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Re: Paging Titus2Woman...and Other Gardeners!
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Originally Posted by Titus2woman
Both are very aromatic and can be used in sachets and crushed or seeped in a tea ball to use in household cleaners. Or tossed in a bath. They have great anti-viral properties and lemmon balm makes a great poultice for chicken pox, cold sores or shingles. I use them in soap making. Both make calming teas for stress, anxiety or insomnia.
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Okay, lemon balm or lavender tea--I'll try that. My mother and I love to try different teas.
Sachets and herbal baths--great ideas.
What do you mean by "seeped in a tea ball?" You make a tea and then add that *tea* to water to make a cleaner? Or is the tea itself a cleaning agent? I buy Mrs. Meyer's all purpose cleaner in lavender, and I would love to make my own similar cleaner. Do you have a recipe?
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Lavender in vinegar makes a great salad dressing.... Oh there are so many more ways to use them... Plus they are just so beautiful and fragrant in their natural state. 
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Yes, I have been known to plop a large bunch of lemon balm into a pitcher and put it on the kitchen cabinet. I love the fragrance!
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