Rescue Remedy from Rock Roses (that grow wild everywhere in Bat Ayin)

· On a clear cloudless day, take a clear glass bowl almost full of good water.

· Pick enough rock rose petals to sprinkle on top of water until the whole water surface is covered. Don't push the leaves under.

· Leave the bowl for 4 hours in a sunny place. Let it rest outside uncovered in an open field or in a place that won't get shade.

· With a wooden stick flip off the petals. (Don't use metal or your fingers.)

· Pour water in clean jar with a little teaspoon of alcohol to preserve it. This is your mother tincture.

· Take 4 drops of mother tincture and put in water bottle.

· Fill bottle with water and a few drops of alcohol. This is your rescue remedy.

· Use 4 drops of rescue remedy under the tongue or in a glass of water. It can't harm to drink it every day as prevention.

Rescue remedy is good against trauma anxiety, chock and fear.

Rose Water

· Pick petals and check for bugs.

· Put the petals in a pyrex bowl.

· Fill a pot with the rose petals to the brim, then add as much water in pot as can fit, leaving only enough space so it won't boil over.

· Boil and let simmer covered on lowest heat for 45 min - 1 hour.

Rose Water is refreshing on a hot summer day.

Facial Cream

1 oz or 1/8 cup coconut oil/cocoa butter

1/2 oz beeswax (16g)

3-4 oz (1/2 cup) almond oil or jojoba oil

1 oz rose water

1-2 drops of essential lavender oil

· Mix everything in blender.

· Put it in a small jar, and refrigerate.

Will moisturize your face and keep your skin youthful.

Myrtle Oil

· Harvest Hadas (Myrtle) branches when flowers are found on the plant.

· Fill a quarter of a bottle with the plant newly cut, add almond oil to the top of the bottle and close with a cork.

· Leave the bottle in the windowsill in a sunny spot for 10 days shake it every day.

· Strain through a muslin cloth or paper filter and return to bottle.

· In order that the oil will keep add a drop of E vitamin or a little wheat-germ oil.

Rub on skin to treat various skin problems, and heal infections and soars.

Plantain Salve

· Make Plantain oil by filling a jar with macerated plantain leaves and pouring olive oil to fill the jar completely.

· Leave it in sunny windowsill for 10 days, then strain the oil.

· Add 2 ounces of beeswax to 5 ounces of oil (2 ½ times more oil than beeswax.)

· Melt together in pot on low heat, add 1-2 drops of essential lavender oil and pour into jars for storage.

· Plantain salve does not need to be refrigerated.

Plantain Salve is good against insect bites, dry skin and skin irritations.

Zaatar (Hyssop Mixture)

· Pick hyssop leaves when young and fresh.

· Dry the leaves by hanging them upside down.

· Remove the stalks and mix the leaves with toasted sesame seeds and a little salt. (Optionally add a little of the sumac spice).

· Grind the herbs in food processor, and you have your Zaatar ready to mix with olive oil and serve as a dip for whole-wheat bread, grains and vegetables.

Zaatar is good for the brain and the memory. It is also good against stomachache, nausea, colds, earaches, cough, headaches, intestinal worms, and infected gums.