Title: No-Soap Baths
Categories: Herb Info
Yield: 1 Info

1. mix equal parts cornmeal and orrisroot powder. Drop mixture in a muslin bag or handkerchief, secure the ends, and scrub away. The cornmeal produces cleansing and friction to gently slough off dead skin and dirt, the orris reminds you of the scent of violets.

2. Mix equal parts of Almond meal, powdered elderflower blossoms and cornmeal. Follow the above procedure. This leaves the skin soft, scented, and beautifully clean.

3. Any herb that is good for your skin type may be mixed with either cornmeal or powdered oatmeal and used as above.

all three of these avoid damaging the acid mantle of the skin and lack the allergins so often present in commercial soap and detergent bars.

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