayenne powder is sprinkled into their boots before putting them on. As the powder slowly comes in contact with the skin through the socks, it will draw blood to the feet, thus bringing much needed warms to the extremities. The one draw back is the red powder stains light colored socks. From our readings, it seems the stained socks were a small price to pay for the great benefit of being able to feel your toes after a little while out in the blistering cold! After trying this on a number of occasions during the winter near Lake Superior, I'm also convinced the stained socks are worth it.

I wish we would have known this when Hannah was little and we went to the 2002 Winter Olympics long jump ski event.  We got up really, really early and headed up into the mountains for the event.  It was still dark when we arrived.  We stood in line for a long time to get through security.  It was so cold!  Hannah just whimpered and cried for a long time.  We put hand warmers inside her boots and she finally feel asleep on a blanket on the packed snow but I think she missed most of the ski jumping.  :)  We had bundled her up so she could barely even move but she was still cold.  I'm still glad we went.
Love Always,
Mommy

Laundry Detergent

1   bar Dove soap, unscented
1  C.  Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
½  Cup Borax


Grate soap with a grater.  Mix all ingredients. 


For light load, use 1 Tablespoon. For heavy or heavily soiled load, use 2 Tablespoons. 


Yields: 3 Cups detergent. (Approx. 40 loads) 


We have been using this for awhile now and it works great, even on Jonathan's diapers when we use white vinegar with it to help disinfect.  We save a lot of money by making and using this detergent and Mommy really likes how well it cleans our clothes.  We made big batches of it at a time and store it in a gallon bucket with a tight fitting lid.  You don't want the little guys to get into this as they shouldn't put the Borax in their mouth.
Love Always,
Mommy

Baby Bottom Butter (Diaper Rash Soother)

3 oz. palm shortening
1 oz. coconut oil
1 oz. zinc oxide, sifted

Melt the oils over med. low heat.  Cool until solid.  Use a stick blender and beat until fluffy.  Beat in sifted zinc oxide powder.

This makes a baby butter that is 20% zinc oxide by weight.

It never occurred to me that I could make a diaper rash cream until I ordered some from Renee at MadeOn Hard Lotion.  I found a recipe and changed it up to use ingredients I am familiar with using.  I LOVE this diaper cream.  It has worked so well on Jonathan.  This is great stuff!  I have so much fun finding new things to make for our family that don't contain a bunch of ingredients that are bad for us.  I encourage you children to do the same for your families.
Love Always,
Mommy

Homemade Deodorant

Homemade deodorant tutorial by Donielle at Naturally Knocked Up

1/4 cup aluminum free baking soda
1/4 cup arrowroot powder
5 TB coconut oil
5 drops tea tree oil
3 drops lavendar essential oil

Mix all ingredients together and press into an old deodorant container. To use, let it rest against your skin for a couple seconds to soften the coconut oil, do one slow swipe under each arm and use the palm of your hand to spread it around.

Okay, so I know this is kind of a personal item to have Mommy write about- but I think it's important so here goes!  :)  I LOVE this deodorant!  I have put it to the "mucking the chicken coop in the Texas heat" test and it hasn't failed me!  It is not good to use antiperspirants but I do not like stinking!!!  A good deodorant will allow you to sweat but keep the smell at bay.  It will not contain aluminum or parabens which are bad for you.  This is a wonderful deodorant and I am so glad I found this recipe.

Love Always,
Mommy

Joshua Bar

A fellow MOMYS, Ebbye Faust, gave us the original recipe for this lotion bar and helped us modify it to meet Joshua's needs. 

1 1/3 C. grated beeswax
2/3 C. palm shortening
1/3 C. shea butter
¼ C. apricot kernel oil
2 tsp. Vitamin E oil

Melt beeswax and palm shortening in a double broiler or in a sauce pan over low heat while mixing. Add shea butter; stirring until melted. Remove from heat immediately. Add apricot kernel oil and Vitamin E oil mixing well to combine. Dry off the bottom of the pan so water does not drop into the lotion bar and pour mixture into molds. After the bars cool at room temperature, put molds inside the freezer for 10 minutes to easily pop lotion bar out of mold.  Hold in hands to soften the bar to apply more easily.

Mommy is so happy to have finally found a recipe that will help moisturize Joshua's skin.  He is allergic to so many ingredients in store bought lotions and creams.  It is a blessing to be able to have a moisturizer that will not hurt Joshua and that actually works.  Joshua likes that they are messy!  :)  It isn't messy to pick up but the heat from your hands melts it, it can get a little "messy".  That's when it spreads on the best.

Love Always,
Mommy