April 27, 2018
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【DIY安眠米香包】米包可以用好耐好耐～
薰衣草有放鬆及安眠作用人人皆知，原來在中醫角度中，薰衣草也有藥用價值，有清熱解毒及散風的作用，也可治頭痛和頭暈，也許正是這個原因，才有令人更好睡的功效。這個星期六教大家自製薰衣草米香包，清香的花香令人放鬆心神，熱敷在肩頸後，更能溫通多個可改善肩背疼痛、疲憊和頭痛的肩頸穴位如大椎穴、肩外俞穴或風門穴等，睡前敷一敷，可以有助入眠！
材料： 布袋（以長方形為佳，又或是可以頸枕套代替）、白米（按布袋大小，裝3/4滿）、有機薰衣草油及少量薰衣草乾
做法：先把約5滴有機薰衣草油及乾薰衣草加入米中拌勻，再裝入布袋縫好或綁好。
用法：熱敷時先把香米包放入焗爐加熱10至15分鐘又或是微波爐加熱2分鐘，稍微放暖後放在肩頸位置，另外亦可用在身體其他疲累痠疼的位置，同樣有舒緩作用。
Warming Rice Bag to Improve Sleep
Everyone knows lavender can induce relaxation and help with sleep. From Chinese medicine perspective, lavender can clear heat, remove toxins, and dispel wind. It can also treating headaches and dizziness, and that’s why it can help to improve sleep quality. This Saturday we will teach you how it make a rice and lavender spice bag. It smells great and can help you relax. When you use it to warm compress back of your neck, it can open up multiple acupuncture points to relieve neck pain, fatigue and headaches. Use it before sleep for a better night of rest!
Ingredients: cloth bag (rectangular shape is more ideal or use your neck pillow case) , white rice (enough to fill 3/4 of your bag), organic lavender oil or some dried lavender
Preparation: add 5 drops of lavender or the dried lavender into rice and mix well. Put everything in the bag and sew it or tie it shut.
Usage: for warm compression, put it into the oven for 10-15 minutes or in the microwave for 2 minutes. When warm put it on the back of your neck or other areas of soreness to relieve pain.
