{"id":476,"date":"2013-07-16T15:13:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/?p=476"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:42:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T11:42:43","slug":"bracken-and-bramble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/bracken-and-bramble\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracken and Bramble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Val Preston shares her experience in aromatherapy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walking in the countryside is a great way to explore this gentle dale, abundant in wildlife and flowers, rewarding for nature lovers of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite pastimes as a young child was many hours spent collecting and pressing wild meadow flowers. \u00a0Later as a teenager I developed my interest and studied rural science which broadened my knowledge.\u00a0Alongside hill walking, I was in heaven.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until very much later in my late twenties I realised just how my interest would develop. After completing two years of hairdressing and a further two years of beauty therapy at college, I then went on to specialise in aromatherapy.<\/p>\n<p>As a qualified aromatherapist I practice the thing I love most &#8211; beauty treatments using 100% pure aromatherapy oils derived from nature.\u00a0Oil blends can also be used for healing purposes too. \u00a0So here are three of my favourite oils which always go on holiday with me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lavender<\/strong><br \/>\nBody moisturiser<\/p>\n<p>Pure Coconut oil 10 \u2013 15ml (base)<br \/>\nLavender Essential oil 3 \u2013 5 drops<\/p>\n<p>This simple blend will take the tingle out of any situation, it&#8217;s fantastic for desensitizing, especially sunburn or insect bites. Relaxes and aides a good nights sleep too.\u00a0Apply liberally over affected area. \u00a0It is more effective after a cool shower or bath.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tea Tree<\/strong><br \/>\nBath<\/p>\n<p>Tea Tree Essential 3 \u2013 5 drops<br \/>\nAdd to bubble bath or teaspoon of milk, add to bath water.<\/p>\n<p>The wonderful antiseptic qualities of Tea Tree are renowned world wide. In this instance, it is perfect to cleanse and heal every day bumps and scrapes gained from walking the fell. Bracken and brambles are notorious for these little injuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peppermint<\/strong><br \/>\nFoot soak for tired feet<\/p>\n<p>Peppermint Essential oil 3 drops<br \/>\nTea Tree Essential oil 1 drop<\/p>\n<p>Soothing, cooling with antiseptic qualities, add peppermint to a tepid foot bath. It boosts circulation, refreshes tired feet, peppermint foot soak cools and aides the recovery of sore feet and blisters. You can also add one table spoon of salt &#8211; very beneficial with softening and healing qualities.<\/p>\n<p>Less is more when blending essential oils. \u00a0Always use diluted. \u00a0Buy good quality 100% oils and follow the package instructions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-rectangle wp-image-484 img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Val-Smiles-391x480.jpg\" alt=\"Val Preston\" width=\"391\" height=\"480\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Val Preston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>www.trulyessential.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Val Preston shares her experience in aromatherapy. Walking in the countryside is a great way to explore this gentle dale, abundant in wildlife and flowers, rewarding for nature lovers of all ages. One of my favourite pastimes as a young child was many hours spent collecting and pressing wild meadow flowers. \u00a0Later as a teenager [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}