Hair massage for beautiful and thick hair.

Hair loss could be due to bad blood circulation in the scalp.

Activate it by softly massaging the entire surface of your scalp, with your fingertips, every day. Castor oil could be added every now and then to help the growth as well. 

The hunger stopper

Five minutes before your meal, drink a glass of fresh orange juice to which you have added a coffee spoon of beer yeast.

Not only an appetite suppressant but also a fabulous health booster full of vitamins.

Ash tree wine

Take some thirty crushed ash tree leaves and put it into a half a litre of Malaga wine, let it sit for a week. Once ready, have a liqueur glass of it before each one of  your principal meals.

In ancient times, the Ash tree was considered a symbol of power and immortality. The Nordics had their ash tree Yggdrasil, which held up the roof of the world. It has numerous medicinal virtues.

An infusion to purify and eliminate excessive weight.

Every day, in the middle of the afternoon, prepare yourself an infusion of  black currant, quack grass, Teucrium with virgin tea.

May I suggest, you drink it as hot as possible, for the best effect.

The different plants in this recipe are all famous for their ability to purify the body with their diuretic effects.

Carnation vinegar for weightloss

Macerate 100 grams of red carnation petals in a litre of white vinegar, let it sit for three days.

Filter and store in a closed bottle. 
Add 12 drops into the water you use to wash yourself in the morning.

Lose weight and stay fit

Let 30 grams of orange flowers, 4 drops of lemon oil, 20 grams of rosemary oil, 10 grams of Neroli, 8 grams of oregano and 8 gram of bergamot, macerate in 60 centilitres of 90° alcohol, let it sit for a few hours.

Filter and keep it in a glass bottle, rub your face, hands and wrists before going to bed at night.

The plant composing this "Eau de toilette" contains essential oils that will help you lose weight. Orange and lemon will both contribute to fill your needs of vitamin C during the regimen.

Recipes for beauty and youth...

Beauty is and has always been, one of women's major preoccupations.  They have tried everything throughout the centuries, which explain the numerous and various recipes that are to find in rural tradition considering beauty and aesthetics.

The following recipes were still employed not so long time ago, before television entered our living-rooms with its cortege of publicity and promises of eternal youth and success...

These recipes will be of interest for those women who aim toward a more natural way of preserving their youth and beauty, similar to what their great grandmothers did to preserve theirs.