VIDEO: Make herbal pillows yourself
Herbs for the herbal pillow
- If you have a garden or balcony in or on which you have planted lavender, rosemary or mint, it is easy to pick and dry the herbs.
- Without a balcony or garden, you can easily get dried herbs for your herbal pillow online, among other things.
Make a cover for the pillow yourself
To make a herbal pillow yourself, you need a pillow case that is no larger than 30 by 30 centimeters - and has a zipper. The dried herbs fall out of the pillow cases with buttons.
- If you have a bit of sewing skill, you can fold a strip of fabric about 15 by 30 centimeters and sew it together at the sides. Leave the future herbal pillow open at the top so that the herbs can be poured in. Are the herbs in the pillow, sew the opening shut.
- A fabric handkerchief is sufficient for a small herb sachet, on which you place the herbs and which you knot into a small bundle with a ribbon.
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Make herbal pillows yourself - with the right herbs
Depending on which herbs you use for your herbal pillow, you will achieve different effects.
- You get a soothing and sleep-promoting herbal pillow with dried lavender flowers, sage, anise, thyme, hops or with jasmine, lavender flowers, chamomile flowers in equal parts. Chamomile also works against sniffles.
- Make your own herbal pillow that wakes you up? No problem: simply use bear moss, rosemary, mint or grapefruit peel for the herb filling. The dried rosemary is also soothing headache.
- Mood lighteners are herbal pillows with rose petals, orange peel and a little ginger oil.
- If you are pregnant and make your own herbal pillow, be careful with rosemary, thyme, and sage. Discuss beforehand with your doctor whether you can use the herbs.
- Allergy sufferers and patients with sleep problems should also speak to their doctor before making herbal pillows themselves.
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