Zap Out Muscle Aches
No hot water bottle or heating pad handy? Try moistening a
thick hand towel, or modest-size bath towel, folding it, then heating it in a
microwave oven for about I minute and 30 seconds. Check to make sure it's not
too hot, then press this "moist heat" pad on aching muscles. When it
cools down, reheat for about 30 seconds. Use a face towel for smaller aches.
If you have an old clean sock and a few herbs and rice, you can make something herby to use in the mircowave as well. Here is a blend you can create, place in a sock (or if you are sewing inclined, create a small fabirc pillow,) and warm up to place on sore muscles and joints.
Zap out Muscle Mixture
Take a clean, heavyweight sock such as a cotton tube sock.
4-5 cups of raw rice
1/4 cup lavender buds
1/8 cup chopped ginger
1 Tbls Valerian root
Fill the sock about 1/2 full with rice and add the herbs and spices. Tie a knot in the top of the sock or wrap string around it and tie firmly. Massage the sock to distribute the herbs.
To Use: Warm in the microwave
for 30 seconds at a time, until it's the right temperature. It's a heating pad
that will fit against sore muscles, especially sore necks. Take care not to get
it wet.
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