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How To Make Herbal Pillows

© Lauri Jean Crowe

This month I'm launching a new site called LivingHerbal.com which covers just about every aspect of herb use in daily living you can think of. In order to introduce my dream readers to the site I've written the following article on How To Make Herb Pillows. You can also check out two other herb related articles of mine featured on Suite 101 topic pages this month. For How To Make Herbal Paper Sachets check out The Letter and Paper Arts and if you suffer from PMS and want to known about herbal relief please stop by Chronic Pain.

In olden days, entire mattresses were composed of aromatic herbs both to induce a restful sleep as well as to repel pest which would otherwise feed on mattress materials. Nowadays, I think we would be harder pressed to find a full herbal stuffed mattress, but herbal pillows are growing in popularity. Their main function to the sleep process is relaxation, using the principles of aromatherapy to help relax the sleeper and would be dreamer. However, those I know who have used herbal pillows say that a combination of hops and lavender in their herb pillows also makes for intriguing dreams.

Basic Materials You Will Need

• A cotton pillowslip, plain muslin or bleached cotton work best as herbs may stain and you can easily wash these.
• A fancier pillowslip which will cover the pillow decoratively, again should be easily washable.
• Loose herbs of your choice.
• Orris root powder as a binder.
• Essential oil of your choice .

Basically, you just want to take the herbal mixture you've chosen (I give one of my favorite recipes below) into the pillowslip and knot off the edge, or sew it if you want to be fancier. Then cover the plain pillowslip with the decorative cover and place the herbal pillow either next to your regular pillow or beneath it. Most people choose not to sleep directly on the herbal pillow, and some even place it beneath their blankets during the day so that when they turn back the bed at night the fragrant herbal aroma greets them and surrounds their slumber

One of my favorite herbal pillow mixtures can be made by combining the following ingredients

• 1 cup lavender flowers
• 1 cup white rose petals
• 1 cup hops
• 1 cup lemon balm
• 2 teaspoons orris root powder
• 2 drops oil of lavender

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