This week’s Top Ten Uses is focusing on Anthemis Noblis, more commonly known as Roman Chamomile.
We use roman chamomile essential oil as a key active component in our Restful Evening Bath & Body Oil and Pulse Point. They are created as a aid for sleep and restfulness at the end of the day.
Welcome to Organica J’s new weekly Top Ten Uses posts, in which we will tell you all about essential oils and what they are good for. This week’s focus is on helichrysum italicum, also known as everlasting. Helichrysum is usually best used in a blend with other oils, such as lavender, mandarin, neroli. For using essential oils for specific medical problems always contact a qualified aromatherapist.
Comfrey plants on bank in sunshine
Flower of comfrey plant
After a good season with fairly long spells of dry weather (although not too warm here), we have now finished the comfrey harvest 2015. The comfrey plants are fine this year and because of the cooler weather, it makes harvesting easier as the plants in the sun are ready first.. We then progress to the plants that are in more sheltered areas, as they are ready later. The pictures are taken after the harvest, and as you can see we make no visual or environmental damage to this area of private ground in a wonderfully rural setting in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Can you imagine anything more lovely than an amazing massage treatment to help you relax on holiday? During a recent family holiday to celebrate my Dad’s 80th birthday in Madeira, my daughter, Mother-in-Law and I enjoyed amazing treatments with Erika Azkue and her brother David. My daughter, Josephine and I had an Abhyanga Ayurvedic Massage, which Erika explained is a full body massage.
We are incredibly delighted to have our natural beeswax candles scented with organic essential oils available for sale at the shop at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire. Balmoral is the Scottish holiday home of the British Royal Family and is open from 1 April 2015 until the Royal Family come back to stay in the summer time.
There is plenty time to still order our Organic Gift Boxes this Christmas. They are either ready-made for you just simply to cho
ose from or you can choose an empty Gift Box and fill it full of your own choice of organic products.
After listening to our customers, we now have a larger size of jar available. It is of course jammed full of our gorgeous yelllow/orange calendula ointment which is made from 100% organic ingredients.
I use the calendula macerated in sunflower oil a lot in my aromatherapy practice often blended with other carrier oils and essential oils. The calendula macerate is the main ingredient in my ointment. It is really helpful for lots of skin issues – it calms an inflamed skin such as rashes & sunburn Cracked and damaged skin can respond well to treatment with calendula. Eczema and psoriasis pro
ne skin can be extremely difficult conditions to manage, but often I have had customers report good benefits with using calendula.
I have been lucky enough this year to get some beautiful calendula flower heads from organic farmer, John Fraser ,from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I am preparing them for macerating the petals in organic sunflower. 
They are just a stunning colour and brimming full of lovely summer goodness. I know they will make a fantastic macerate for using in my calendula ointment – hopefully the final macerate will be a rich orange colour – I can’t wait to see.
Organica J will be joining with Stirling Health Food Store this Saturday 26th July 2014 to celebrate and highlight Scottish Produce with their Taste of Scotland
event. From 21st July to 3rd August Stirling Health Food Store, for the fifth year in a row, are offering offering 10% discount on all Scottish products in the shop.
This Saturday, Josine and her team and Stirling Health Food Store will be organising a free tasting and testing session outside the shop on Saturday 26th July.
At the start of the comfrey harvest 2014, we shot a little video to show you how untouched and rural the area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland is where we harvest the comfrey leaves each year to make our comfrey oil macerate. We then use the comfrey oil as a main ingredient in our comfrey ointment, gardener’s hand balm, herbal foot balm and the reflexology balm along with organic carrier, essential oils and beeswax.
