Eugenia Essentials

Car Sickness Relief

Summertime vacations often translate into long hot, boring car rides. While the feeling of anticipation can be exciting, the horrible feeling of car sickness is not. As a matter of fact, nothing could be worse, especially if you are a kid trapped in the back seat. As a child, I used to get car sick [...]

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Yarrow, don’t leave home without it

Yarrow has a long and interesting history in folklore. In days of yore, no self-respecting Saxon would leave home without it. They made sure it was tucked away in their protective amulet to ward off all manner of evil, sickness and misfortunate happenings.  Middle Age brew masters used it in an herbal mixture as flavoring [...]

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Tea Tree Essential Oil

Tea Tree (melaleuca alternifolia) is one essential oil I never like to be without in my everyday home arsenal of essential oils. It is a member of the myrtle family and there are several different species of melaleuca.

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Send Ants Packing

I recently had an invasion of tiny black ants in my kitchen. My counter tops are black, so they were hard to see. Even though my sink was clean, for some reason they were flocking there. I hate using chemical sprays around the kitchen. I knew peppermint essential oil is an effective repellant, but I [...]

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Beating the Blues with Summer

Have you ever noticed how easily negativity rubs off on people? Recently I was waiting on line at the grocery and there were two families ahead of me with babies in carriers. One kid was fine until he noticed the other baby crying. I watched his face go from one of contentment to gradual dismay [...]

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