Cin's blog: "incense stuff"

Apple-cheers you up Basil- promotes peace & happiness(avoid if pregnant, nursing or have seizures) Bay Leaf-increases psychic awareness (avoid during pregnancy) Benzoin- promotes energy Bergamot- promotes restful sleep (never apply to skin that is exposed to the sun) Bergamot Mint- increases energy Black Pepper- increases alertness Broom- promotes tranquility Calendula- prmotes good health(avoid if pregnant) Camphor- increases energy (do NOT ingest) Caraway- increases energy Cardomon- promotes feelings of love and desire for sex Carnation- increases energy Catnip- calms you down Cedarwood- increases spirituality (avoid if pregnant) Celery- promotes a restful sleep Chamomile- promotes sleep and tranquility Cinnamon- increases energy and awareness Clove- promotes healing & positivity (avoid if pregnant..dont use on kids) Coffee- enhanses the conscious mind Coriander- improves memory Cumin- immune booster Cypress- promotes healing (avoid if you have high blood pressure or are pregnant) Daffodil-increases feelings of love Deer tounge- sexually arousing (yah..thought it sounded sick too lol) Dill- sharpens the concious mind Eucalyptus- promotes healing (do not ingest) Fennel- promotes longevity Frankincense- increases spirituality Gardenia- promotes feelings of peace and love Garlic- promotes health, purifies the body Geranium- promotes happiness Ginger- increases energy Honeysuckle- helps weight loss Hops- promotes sleep Hyacinth- helps to overcome grief Hyssop- purifies the body Iris- increases feelings of love Jasmine- promotes love sex and sleep Lavender- good for health. to relieve anxiety add 8 drops to a hot bath Lemon- promotes health healing and energy Lemon Grass- purifies the body Lemon Verbena- increases feelings of love Lilac- increases feelings of love Lily- promotes inner peace Lily of the Valley- improves memory Lime-increases energy Magnolia- promotes feelings of love Marjoram- promotes sleep Mimosa- promotes psychic dreams Myrrh-promotes healing Narcissus- enhances feelings of love Neroli- soothing nervous tension Nutmeg- increases energy Onion-immune booster Orange- increases joy and energy Parsley- protection Patchouli- antiseptic Pennyroyal- increases energy Peppermint- sharpens the conscious mind Pine- promotes healing Rose- promotes feelings of love and peace Rosemary- promotes longevity Rosewood- depression, acne, wrinkles stress Rue- calms you down Saffron- increases energy Sage- improves memory Sandalwood- aphrodisiac and promotes healing Spearmint- promotes healing Star Anise- increases awareness Sweet Pea- promotes happiness Tea Tree- cleansing, refreshing Thyme- promotes good health Tulip- purifies the body Vanilla- promotes sex and love Vetivert- calming Waterlily- promotes peace and happiness Yarrow- increases awareness Ylang Ylang- promotes sex and love

Angelica: detoxifies, good for exhaustion, nerves and arthritis Anise: Euphoric, stimulates the senses, a natural deoderant, relaxation, emotional balance Basil: relieves mental fatigue, clears the mind, is said to relieve migrains Bay: Helps respiratory disorders and depression, and stimulates memory Benzoin: Good for rashes, eczema, dry and chapped skin Bergamot: Relaxing and refreshing, builds confidence, for oily and blemished skin Calendula: Helpful with leisons and vericose veins Cardamon: Helps with stress and digestion, very uplifting, for colds and flu Cassia: Stimulating, deodorizing, comforting, anti-flammatory Cedarwood: Good for aches, oily skin, psoriasis, insect repellant, natural deodorizer Chamomile: relaxes muscles, soothing, aphrodisiac Clary Sage: uplifting, stress and tension, promotes aleep and is an aphrodisiac Clove: deodorizer, infections, athletes foot, sprains repels insects Citronella: uplifting, insect repellant, effective for colds, helps arthritic pains Coriander: sore muscles, soothing nerves, circulation and sleep Cypress: Insect repellant, antiseptic, deodorant, astringent, calming Eucalyptus: Disinfectant, breathing, concentration, opens sinus passages, repels mosquitos, muscle spasms, reduces pores, skin blemishes and dandruff Fennel: Good to soothe nerves arthritis bronchitis and coughs Frankincense: nervous system, reduces stress, psychic cleansing and meditation Geranium: repels insects, depression, anxiety, neuralgia & rheumatic pain Ginger: muscle achs, pain and stiffness, helps circulation, stimulates the appetite Hyssop: Brings clarity to thoughts and emotions, helps heal bruised skin Jasmine: relives anxiety, nervous exhaustion, lifts spirits, aphrodisiac Juniper: uplifting, helps mental clarity, helps in fluid retention Lavender: reduces stress, mood swings, nervousness, headachs, bee and wasp stings, burns, earachs, and bronchial conditions, and is a natural deodorizer and repels moths Lemon: circulation, insect bites, headachs, antiseptic, antiviral, sinuses and varicose veins Lemon Grass: antiseptic for oily skin, concentration, helps varicose veins and fluid retention Lime: increases circulation,good for water retention, very refreshing Marjoram: antiseptic, anxiety, bruises, insomnia, pms, muscle achs and sprains Mint: relieves headachs, natural deodorant, reduces appetite and stress Myrrh: calming, to the mind, healing the skin, helpful for colds and bronchitis Nutmeg: Aphrodisiac, helps out with the nervous and circulatory systems Orange: anti-depressant, detoxifying, antiseptic, cellulite, muscle achs, stress and nervous tension Oregano: energizing, relaxes muscles, relieves headachs,bronchitis,cold and flu Parsley: good for digestion, hemorriods, toxins and broken blood vessels Patchouli: Anti depressant, antiseptic, good for anxiety, chapped skin, pms, libido, scar tissue (and one of Cin's favorite scents! lol) Peppermint: stimulates pleasant memories, reduces join pain and muscle stiffness Petitgrain: good for mental fatigue and strain concentration, good for stress and anxiety Pine: expectorant, decongestant, good for achs and pains Rosemary: increases mental awareness and memory, has antioxident and antiseptic properties, balances oily and problemed skin and hair, beneficial to asthmatics, helps circulation, pms, and tention headachs and lifts depression Rosewood: immune system, uplifting scent, helps sooth the nervous system Sage: relaxes muscles, heat flashes, sinus congestion, a very earth masculine scent Spearmint: stimulating, energizing, helps to relieve colds, nausea and headachs Tangerine: refreshing, stress reliever, good for muscle spasms Tea Tree: insecticide, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, good for athletes foot fungus, boils, sunburn, dandruff, itching agespots,warts colds and burns Thyme: reduces chronic fatigue, protects against infectious desease,has antibacterial and antiviral properties, good for athlete's foot Valerian: sedative, good for insomnia, restlessness, indigestion and migrains Vetivert: cleanses the aura, skin disorders, insomnia, exhaustion, stress nervous disorders, arthritis, its is antifungual antibacterial and antiseptical Ylang Ylang: sweet exotic scent, enhances romance anti depressant lifts your mood (WHEEW! that was alot of typing..lol to think i hand wrote all of this the first time lol)

NEEDED: unscented incense sticks or cones your favorite oils DPG (diPropylene glycol) container to hold your incense rack for drying Mix your favorite oils. Normally you will mix 1/3 fragrance oil and 2/3 DPG (note: black smoke when burned means to much DPG) Soak unscented sticks in your blended oil, let sticks soak for at least 24 hours After soaking remove sticks and let dry for another 24 hours. Recycle the oil that runs off for future use. Thats all, store in a plastic bag or burn now.

NEEDED: Herbs to use Clean jar with a lid Carrier oil: sweet almond, jojoba, safflower Crush herbs with your hands and pack them loosely into the jar Pour the oil into the jar and fill it to cover the herbs. Cover tightly and set aside in a warm place. The next day, strain the oil off the leaves and crush a new batch of herbs. Pack into the same jar with the strained oil. Top off with new oil, close jar and set aside in a warm place for a day. Repeat step 3 for the next 5 days On the last day pour it into smaller bottles and label them carefully. Refrigerate to extend shelf life.

NEEDED: mortar & pestle heat proof bowl of sand or incense censer incense charcoal herbs and spices (no peppers or hot spices) essential oils Choose the dried herbs to use. Toss them together and begin grinding them into a fine powder with the mortar and pestle. When they are thorougly powdered, add a few drops of oils if you'd like. Lite your charcoal & sprinkle a light layer of powder on it. Sit back, breath deeply and enjoy the fragrance of your labors.