My New All Around Cure-All

Oops. I forgot it was Friday.

See what happens when you take too long of a blogging break? :-)



Anyhew, I just wanted to share with you my recent medical discovery:



TEA TREE OIL

According to wikipedia: Tea tree oil, or melaleuca oil , is a pale yellow colour to nearly clear essential oil with a fresh camphoraceous odor. It is taken from the leaves of the Melaleuca alternifolia, which is native to the northeast coast of New South Wales, Australia.



Camphoraceous odor? Well, I think it smells like a combination of mint, eucalyptus, and...maybe shoe polish.



So yeah, I doubt Yankee Candle will have a hot seller with that scent.



But when you see what this stuff does, you'll appreciate it's unique aroma. :)



When the kiddo got lice--ugh, don't want to go there again--I treated her with Nix. Not something I wanted to do because it is so toxic, but that's what my doctor recommended. Well, two days later I saw live lice on her head and because it was too soon to treat again, I figured I would just have to do it the old fashioned way: with a nit comb and my bare little hands.



Then a friend told me to get tea tree oil, rub it all over her scalp, wrap her head in a towel and wait an hour. She told me you'll never see them again. So...I did a small test area on her head to make sure she wasn't allergic to it and when I saw she was fine, that's what I did.



Well, I never saw them again.



ALL HAIL THE POWER OF TEA TREE OIL!



After that, I put a few drops in the laundry, in the shampoo, behind my ears (lol)---you get the idea. :)



Then the other day, my hubby says, "Hey, check out that beetle on our screen."



I look and I see it's no mere beetle. It's a stink bug.



How do I know about stink bugs? When I had ants in the kitchen this spring, I had a chatty exterminator.



Well, there are three things you may or may not know about me. 1) I'm a germaphobe. 2) I'm a chemicalphobe. And 3) I'm a bugaphobe.



Yeah. I have "issues".



Anyhew, I knew (from my chatty exterminator) that stink bugs are hard to get rid of so I did not want a problem with that. So I Googled some all natural ways to prevent them. One of the ways was the use of my good friend Tea Tree Oil.



So I put a capfull in a spray bottle, filled it with water and shook it up. Then I sprayed all around the window where the little stinker of a stink bug was. He started crawling away immediately. I assume they don't like the odor. Then less than 60 seconds later it took off.



ALL HAIL THE POWER OF TEA TREE OIL.



Love this stuff! And love that it is all natural.



Just thought I'd share my discovery with you all. Carry on.

Oh, and you're welcome. :)