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* Geranium - 2 drops
* Lemon - 1 drop
* Tea Tree - 1 drop
* Pine - 1 drop
* 1/2 cup Chamomile tea
* 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
* 1 teaspoon honey

Brew and steep the tea for about 10 minutes. Strain well - you can use a coffee filter or a piece of cheese cloth for straining. Combine the honey, vinegar and essential oils and stir. Add mixture to tea and mix well. Add to spray bottle and use to spray your throat every 2-4 hours as needed. One to two sprays at a time should be sufficient.

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How about a “morning after” pill for loud concerts? Researchers recently identified Supplements so helpful at preventing and healing noise-induced hearing loss that we may very well see pills and snack foods marketed with that premise in the not-too-distant future. Long viewed as a hazard for people exposed to prolonged high-decibel sound (such as workers around jet engines or jackhammers, battlefield soldiers and rock stars), excess noise contributes to more than one-third of the 28 million Americans suffering from some degree of hearing loss.

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Antiseptic essential oils such as Lavender and Tea Tree can be diluted in Olive Oil and rubbed around the outside of-never in-the ear and over the lymph nodes on the side of the neck. If the ear problem is caused by a Throat Infection, be sure to also use an antiseptic gargle. Hot compresses soothe pain in the ears.

Always treat both ears, even if only one hurts, and continue treatment for several days after the pain is gone to make sure the condition does not return.

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1/2 ounce each:

* Garlic-infused oil
* Calendula-infused oil
* Mullein Blossom-infused oil

Use Olive Oil as the carrier for this infusion. Warm the oil before dropping it into the ear. Heat a spoon under hot water, dry it and drop the oil into the warm spoon; now draw the drops back into the dropper and place two drops in each ear.

Excerpted from Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art, (Crossing Press)

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The following formula may be used for swollen tonsils, mumps and other lymphatic swelling in the neck area:

* 2 cups warm water
* 8 drops Lavender essential oil

Mix the water with the essential oil. While the water is still warm, soak a soft cloth, preferably flannel, in the water and wring it out. Wrap the cloth around the neck. Cover with a towel to hold in the heat. Remove before it gets cold. Repeat as many times as you wish.

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* 2 drops Eucalyptus
* 2 drops Lavender

Add 2 drops Eucalyptus and 2 drops Lavender to 4 teaspoons of massage Base Oil and apply to the throat and chest (this will make enough for several applications) .

This Daily Aromatherapy Tip is brought to you by AromaThyme

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* 1 part Marshmallow root
* 1 part Mullein
* 1 part Licorice root
* 1 part blue malva flowers

Mix in equal parts. Steep 1 teaspoon in 1/2 cup boiling hot water. Sweeten with honey or rice syrup.

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Simmer 1 cup of Horehound leaves and 1 tablespoon of Balm of Gilead in 1 pint of water for about 15 minutes. Strain and add 2 cups of sugar. Boil until the mixture spins a thread as it comes off of the spoon.

Drop by the Tspful into cold water to form the cough drops. remove the cough drops from the water immediately. You can roll the cough drops in powdered sugar after draining off the water. This will keep them from sticking to each other. Place is a tightly sealed container.

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* 2 part Elecampane Root,
* 1 part Horehound,
* 2 parts Muskmallow or Marshmallow Root.

Combine all the herbs, cover in honey and keep warm for 1 day. Strain herbs and use as needed.

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Using Anise as a cough remedy is now supported by science. It has been a traditional treatment for coughs, Bronchitis and Asthma. The herb contains creosol and alpha-pinene that loosen bronchial secretions and make them easier to cough up.

Gently crush 1 teaspoon of Anise seeds per cup of boiling water. Steep for 10-20 minutes and strain. Drink up to 3 cups per day. As a tincture, take 1/2 to 1 teaspoon up to 3 times a day. for children and the elderly begin with low-strength preparations and increase in strength if necessary

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