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In the event of an emergency and people are hurt or sick do you have the knowledge to help them? 

I would like to encourage you to grow your knowledge on herbal first aid, wilderness first aid, first aid, wilderness survival, in the event that you can not get medical help. Meaning no hospital, no doctor, no EMT's  and/or you are many hours away from help.  

Ask yourself these questions.  

Do I know what to do if someone is bleeding really bad?  

Do I know what to do if someone has a broken limb?

Do I know what to do if someone is shot?  Shot in the chest?

Do I know what to do if someone is impaled by an object, such as a knife in the leg?  

Do I know what to do if some one is bit by a Snake?  Brown Recluse?  

Do you know what to do if someone reacts to a bee sting?  Anaphylactic Shock and there is no epi-pen? 

There are many more questions I can ask you, but are you ready to deal with any of those?  If not then it is time to educate yourself.   

Self Defense comes in many forms and protecting yourself, loved ones, friends and neighbors by knowing how to help them in the event of needing first aid in my opinion is vitally important.     Protection comes in many forms and First Aid is definitely one of them.  

I am compiling a small list of herbs for this particular blog.  I am trying to keep this list as local as possible.   I feel if we are using herbs for first aid, sickness or other health issues that are not local, and then something happens, what will you do if you do not have the knowledge to use the plants in your area or the ones you have grown.  

I feel these days people are always looking for the popular herb, the in herb or the cure all herb.  Most of the time these herbs are coming from far away.   People get excited about TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) , Ayurveda Medicine (is a system of medicine with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent) but forget the Native American Indians used many plants on this continent.  We should also remember that the Europeans brought over the healing plants and seeds that they used.   We have beautiful healing herbs right in our own backyards, in our cities,in our mountains and out in the desert.  Plus, the herbs coming from TCM and Ayurveda Medicine are testing high for toxins.   It is time to bring ourselves back to the plants that are here, that know us better and what are needs are.   

Take a first aid class.  Learn what to do if the above questions happen in your life.  There are going to be situations that require first aid applications before herbs so, in the event of an emergency, example, someone bleeding severely, herbs are going to be used as a secondary action your first action is compression badge.  

As with all healing modalities apply the first rule, "First Do No Harm.

Herbal First Aid Basics: 

http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/herbal-firs...

First Aid Kits and other products: 

Emergency Medical Roll (Bag) 

https://www.lapolicegear.com/emmerobl.html?utm_source=emmerobl&...

Medical Bag Ideas: 

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/medical-bag/

First Aid Kits Plus

http://www.bookbind.net/First-Aid-Kit-Plus-p/e-first-aid-plus.htm

Interesting Perspective On Invasive Plants:  I Do Agree With It

https://gathervictoria.com/2015/09/21/ending-the-toxic-costly-and-u...

Medical disclaimer: always check with a physician before consuming wild plants, and make positive identification in the field using a good source on Medicinal Plants.   There are many great herb books on identifying plants, such as Michael Moore  and in his books there is a glossary of medical terms in his books, and maps in later editions. 

Local  Herbal First Aid

But first I need to say this.  This list is not all the way tested and there are no guarantees of how they may work.  What I am saying is part of this list is my thoughts and ideas of what to use when we do not have anything else.     I am at the experimental stage of some of these local herbs.  We have many many medicinal local plants around us and I want to tap into their healing power.  More then ever, this year  I am focusing on using what we have available in the wild and what I can grow.  I Love researching what to use for first aid and taking classes on it.  But, every time I take a class, the instructor uses herbs I can not get to, which, makes since because they are using what resonates with them and what they have harvested.     A couple awesome first aid plants are chaparral and prickly pear  but we can not find those plants in our area.   My daily weekly curiosity is what I can  use around me.    I guess you or I could try growing them but in the mean time what do you use in the event of a first aid emergency?   

Again there are no guarantees because some of them I have not used and when a first aid situation happens in my family I will try them out.  So before the shit hits the fan, try some of these plants, when a very minor first aid situation happens and only if you feel good about it.  Plus YOU SHOULD research the plants you would like to stock up and use.  Don't just take my world for it or anyone else.   Knowledge gives you confidence  and if your are confident, you can handle the situation.  

This compiled list is a local list of herbs to use for first aid for our area, which means within three to four hours of where we live (McMinnville, Yamhill County) 

Japanese Knotweed:   This is not a forest growing weed.  It has many many medicinal uses.  It is super invasive and there are places where you might find this.  

Devils Club: 

http://cms.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/issue62/article2697.html?ts=15...

Rose:   Anti-depressant, antiseptic, antiviral, antispasmodic,  aphrodisiac,  antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, cholagogue (promoting the flow of bile) , antibacterial, hemostatic (stop bleeding),  uterine, nervine and emmenagogue(promotes menstrual discharge).

Flowers: Make a strong tea out of the flowers for a skin wash to stop bleeding from cuts and wounds.  Also a gargle to relieve sore throats, use it to heal mouth sores and tighten bleeding gums.  Flower tea  to relieve diarrhea ,calm the nerves and/or lift the spirits.   

Rose Hips: The fruits slightly aperient (used to relieve constipation) and good in treatment of female ailments.  They are very rich in vitamin C.  Great tonic helps with exhaustion  Culpepper's book, dried powdered and taken in white wine, they will remove strangury (painful urination in which the urine is emitted drop by drop to muscle spasms of the urethra or urinary bladder) and to strengthen the kidneys.  Can help in cases of mild gall-bladder problems.  Boiled in a strong decoction of the roots they are good for venomous bites.   The hips made into a conserveand eaten occasionally, help digestion and dry up the moisture from a cold. They will help the body's defences against infections and the development of colds.  

Leaves (wood rose):  The Okanagan-Colville Indians used the leaves as a poultice for bee stings and added to smoking mixtures.   Thompson Indians made a tonic for general illness from the stems.  

Juliette de Bairacli Levy book says,  use the flowers leaves and fruits.  Treatment of catarrh, diarrhoea, haemorrhages.  Tuberculosis.  Eye ailments. The fruits all female ailments including leucorrhoea (vaginal discharge, could be normal discharge or possible infection), and metritis (Inflammation of the uterus).  The essential oil of roses is an active stimulant of the nervous system and the uterus, it is an important nerve heart and brain tonic, and is also a tonic for he ovaries and uterus.  Petals of white rose for sore inflamed eyes.  

Side Note: In an emergency situation, you are not going to find rose essential oil.  Essential oils take a ton of plant matter.  Example, it takes 60 roses to make ONE DROP OF ESSENTIAL OIL or 10,000 roses to make a 5ml bottle.   

I personally feel if you have oil and fresh or dried roses you can make a simple infused medicinal oil to use.   

Pine Trees:

If you don't have pine, you can use Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Spruce, Other firs.  Most of the Pinaceae Family.   

Do not use the yew which is the Taxaceae family  

The cypress family there are some trees in the cypress family that you can use for certain health problems, but caution should be taken with this family.  Examples juniper, cedar and redwoods 

Northfold Island Pine (do not use) is not a pine it is in the Araucariaceae family

Pine

Parts Used: bark, needles, pitch, pollen, young green cones

Pungent, bitter, dry and neutral

Has the ability to warm or cool, depending on the situation

Medicinally:  analgesic, antibacterial, anticatarrhal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, demulcent, diuretic, expectorant, rubefacient, stimulant and tonic 

Pine, along with the spruces and firs, has traditionally been used for food, medicine and shelter.  

Nutritionally pine needles contain super high vitamin C.   They also have calcium, beta carotene, iron, potassium thiamine (B1) riboflavin (B2) niacin (B3), sodium, phosphorus, protein, carbohydrates and fat.

Jethro Kloss, Back To Eden: 

White pine is a very old reliable remedy for chest ailments such as bronchitis, coughs, colds, croup and influenza.  It is excellent for use in tonsillitis, laryngitis and sore throats.  Found useful in rheumatism, kidney troubles and scurvy. 

Pine Needle Tincture: 

For treating coughs, colds and other respiratory conditions.  It is antibacterial, antiseptic antiviral and expectorant. Opens the sinuses, breaks up stuck phlegm, increases secretions to clear the lungs of mucus.  Will dry up excessive flowing mucus, resolve respiratory infections,coughing and soothe sore throats. 

Adults:  15 - 60 drops 4 x a day

Children ages 2 to 6 - 2 - 10 drops 

Pine Needle Vinegar:

Use as a liniment or as a tonic and can be used in place of balsamic vinegar.  Add to water with some pine needle syrup or infused honey and you have a yummy tasting tonic. 

As a liniment it as analgesic (pain relieving), antispasmodic (relieves spasms) properties and acts as a rubefacient (increases blood flow to the area).  It can energize the body (stimulate) and can be used as a tonic.  Pine has antioxidant benefits, so it may help protect cells against the effects of free radicals. 

Pine Needle Vinegar Recipe: 

http://www.thegreenkitchen.co.nz/recipes/sides/kahikatea-pine-needl...

Pine Syrup Made With Honey:

http://www.herbgeek.com/winter-medicine-evergreen-syrup/

Pine Pitch: is antibacterial and antiseptic.  Chew pitch to release warm aromatics into the lungs.  Use like you would pine needle tincture.  Pitch is warm.  Soft pitch is pliable and  you can put directly on the skin pulls out splinters, other foreign objects and insect bites.  Works for small cuts and wounds. Because of its antiseptic qualities it acts as a natures band aid by keeping out germs, facilitates healing and eases pain.  

Infuse the pitch in oil and you can use as a chest rub, relieve or soothe sciatica, boils, spinsters, sore muscles, sprains, strains, bruises and some skin conditions.   The pitch oil can be made into a salve and use the same was as the oil.  

How To Make Pine Pitch Salve

https://theherbalacademy.com/make-pine-resin-salve/

Pine Needle Tea: 

Super high C tea.   I personally would use it the same as the tincture, making it a gentler medicine that really is  a strong medicine that heals.   Plus, if you don't have alcohol, you can't make tinctures.  

Pine Needle Tea: 

https://www.wildedible.com/pine-needle-tea-natural-vitamin-c

Fir Spruce and Western Hemlock Tea: 

http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/fir-hemlock-and-spruce-tips/

Pine Bark

Can be used as a  powder for urinary track infections.  Because of its diuretic and demulcent properties it is used for kidney and bladder problems.  

More on Pine Bark 

https://draxe.com/pine-bark-extract/

Harvesting Wild Pine Pollen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pimnqbU54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ2YewIdUnQ

Pine Pollen For Sale:

https://harmonicarts.ca/product/pine-pollen-powder-wild-harvested/

Pine Needle Steam for Congestion: 

Make a strong tea and use as a steam and inhale for sinus and congestion 

Make A Compression Bandage Out Of Pine: 

Pine Pitch Glue Recipe:

If you do not have charcoal powder you can use wood ash.  

http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/general-survival/how-to-make-pine-res...

http://www.pugetsoundknappers.com/how_to/pine_pitch_glue.html

Pitch Varnish

Dissolve about one part crushed pitch to four parts rubbing alcohol 

Make A Compression Bandage

When you can't get to a hospital and you need a compression bandage. 

1 Pound of pine (conifers), branches with their needles

1 Gallon of water 

Put pine and water in a big pot

Boil until it is reduced by half

Then: 

Strain and boil until a thin syrup forms

DO NOT PUT THE STRIPS DIRECTLY AGAINST THE SKIN

Wrap the joint in a soft clean cloth. Follow with a layer of cotton, cat tail down or other soft filling 

Dip strips of flannel or muslin into the syrup

Now you are ready to make a compression bandage

Make sure the sprained joint is in a good position

Put the wet cloth strips, so that they form a firm but not overly tight bandage.

Part Two Will Be Coming Soon 

LOCAL HERBS TO HEAL YOUR COMMUNITY

Things to think about:

1.  If you were on an island, and you could only use one herb, what would it be? What about 4 herbs?  10 herbs?
2. Think about your community that you are involved with.  Put all your people from the different groups you are in into one community.  Now think about their health, their needs, and their health issues.  Examples:  Chronic respiratory issues, constipation, allergies, acute first aid, digestion issues, diabetes, high blood pressure etc. 
3. Are there any common ones among your community?   Put those in groups
4. What are the shared physical and emotional issues?  Examples:  seniors, female problems, depression, chronic pain…
5. Have you identified the wild wonderful weeds that are growing around your home?  What trees, shrubs, vines, wild herbaceous plants, wild roots, cultivated roots, cultivated herbaceous plants, mushrooms (like artist conk red belted conk and turkey tails), sea weed, and lichens.
6. Books on plant identification, tree and shrub identification, herbal medicine books and mushroom identification books. 

Medical disclaimer: always check with a physician before consuming wild plants, and make positive identification in the field using a good source on Medicinal Plants.   There are many great herb books on identifying plants, such as Michael Moore  and in his books there is a glossary of medical terms in his books, and maps in later editions.  

Tree Medicine:

Douglas fir/Pine/Sitka Spruce/Western Hemlock Parts

Used: bark, needles, pitch, pollen, young green cones

Has the ability to warm or cool, depending on the situation

Medicinally:  analgesic, antibacterial, anticatarrhal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, demulcent, diuretic, expectorant, rubefacient, stimulant and tonic

Pine, along with the spruces and firs, has traditionally been used for food, medicine and shelter. 

Nutritionally pine needles contain super high vitamin C.   They also have calcium, beta carotene, iron, potassium thiamine (B1) riboflavin (B2) niacin (B3), sodium, phosphorus, protein, carbohydrates and fat.

Oak:  Part used is the leaves, stems and bark.   Collect the young bark carefully from the branches or trunk.  PLEASE keep in mind that if you ring the tree you will kill it.   The bark is collected in mid-spring or late spring and make sure it is free of blemishes.   Oaks actions are astringent, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic.   Use a decoction of the bark for a gargle for tonsillitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis.   Use as a mouth rinse for inflamed or receding gums.  For diarrhea, drink bark tea.   A powder or decoction of the bark will help heal cuts and abrasions.   Can be used as a treatment for hemorrhoids and a douche for leucorrhea (yeast) and as a wound healer and a hemostatic ( herbs that stop minor bleeding). Can be used as an external wash for first to third degree burns. 

Cottonwood:  The buds, twigs and bark are used .  Sometimes the leaves.   Cottonwood resin is cooling and drying.  The major constituent of the resin is a group of aspirin-like compounds, or salicylates, that relieve pain and inflammation (inflammation of all kinds).  Antiseptic, expectorant, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, antibacterial, stimulant, pectoral, analgesic and anodyne, anti-galactagogue, antipyretic, cholagogue, antioxidant and tonic

More On Cottonwood: 

http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/black-cottonwood

Western Red Cedar:   DO NOT EVER INGEST THE ESSENTIAL OIL.  Parts used leaves and make a tea or tincture for treatments.  Cedar’s action is antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral and stimulates the immune cells.   Helps with athlete’s foot, ring worm, jock itch, nail fungus, chronic vaginitis, respiratory issues and the urinary tract.  Use the tea or tincture to speed the healing of acute respiratory or urinary tract infections.   Use the tea as a steam to aid the lungs and upper respiratory tract.    A tea wash or an infused oil can be applied to skin conditions like poison oak rashes or weeping eczema.   A salve can be applied to fungal infections of the skin.  For warts apply the tincture several times a day. 

Red Alder:  Parts used are bark, twigs, leaf buds, leaves and catkins.  Fresh alder bark will cause vomiting.   It’s actions are alterative, vulnerary, astringent, anodyne, hemostatic, lymphatic, anti-inflammatory, immunostimulant, anti-infective, lymphatic, bitter tonic and mucilaginous.  A decoction of the bark makes a good gargle for sore throat and pharyngitis. The powdered bark and the leaves have been used as a tonic. Boiling the inner bark in vinegar produces an external wash for lice, psoriasis, rheumatism, inflammations, shingles, impetigo, poultice for swellings including enlarged glands. You can use the liquid (strong tea) to clean your teeth and tighten gums  and  for toothache.

Black Walnut:  Parts used are nuts, green hulls, bark and leaf.  Its actions are antiseptic, antifungal, antimicrobial, anti-tumor, anti-parasitic.  Taken internally as a tincture (green hulls) it can help with gastrointestinal problems, like diarrhea, constipation, caused by intestinal parasites, including giardia and candida.  Externally it is used for athlete’s foot and other fungal infections.   Bark and leaves can be used of skin troubles, like herpes, eczema etc. 

Elderberry:  Parts used are flowers, berries, bark and leaves.  The actions of the flowers are diaphoretic, anticatarrhal and pectoral.  The actions of the berries are diaphoretic, diuretic and laxative.  The actions of the bark are purgative, emetic, diuretic.  The Actions of the leaves are externally emollient and vulnerary, internally as purgative, expectorant, diuretic and diaphoretic.   Use the leaves for external issues such as bruises, sprains, wounds, chilblains (an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure as of the feet or hands to cold) and possible antitumor.   Elder flowers are great for colds, flu and fevers.   Elder berries are high in flavonoids, high vitamin C, strongly antiviral and can be used like the flowers.

Hawthorn:  Parts used are leaves, flowers and berries.  Hawthorns actions are cardiac tonic, hypotensive antioxidant, tonic and diuretic.   It is one of the best tonic remedies for the heart and circulatory system.   As a tonic for the heart it dilates arteries and veins, allowing blood to flow more freely and releasing cardiovascular constrictions and blockages.  It lowers blood pressure and can help maintain a healthy cholesterol levels.   It can be used for preventing heart problems and for treating heart disease, edema, angina, and heart arrhythmia.  It is used to fight free radicals in the system.  Hawthorn works beautifully for broken hearts, for depression and anxiety. 

Willow:  Parts used are bark.  Its actions are anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, analgesic, antiseptic, astringent and vulnerary.  Collect the bark in the spring when the new growth starts.   Willow is a safe natural source of aspirin like chemicals.   It may be used for connective tissue inflammation anywhere in the body.  It is especially useful in rheumatoid arthritis. It is useful for reducing fevers, such as with the flu.    Willows provide bitter bark that is used for relieving pain and inflammation and can clear urinary tract infections.  Gargle the tea or tincture in water for mouth sores.   The tea used externally soothes eczema or other red itchy skin conditions. 

Herbal Actions:

Alterative- traditionally been considered blood purifiers, they improve the function of the liver, kidneys, skin, bowels, and/or lymphatic system to help the body better excrete metabolic waste products and improve the body’s ability to absorb nutrients.

Analgesic – pain reducer

Anodyne - pain killing

Anticatarrhal- reduces inflamed mucous membranes of head and throat

Antifungal- destroying or inhibiting the growth of fungus

Anti-infective- counteracting infection

Anti-inflammatory- controlling inflammation, a reaction to injury or infection

Antimicrobial – Kills pathogenic microbes, usually refers to virus and bacteria

Anti-parasitic- anti parasites

Anti-pyretic – preventing fevers

Antiseptic- agent used to produce asepsis and to remove pus, blood, etc.

Anti-tumor- inhibiting the growth of tumors

Astringent – tightens tissues and assists with bleeding and diarrhea

Bitter Tonic-  acts chiefly by stimulating the appetite and improving digestion.

Diaphoretic – promotes sweating

Diuretic – opens urinary elimination and promotes urination.

Emetic- produces vomiting

Emollient - Similar to demulcents, these herbs are also mucilaginous, but used as topical applications to help soothe, condition, and protect the skin.

Expectorant – promotes phlegm expulsion, breaks up mucus in the lungs and expelling it more effectively.

Immunostimulant- increases the activity of the immune system

Hemostatic – reduces or stops bleeding

Mucilaginous- soothes and coats

Pectoral- relating to the breast or chest

Purgative- laxative, causes the evacuation of intestinal contents

Vulnerary – protecting tissue and promotes tissue healing

It is fall (technically it is the beginning of winter) and before you go and start a bad habit of drinking Pumpkin Spice Lattes, read the information below... 

https://draxe.com/pumpkin-spiced-latte-ingredient/

Before you start this recipe you will need to order roasted herbal root powders.  Information below.  

Also, I do not support Teeccino, because they add artificial coffee flavor 

Please Use Organic Ingredients, Thank You! 

Pre-made Mix: 

Perfect Harmony Caffeine Alternative 

https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Harmony-Caffeine-Alternative-Substitute/dp/B00J3ZTTYG/ref=pd_sim_325_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00J3ZTTYG&pd_rd_r=HZVQZBW84H3FFRFP0B3J&pd_rd_w=IY3CU&pd_rd_wg=bDWVA&psc=1&refRID=HZVQZBW84H3FFRFP0B3J

World Wide Botanicals

https://www.amazon.com/Organic-French-Chicory-All-Purpose-Caffeine/dp/B076BZZC6M/ref=sr_1_cc_5_a_it?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1509816038&sr=1-5-catcorr&keywords=organic+roasted+chicory+root

Make your own mixture

1 part roasted dandelion root powder

1 part roasted chicory root powder

Mix, put in a jar and label

1 to 2 teaspoons per cup for a lite taste

1 to 2 tablespoons per cup  for a bitter taste

Roasted Dandelion Root Powder

https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/products/dandelion-root-roasted-powder/profile

Roasted Chicory Root Powder  

https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/products/chicory-root-powder-roasted/profile

Or make a 1 cup decoction of Herbal Roasted Roots: 

Roasted Herbal Root Coffee:  This is not a powder it needs to be decocted

https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/products/herbal-coffee/profile

Make Your Own Pumpkin Spice

3 tablespoons ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground ginger

2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 

1½ teaspoons ground allspice

1½ teaspoons ground cloves

½ teaspoon ground cardamom 

Order Pumpkin Spice: 

https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/products/pumpkin-pie-spice/profile

Pumpkin Spice Roasted Herbal Root Latte

. 

1 cup of canned Lite Coconut Milk 

1/2 cup filtered water or 1/2 cup of  strained roasted decocted roots

If you do the decocted roots you don't need to use the herbal powders

2 Tablespoons cooked pumpkin

1 Tablespoon of real maple syrup or honey (little more or less)

1/2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice 

¼ tsp real vanilla extract

Add the above ingredients to sauce pan,  stirring occasionally and gently heat until hot

Now add your herbal roasted root mixture

1 Teaspoon of roasted chicory root powder

1 Teaspoon of roasted dandelion root powder (see above information)

OR

2 Teaspoons of herbal roasted root powder (see above information)

If you would like it to taste more bitter like coffee,  add more of the roasted root powders.  

Enjoy 

For those of you who would like to explore more uses of chicory, try the recipe below.

Chicory Cacao Mocha

https://blog.mountainroseherbs.com/make-roasted-chicory-coffee-recipe

When you think about it, our skin is the largest organ on our bodies.   When you put synthetic fragrances and petroleum products on it, it is absorbed into your body and it will eventually take a toll on your health. 

 The FDA and the EPA, do not protect you and they are more than willing to allow toxic ingredients in body products.

Isn't it time we wake up and start thinking about the levels of toxicity that we allow in our daily lives? The other thing to think about is that none of the synthetic ingredients will ever leave this earth.   Synthetic fragrances are adding up in our water ways with a zillion other toxic body care, skin care, beauty care products creating a super toxic environment for life on this earth.   

Is vanity so important that we are willing to sacrifice our earth?  Is blue hair (hair dye in general) that important?  

On the subject of deodorants, it really is easy to make and the great part about it is, you are taking charge of your own health!

Liquid Deodorants:

For the strongest cleansing effect, apply deodorant onto a cotton swab or cloth under the whole armpit area.  If you choose to put it into a spray bottle, keep in mind, it might have a less cleansing effect.

These recipes have a shelf life of about a year and are referenced from the book Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair, by Dina Falconi  

Remember to shake before each use.  

Do Not Use Fragrance Oils (there is no such thing as a natural fragrance oil)

Only Use Essential Oils 

Sage Fir Deodorant

1/4 cup 80 proof vodka

1/4 cup distilled water

10 drops fir essential oil

10 drops sage essential oil 

5 drops tea tree essential oil

6 drops bay essential oil

6 drops black pepper essential oil 

Pour the first two ingredients into a jar

Add essential oils

Cap and shake the jar

Label

Antimicrobial Deodorant For Strong Body Odor 

1/4 cup distilled witch hazel

1/4 cup vodka

1/2 tsp. glycerin

24 drops tea tree oil

10 drops rosemary essential oil

6 drops cedarwood essential

4 drops lime essential oil

4 drops lavender essential oil 

Pour first three ingredients in a jar.  

Then add the essential oils

Cap and shake the jar.

Label

Your Personal Choice: Create your own 

1/4 cup vodka or witch hazel

1/4 cup distilled water

30 to 40 drops of  an essential oil  or essential oil blend of choice

Pour first two ingredients into a jar

Add essential oils

Cap and Shake

Label 

More Recipes: 

http://myhealthygreenfamily.com/blog/wordpress/home-made-all-natura...

https://frugallysustainable.com/how-to-make-a-homemade-all-natural-...

https://wellnessmama.com/1523/natural-deodorant/

https://www.mommypotamus.com/homemade-deodorant-recipe-for-sensitiv...

If you are interested in making more of your own personal body care products Dina's book is full of awesome recipes.  I personally feel hers is the best book out there .  

This is a great video to understand the chemicals being used in the cosmetic industry.   Although, I personally do not believe this industry is going to clean up the toxins they are using in their products.  Keep in mind this video was created in 2010, and the toxins in body care products have gotten worse.   I am only sharing this in hopes that you will take the steps to find safe, truly natural body care products and watch out for the buzz words, like green, natural fragrance, herbal, because they mean nothing in this world.  It is up to you to read the labels and do the research. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=pfq000AF1i8