Flu Blend with essential oils

Flu Blend ~ 0.35% dilution

4 oz coconut oil (or carrier oil)
2 drops OnGuard or YL equivalent
2 drops Oregano
2 drops lemon
1 drop Melaleuca
1 drop Frakencense
1 drop peppermint
1 drop Majoram

I Whipped refined coconut oil with fork and added oils.

Rub on chest, back and bottoms of feet (cover with socks).

Making your own washing soda

Making your own homemade laundry soap is easy and super inexpensive. There are basically three ingredients:

1. Soap
2. Borax
3. Washing Soda

I find the borax (generally 20 Mule Team brand) and the washing soda (generally Arm & Hammer brand) in my local grocery store, but some people have reported having trouble finding washing soda (sodium carbonate) in their city. You can leave it out of the recipe, but it really does help boost the cleaning powder of the soap.

Good news! There is a way to make your own washing soda out of regular baking soda (sodium bicarbonate).

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: 1-2 hours

Here's How:

1. Preheat your oven to approximately 390° - 400° Fahrenheit. (200° C)
2. Pour a box (or a few cups) of baking soda (not baking powder) onto a baking sheet, and put it in the oven.
3. Bake the baking soda from 30-60 minutes. I've seen reports of people baking it as little as 30 minutes - and people baking it as long as 2 hours. It doesn't appear that over-baking it is a problem...so I'd recommend 45-60 minutes just to assure that the chemical reaction is completely complete.
4. After pulling the baking sheet out of the oven and letting it cool, store the washing soda in a clearly labeled airtight container. The washing soda can "convert" back into baking soda if it's exposed to air.
5. Use your washing soda in your homemade laundry soap!
6. 

Homemade Dishwasher Soap

Lemon essential oil: antibacterial, for scent
The recipe should give you enough to make 2 ice cube trays worth of dishwasher detergent tabs. They should last 28-56 loads depending on the load size (you can cut them in half).

When you mix the vinegar in, the mixture should start to clump up on its own
Ingredients:

2 cups washing soda
1 cup baking soda
1 cup citric acid
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar
1 teaspoon castile soap
15-20 drops lemon essential oil
Directions:

mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl
gradually add vinegar a little bit at a time and mix well (some fizzing will occur and the mixture will start to clump) You may not need the entire amount of vinegar, so add it a little at a time.
mix in castile soap and lemon essential oil
pack well into two ice cube trays (take your time doing this and make sure they are well compacted)
set ice cube trays out to dry for at least 24 hours in a sunny spot
take tabs out of trays and store in a tight-lidded container

Leave the dishwasher detergent tabs out to dry in a dry sunny spot for at least 24 hours
When you take the dishwasher detergent tabs out of the ice cube trays, they will be a little crumbly. You can just collect and keep the extra crumbs and combine them to use in a small dish cycle.

The tabs are pretty big so you may not need to use the entire tab for each cycle. They are really easy to cut into smaller segments to make them the appropriate size for your load.

I did the calculations and these babies only cost you 9 cents a load. That’s pretty impressive. I used to use the Seventh Generation dishwasher tabs and those cost 40 cents a load, so it’s definitely saving money!