Grapefruit Julius Smoothy Recipe
I have searched for great tasting recipes that include raw egg, as raw eggs are actually more nutritious than cooked eggs. This Grapefruit Julius Smoothy has several variations, including a dairy free version, and a coconut milk version. And the addition of essential oils create a real special flavor!
First you will need 2 cups of almond nut milk.
Put 1/3 cup almonds into a high speed blender or Vita-mix.
Add 2 cups cold water. Blend on high for 3 minutes.
Strain through cheesecloth or a nut milk bag.
Rinse out the Vita-mix container, and add the nut milk back in.
Add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon Sweet Leaf brand powdered stevia extract.
Add 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, or 1 inch of dried vanilla bean, chopped.
Add 10 drops pink grapefruit essential oil.
Add 2 whole eggs.
Blend again on medium high setting, for just long enough to thoroughly mix the smoothie.
Pour it in a large glass or mason jar, and top with a sprinkle of nutmeg. Drink and enjoy!
Variations
Coconut milk version: Replace nut milk with 1/2 cup culinary coconut cream, and 1-1/2 cups water.
Dairy friendly version: Replace nut milk with 2 cups hormone free, grass fed yogurt with live cultures. Add an additional 1/4 teaspoon stevia extract.
High protein version: Add 3 tablespoons chia seed to the smoothy. Allow it to sit for 20 ,omits to let the chia seed reach its hydrated state.
Blueberry version: Eliminate grapefruit essential oil. Add 1/2 cup blueberries and 2 drops clove essential oil.
Natural Perfume Basics: About Absolutes
Many “absolutes” that are available today are concoctions of synthetic chemicals and fragrances. There is no law that prevents companies from marketing their fragrances in this way. It is much more profitable to sell synthetics than to go through the expense and effort to make a real botanical product.
True modern absolutes are highly concentrated aromatic “oils” extracted from plants through a multi-step solvent method.
The process begins with extracting aromatic oils from the plant material with a chemical solvent such as hexane or benzene.
The solvent is then removed through distillation or chemical extraction. The substance left behind is a waxy substance called a concrete.
The aromatic oils are then extracted from the concrete with ethyl alcohol. After the ethyl alcohol is removed, the remaining substance is called an absolute.
Absolutes carry an aroma close to the plant from which they came. Absolutes are the most concentrated form of fragrance. Skillfully made absolutes are highly regarded in natural perfumery.
Note: Absolutes can and usually do contain traces of solvent; they are not suitable for internal use.
About Our Absolutes
Traditionally, absolutes were made using a method called “enfleurage”. This is a time consuming method where plant material–such as rose petals– is layered on top of lard (animal fat).
The fat absorbs the aromatic oils over time. Eventually the plant material is removed and replaced with fresh material. This is repeated over a period of weeks or months.
The resulting fatty aromatic substance (called pomade) can then be used as it is, as a hard perfume, or made into products for skin care and cosmetics.
Or the pomade can be alcohol extracted to create an absolute.
It is rare to find anyone making this type of absolute these days, as it is very time consuming. Yet there are still some rare individual artisans producing these traditional absolutes (in very small amounts).
We do our best to source absolutes of this old, traditional method. They are generally more costly because of the time and complexity involved in producing them. Yet they are of the highest quality known to us. We are proud and happy to offer these rare absolutes to all of our customers.
Blending with Natural Absolutes
Depending on what you are making, you can use oil or alcohol as a carrier for blending.
Alcohol Carrier
Alcohol is best for colognes, perfumes, and sprays. Almost all absolutes will dissolve in alcohol, although some will take time to dissolve thoroughly.
The type of alcohol that I prefer to use for this purpose is vodka. You can spend a lot on real perfumer’s alcohol, but really there is no noticeable difference in using high grade vodka as your carrier.
My favorite is a grape vodka called Ciroc. It has virtually no alcoholic aroma to interfere with the perfume, and is a wonderful carrier. I have also used Skyy vodka with great results. Skyy is filtered through quartz crystal, giving a very clean energy.
Botanical Oil Carrier
Filtered coconut oil is my favorite for blending with natural absolutes. It is thin in consistency and highly absorbable. It even works in most sprayers in case you want to use it as a perfume spray base.
Other potential carrier oils are grape seed, jojoba, and sweet almond. All of these will create a slightly oilier consistency than the filtered coconut.
Absolute Dilution
Absolutes are typically so highly concentrated, that their true aroma is not evident until they are diluted. That is, the aroma is compressed, and needs to be expanded through dilution before its true aromatic nuances are evident.
A good starting place for dilution is a 50% / 50% blend (or 50% dilution) of absolute to carrier. Another option is a 35% / 65% dilution, which is still quite potent and can be used to create perfume blends and add aromas to body care products.
If you are purchasing absolutes in 1.5 ml bottles, you can empty the bottle of absolute into a 5 ml bottle, and add carrier to fill the bottle. This makes about a 35% dilution of absolute. This is one of my favorite dilutions to work with as a perfume ingredient.
If you are looking to make a single note perfume from one absolute, you can experiment with dilution rates to reach the best effect. Adding 25 drops of 35% dilution to a 5 ml bottle of carrier, is often a very nice dilution for a perfume. It is at least a good starting point.
Test the blend on your wrist to see if it is close to the strength that you are seeking. If not, add a few more drops.
Natural absolutes are often most alluring at a very soft, subtle level. Even if you think it is not strong enough, try wearing it for a day before adding more absolute to experience its true effect.
Natural Absolutes and Healing
In this day and age, it can be challenging for most people to make the connection between perfumes and healing. Our noses are constantly bombarded with chemical based “fragrances” that are added to everything from dish detergent to toilet paper to clothing to plastic products.
Marketers have made us suspicious of anything that smells real. Their synthetic aromatic imitations of strawberries consistently test “better” than the aroma of real strawberries in blind tests.
Add to this, the media is constantly insinuating that if we smell like a real person, we will be unable to get a job, a promotion, or attract a mate! We are constantly encouraged to cover natural aromas with synthetic fragrances.
No wonder most people can not tell the difference between a synthetic aroma and a real one. But there is a difference–and it goes much more than skin deep.
Early History
Once upon a time in areas of ancient Egypt, America, China, and India, people began extracting the aroma of botanical substances. These extraction processes were refined and soon became available to healers, shamans, and perfumers as absolutes.
In those ancient cultures, there was no distinction between perfume and medicine–both were considered to be healing substances. People understood that natural botanical extracts could have a healing action on the mind, emotions, and spirit of a person.
Today, it has been proven by science that the hypothalamus–also known as the reptilian brain–processes the sense of smell. It is also the seat of instinctual behavior, and emotion. It becomes very clear how aromas can have profound effects on our minds, and even create responses in our physical bodies.
The metaphysical effects of absolutes are even more profound. Aromas have spiritual aspects. They are present especially when produced consciously, in a way that supports the spiritual energy (or morphogenic fields–a scientific term that is roughly parallel), to remain intact in the absolute.
Metaphysical aspects can support change and healing through frequency and vibration. They can offer a multi-dimensional aspect to any healing process.
Wearing a perfume that vibrationally supports a chosen intention, can enhance one’s ability to integrate change. Each time a person inhales the aroma, a vibrational boost of support enters the brain and supports the new programming that is being embodied.
If the inhalation frequency is amplified with a healing affirmation, repeated when inhaled, the healing process is boosted exponentially. We can use the beautiful aroma of natural perfumes to create new patterns, alternatives, and responses to our environment. They can help us change our lives for the better.
None of our products are recognized or approved by the FDA. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. This information is anecdotal, and is provided for educational purposes only. It is not meant to be taken as medical advice. See a health care professional for medical advice.
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Transforming the Experience of the Karmic Wheel
When you have developed a strong spiritual center, concentrating the I AM consciousness in the center of the Karmic Wheel, you will naturally begin to know how you can quickly transform the experience of the low frequency (Dark) phases of the cycle, and enhance your experience of the high frequency (Light) phases of the cycle. This happens through the practice of Gratitude and Acceptance.
To do this, follow this map.
- When you find yourself in love, express and hold the frequency of Gratitude for all the love in your life.
- When you find yourself giving your partner credit, express and hold the frequency of Gratitude and appreciation for his or her strengths and gifts.
- When you find yourself feeling independent, express and hold the frequency of Gratitude and appreciation for your own strengths and gifts.
- When you find yourself feeling out of love, hold the frequency of Acceptance of your own negativity and feelings. Recognize that they are just feelings that are a part of the cycle, and they have nothing to do with genuine, true love.
- When you find yourself assigning blame, hold the frequency of Acceptance of his or her weaknesses and human-ness.
- When you find yourself feeling needy or empty, hold the frequency of Acceptance for your own weaknesses and human-ness.
This is the fastest way to transform the experience of the Medicine Wheel of Relationahip. If you work with this over time, you will still be on the Karmic Wheel, but your experience of the cycle will be completely different. This is a stage of manifestation that we sometimes try to avoid, yet it will keep reappearing in your life, challenging you to grow in consciousness.
The more experience you gain in working with it, the better. And do not think that it will be different if you have a different partner. We are all human, and we will attract the same lesson to us if we do not find a way to break through and realize that we are actually creating our own experience, through the thoughts and feelings that we hold in our field.
If we work through these issues until we have reached a state of neutrality, love, and acceptance in our lives, only then can we leave a partnership in completion. At that point, we can clear the slate and co-create a new partnership that truly is different.
Many partners experience this process together because they are both at a similar stage of enlightenment. Each can be an ally to the other in this growth period, if they make agreements with each other to disengage, and truly help each other on their individual paths of self understanding and enlightenment.
Whether you do it alone or with your partner consciously participating, when you make it through this transformation, you will both have the freedom of choice on how to re-create this or any other relationship.
When you are living in a state of conscious choice, you will move into the stage of consciousness where enlightenment begins.
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Who Should Avoid Parasite Cleansing?
Not everyone should take an herbal parasite cleanse. Do not use ParaThunder or any cleansing formula in these situations:
People who have never done parasite cleansing before (unless they have a health professional who has experienced parasite cleansing to support them)
Those who have a weakened body condition because of disease, degeneration, or injury (In this case it would be better to rebuild the body first for a period of months before undertaking a parasite cleanse)
People who are extra sensitive, elderly, or children under 14 (unless supervised by an experienced health professional)
Pregnant women should not cleanse at all until after they give birth and have finished breast feeding
People taking pharmaceutical drugs, unless recommended and assisted by a health professional
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Medications and parasite cleansing–do they go together?
There are many medications which should not be taken with an herbal cleanse of any kind. Herbal cleanses can change the way drugs are absorbed, or reduce their effectiveness.
Always check with your health care professional before using this or any herbal cleansing formula if you are taking pharmaceutical drugs or medications.
If you are taking any medications, and your physician or other health care provider approves this parasite cleanse, take each dose of ParaThunder at least 2 hours away from taking any medications.
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Vibrational Remedies Blending–Dosage Level Dilutions
Vibrational remedies blending is easy. Here’s how to make a dosage level remedy from a stock level remedy.
Fill a glass bottle (1oz or 30 ml), one third full with your choice of vodka, apple cider vinegar, or saturated salt water. (If you choose to use vinegar, fill the bottle half full).
Add your base number (usually 10) of drops of stock level remedy to the bottle.
Fill the bottle up with spring water, distilled water, or other pure water.
Shake at least 100 times.
Label the bottle for convenience.
Now you have a dosage level vibrational remedy. For usage instructions, go here.
We also sell pre-diluted dosage level as well as our stock level remedies.
Making a Custom Blend
Sometimes a blend of several different remedies is the best choice for your remedy. To make a blend, follow these easy steps.
Fill a glass bottle (1oz or 30 ml), one third full with your choice of vodka, apple cider vinegar, or saturated salt water. (If you choose to use vinegar, fill the bottle half full).
Add one to three drops of each stock level remedy you want to include, into the bottle.
Fill the bottle up with spring water, distilled water, or other pure water.
Shake at least 100 times.
Label the bottle for convenience.
Now you have a custom blended dosage level vibrational remedy. For usage instructions, go here.
Making a Super Potency Remedy
Vibrational remedies are a form of homeopathics. Their energetic action actually gets stronger the more they are diluted out. For an increased potency, our vibrational remedies can be diluted out one more time.
To create this super-potent form, take the same number of drops you used to make the dosage essence. From the dosage level remedy, drop this number of drops into a new bottle of pure water and your preservative, and shake it 100 times.
You now have an extra strong level vibrational remedy. We have found this useful for supporting DNA activation, energy healing such as Reiki, soul retrieval, or chakra balancing. It is also useful for people who have a high tolerance for herbal remedies, or do not notice results when they use a regular dosage level remedy.
Saturated Salt Water–a beautifully light preservative
Vibrational remedies usually require some form of natural preservative when made by hand. We use pure, saturated salt water in many of our vibrational remedies as a preservative.
- We use a dark bottle that will decrease light exposure. Miron violet glass preserves the energetic integrity of our vibrational remedies, and will do so for years when properly stored.
- We use a combination of salts from sacred sites, including an ancient indigenous salt cave near our home.
- We feel that using sacred salt brings a deep energetic connection to the elemental forces, helping those who use our remedies to feel grounded and connected with the Earth.
None of our products are recognized or approved by the FDA. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. This information is anecdotal, and is provided for educational purposes only. It is not meant to be taken as medical advice. See a health care professional for medical advice.
When applying essential oils to skin, dilution creates a better potential for success. If oils are not properly diluted, they can create an unintended effect.
Essential oils should be diluted to a strength that imitates the way they are available in nature. Between a 1% to 4% dilution is a very good starting point for oils that will be applied to the skin.
1% dilution
For children, elderly, pregnant, very sensitive, inside nose, mouth, or ears
•8 drops essential oil in 1 oz. carrier
•4 drops essential oil in 1/2 oz. carrier (or 1 Tablespoon carrier)
•3 drops essential oil in 2 drams carrier
2% dilution
For full body massage, spinal compresses, and most applications
•15 drops essential oil in 1 oz. carrier
•8 drops essential oil in 1/2 oz. carrier (1 Tablespoon)
•5 drops essential oil in 2 drams carrier
4% dilution
For local inflammation, pain reduction, burns, wounds, sprains, funguses, infections, organ compresses, whenever stronger effects are desired
•30 drops essential oil in 1 oz. carrier
•15 drops essential oil in 1/2 oz. carrier (or 1 Tablespoon carrier)
•10 drops essential oil in 2 drams carrier
Stronger dilutions
Stronger dilutions are sometimes useful for certain applications. Wounds, burns, skin funguses, insect bites, and topical infections will often call for an oil from 50% to 100% essential oil (pure undiluted oil is referred to as “neat”).
- Equal amounts of essential oil and carrier make a 50% dilution
Nature’s Dilution Ratio
Keeping in mind the extreme concentration of essential oils, it is usually more effective to use highly diluted formulas, as they mimic the levels of aromatic substance as they occur in nature.
Every drop of essential oil produced contains the aromatic equivalent of 50 to 70 cups of herbal tea. One pound of lavender essential oil takes 1,000 pounds or more of lavender blossoms to produce. These are clues to use them sparingly and dilute well, honoring the true value of these natural gifts from the plant world.
None of our products are recognized or approved by the FDA. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. This information is anecdotal, and is provided for educational purposes only. It is not meant to be taken as medical advice. See a health care professional for medical advice.
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Essential Oil Potency
Taking essential oils internally can be a powerful form of herbal therapy. It is important to remember that essential oils are extremely concentrated in form. One drop of essential oil can represent the herbal potency of 50 to 75 cups of herbal tea. This makes it very important to dilute essential oils properly for internal use!
Essential Oil Quality
Many essential oils available on the market are produced for profit rather than for the good of those who are using them. They often contain synthetic chemicals, solvents, and other trace adulterants. Sometimes they are not made from the species that is listed. And often they are mass produced in a way that compromises quality. It is highly important to know that you are using the highest quality essential oils if you choose to use them internally.
Please research essential oils thoroughly before taking them internally, or obtain the advise of a Health Care Professional. It is advisable to become familiar with your source as well.
Dilution Rates for Essential Oils in Capsules
Essential oils can be taken internally for short duration, by capsule. Use a full capsule of 4% dilution in cold-pressed olive or other vegetable oil.
Alternatively, 1 to 3 drops of pure undiluted essential oil can be placed in a capsule.
Note: Many oils will dissolve the gelatin capsule quickly! Some may be stored for 24 hours under refrigeration; others must be taken immediately before they dissolve.
Use this method for short time periods only. It is best for treatment of severe bacterial, viral, or fungal infections; immune system boost when exposed to diseases; short intense cleansing programs for detoxification, particularly for cleansing heavy metals and radiation; and indigestion as an occasional treatment.
Dilution Rates for Semi-Homeopathic Remedies
Semi-homeopathic dilutions contain a similar amount of essential oil to herbal tinctures. They have a stronger physical effect than true homeopathic dilution remedies, and a softer energetic or vibrational effect.
Blend 1 drop essential oil with 1 oz. (or 30 ml) distilled or purified water.
Shake at least 100 times to activate. Formula must be shaken with every dose, as oil and water will separate.
Dosage is 1 drop up to 1/2 teaspoonful 2-3 times daily.
Note: Several drops of stevia extract may be added to improve flavor if desired.
Dilution Rates for Homeopathic Remedies
Homepathic remedies contain a trace, or no actual plant material, and are more active on the mental, emotional, and energetic levels of our being. There are several ways to make them, involving different methods of transferring the energy pattern of an herb or mineral into the base medium, usually water.
Use 1 to 10 drops of a semi-homeopathic dilution from above, added to 1 oz. (or 30 ml) of water. Shake at least 100 times to activate. To make an even stronger homeopathic remedy, this can be diluted out again, using the remedy you just made and repeating the dilution rate.
Dosage is 10 drops 2-3 times daily.
Note: At this dilution level, chemical effects of the oils have been eliminated. Homeopathic dilutions may be used long term without concern of harmful effects. Even oils that normally should not be used internally can be used at these dilutions.
None of our products are recognized or approved by the FDA. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. This information is anecdotal, and is provided for educational purposes only. It is not meant to be taken as medical advice. See a health care professional for medical advice.
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