Miss Balloon Hand!

Living in an older home, you get used to having lots of little creepy crawly things like spiders. Usually they leave you alone, and every now and then you might wake up with an itchy spot from what my youngest daughter refers to as their "hugs".
Well on this morning in particular, my oldest woke up receiving lots of love from one of those crawly's. My best guess, being a spider.

Savannah woke up with her left hand SO swollen that she could barely bend her fingers, and it was swollen half way down to her elbow. My other daughter, Jessa, woke up with her eye swollen and a "hug" right next to it.

This post is to describe the situation and what I did to support them (focusing on Savannah, because hers was the worse case). Then I will have another post explaining why I did what I did, and why it is better than prescription meds.

This first picture is what it looked like a few hours after waking up. Unfortunately the pictures did not do justice to how swollen her hand was..... ( pay close attention to the tissue around her thumb)

In addition to a diet of water, fruits and veggies, this is what we did to avoid a doctor visit, steroids and other medications that would have suppressed her bodies natural abilities to heal itself.

• ForeverGreen Essential Oil blend - Tea Tree, Lavender and Olive Oil. (This blend I actually made as a diaper rash blend, but always find other uses for it!)


• Mud Mask - Left on for about 10 minutes ( I normally would have used Redmond's clay, or Mother Earth's Elements, but didn't have any and just used clay from my yard outside - it helped so much!)


• Forever Green Essential oil blend -  Oregano, Lavender and Grapeseed oil ( This is a blend specifically made and taught by Alexandria Brighton, to reproduce with any other brand is highly, not recommended)


• Dr. Christopher's Complete Bone and Tissue Ointment


• Forever Green's Kid's Wellness - 1-2 drops applied to the bottoms of her feet

I alternated between these 5 remedies, as often as either she or I thought of it. We noticed great results by the end of the first night, and that next morning the decrease was even more noticeable. She could close her hand to make a complete fist! She experienced a little bit of pain the second day and this is what we did that day:

• Forever Green Peppermint essential oil


• Lavender/Chamomile blend


• Dr. Christopher's Complete Bone and Tissue Ointment


• Liver Cleanse


• My homemade diaper rash blend


• Continued Kid's Wellness

By the end of the night, her hand was almost normal, and was completely normal by the next morning.

I am SO grateful I have this knowledge!! Not only did I support her body in it's natural function and increase her immunity for the time being, but for the FUTURE. I also spent probably at most $2.oo ( I am really stretching it here) between the amount of the products I used. I have lots more that can be used for all sorts of things and is safe for other people. I avoided spending  money on a co-payment, gas and for prescription ( that would have been all used up and not safe to use for other people, and would have suppressed her system) Not to mention the time I saved from waiting at the Dr.'s office.

There are so many pro's to being able to take care of my family naturally, at home that I can only begin to list them!

And while we were on the healing path that day, she sliced her big toe on something we have no idea, but we threw some Oregano/Lavender on there followed by the Complete Bone and Tissue Ointment! Healed up quick and clean :)

Stay tuned to learn WHY I chose the methods I did, and why they are much safer than other methods!