Kitchen Witch
Natural Remedies and Crafts for Home, Health, and Beauty
Published on 12. October 2021
141 pages
978-1-64841-042-0 (ISBN)
Description
Cast a spell to turn your kitchen into a healthy haven. Learn about traditional healing methods, gain practical DIY skills, and extricate yourself from reliance on the toxic consumer products that we have come to take for granted. Recipes and tips cover all aspects of a natural lifestyle, from home and garden to body and mind. Simple instructions and a thorough list of tools and ingredients provides you with everything you need to get started, while the annotated bibliography steers curious readers to even more information. Simple, traditional living can connect us with our ancestors, our children, and ourselves, especially during this time of political turmoil and environmental crisis.
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Content
- Kitchen Witch
- SECTION 1: WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN
- Introduction
- Healing the World: Natural Living, Magic, and Community
- A Word About Magic
- A Brief History of Natural Healing
- What Makes This Relevant Today?
- Creating Community
- The Well-Stocked Cupboard
- Equipment and Ingredients
- Essential Oils
- Hydrosols
- Aromatherapy
- Preparation, Clean-up, and Storage
- Techniques and Conversions
- Double Boiler
- Solubilization
- Infusions, Tinctures, and Decoctions
- Distlled Water
- Keeping a Grimoire
- SECTION 2: CLEANING HOUSE
- Introduction
- One-Ingredient Wizardry
- Lovely Liquid Laundry Soap
- "It's About Thyme" Countertop Cleaner
- Peppermint Pest Control
- Bathroom Brightening Scrub
- Winter Woods Room Spray
- SECTION 3: WITCHY CRAFTS
- Knit a Dishcloth
- Wool Dryer Balls and Pet Toys
- "Keep out the Cold" Draft Stopper
- Herbal Furniture Freshener
- Dye Fabric the Natural Way
- Make a Seasonal Wreath
- Mind Your Beeswax 1
- Mind Your Beeswax 2
- Mind Your Beeswax 3
- SECTION 4: IN THE GARDEN
- Growing, Harvesting, and Preserving Herbs
- Easy Household Composting
- Citronella Mosquito Repellant
- Air Purifying Houseplants
- Into the Wild: A Note on Foraging
- Creating a Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary
- SECTION 5: HOLISTIC SELF-CARE
- Introduction
- Remedies For Skin And Hair
- Everyday Rituals
- CONCLUSION
- ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- RESOURCES
- CREDITS
- ABOUT US
