Neck bags wi

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone.  I'm brand new here and don't know a darned thing about oils.

 However, I am recently retired and intend to go on a learning spree so thanks

in advance for letting me pick the brains of the experts.

One thing I have been doing for friends and family is making neck and back bags

of flaxseed that are microwaved and used for sore muscles.  I've been trying to

add essential oil to the flaxseed,but find the scent quickly disappears after a

few " nukings " .  Is there a way to anchor the oil in the flaxseed so it will

last?

Hint:  Don't let someone try your neck bag and then ask if they'd like one.  I

have standing orders.  Problem is they're all free.  At least I know what I'll

be doing in my retirement years! Thanks for letting me join the group.  I look

forward to a great learning experience.

Missy

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

You could try soaking ground corncob (sold as pet bedding in a lot of

places) in the essential oils you want, then mix that into the

flaxseed. I don't know that it would last as long as you're hoping,

but you should get more mileage out of it that way. Try playing with

it a little and see what you get.

HTH,

Serra

 

 

 

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Shelley Godfrey <missy2dots wrote:

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> Hi everyone.  I'm brand new here and don't know a darned thing about oils.

 However, I am recently retired and intend to go on a learning spree so thanks

in advance for letting me pick the brains of the experts.

> One thing I have been doing for friends and family is making neck and back

bags of flaxseed that are microwaved and used for sore muscles.  I've been

trying to add essential oil to the flaxseed,but find the scent quickly

disappears after a few " nukings " .  Is there a way to anchor the oil in the

flaxseed so it will last?

> Hint:  Don't let someone try your neck bag and then ask if they'd like one.  I

have standing orders.  Problem is they're all free.  At least I know what I'll

be doing in my retirement years! Thanks for letting me join the group.  I look

forward to a great learning experience.

> Missy

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[Guest guest]

One thing that sticks in my mind is that sometime back someone said that a

natural product like that eventually had a hatch out tiny insects. But I guess

the micro and the eo's would stop that..I've heard that flax seed will deliver a

moist heat and I'd LOVE to have some of these. I did have some buckwheat and

I've heard of rice being used. What I had the last time I wasn't sure of.....but

when I zapped it, it had a funky smell but it sure felt good on those areas that

heating pads just can't do the trick.

 

I had drawn out patterns for those with fibromylagia and diabetic neuropathy and

those who were amputees with phantom pain and wanted to customize by size,

weight, area of most discomfort etc and never followed thru. Then again I can

ball a spool of thread trying to thread a sewing machine worse than a really bad

backlash on an open faced fishing reel LOL!

 

evie