Hot/Cold Rice Packs infused with Lavender Essential Oils

I've been busy the last couple weeks getting ready for a booth this Sunday at Santa's Woods & also a booth at the AppleJack Festival Craft Show! The AppleJack show is expecting 16,000 people - I have no idea how I'm going to be able to get through that one on my own! I will have hot/cold rice packs infused with Lavender Essential Oil, handwarmers, cute little Rice Owls if I manage to get their eyes on and also a variety of Lotions, Bath Salts & Bath Sugars which are all made with natural ingredients and Simply Aroma essential oils.

I thought I'd share a little about the Hot/Cold Rice Packs and how I made them. =D

First I purchased several Kitchen Towels from Dollar Tree & Dollar General for $1. I cut up 1/2 into 2 pieces by folding it in half and cutting along the center line. Then I used fat quarters to make the back section. Sewed a 1/4" seam all the way around except for a 2" section so I could turn it right side out and fill with the rice. Before you fill the pack with rice sew another 1/4" seam all the way around the pack to make it look more finished and make it more sturdy. =D

Step 1: Infuse the Rice
I bought the largest bag of Rice I could find at Walmart, poured 1/2 in a large bowl and then dropped about 5 drops of Simply Aroma Lavender Essential Oil, mixed it with my hands, covered it with Saran Wrap (Plastic Wrap) and let it rest for about 1 hour,

Step 2: Fill the cloth bag 1/2 full with infused rice and then sew up the area left open for filling the pack. At this point you can sew down the center - be sure to split the rice in the bag in half so half is on each side of that center seam. It will create 2 chambers and keep your rice from bunching up on one side of your bag.

 

I am selling each of these smaller sized rice packs. They are perfect for headaches, sinus pain, cramps, achy muscles, lower back pain and lots more! Here are a few of the ways you can use your new Hot/Cold Rice Pack to help you feel a little better....

• Centre Blend - helps with focusing & concentration! click here
• Simmer helps relieve cramps & Peri/Menopause symptoms! click here
• Relaxation relieves anxiety, depression and hypertension! click here
• Digestese relieves Upset Stomach, Indigestion or Diarrhea! click here
• Lemongrass helps with Pain, Lactation issues & digestion! click here
• Peppermint relieves nausea, pain, reduces fever & relieves cold symptoms  (Do not use if you are on Blood Thinners!) click here
• Spearmint relieves headaches & respiratory conditions! click here
• Tea Tree is great for Arthritis Relief, congestion, aches & pains! click here

You can learn more about any of the oils by clicking here.....

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Thermal-Aid heating & cooling pack: University Tested - Dr Approved!

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Thanks for visiting us! I have 2 giveaway packages available - 1 on CCB (a Thermal Aid Zoo Animal & The Nutcracker Music Game for 1 winner and 5 winners will receive a Zoo Animal of their choice) and GivingNSharing has a Thermal-Aid Medium Sectional to give away!!

1 Winners - Medium Sectional Heat Pad - Val: $30.95

Engineered to eliminate pain and swelling from arthritis, sports injuries, and more. These products range in size and can be used as hot or cold therapy packs. Holds heat longer and it's clinically proven to relieve: fever, sunburn, earaches, back and neck pain, flu symptoms, sprains, bee stings, headaches, sore muscles, growing pains, insomnia and much more!

"Thermal-Aid" has been tested on patients and animals with many different pain ailments including arthritis, fibromyalgia, broken bones, multiple sclerosis, migraines, back pain and various muscle aches. The healthcare community and veterinarians are thrilled to recommend Thermal-Aid to their patients & care-givers to help soothe and comfort.

My thoughts:

This year much of my focus has been on relieving the Fibromyalgia pain that in the last 5 years has gotten much worse. I currently visit the chiropractor 1-2 times a week to relieve the constant pain in my lower back and hips as well as what's in my shoulders and it was a great relief to find a heating pack that gets as HOT as I need it to be to stop the pain and force my nerves to calm down. It's also a great relief that it lasts as long as it does. I'm still having to heat it up just not as often.  I also find that the Thermal-Aid heating and cooling pack is allowing me to wait a little longer on seeing the Dr - about 4-5 days now instead of 2-3. It dulls the pain enough that by nightfall I can go to bed without deep pain that keeps me awake or having to take a big dose of pain medicine to cut the edge. 

Thermal-Aid Heating & Cooling Packs are 100% natural, the filler is manufactured using a unique process, which allows a specialized corn to hold temperatures for long periods of time. The corn kernels are very hard, resists mold, fungi and foul odors often associated with natural heating/cooling products. (I can't tell you how much I love that there isn't a strong medicinal smell nor a strong herbal smell.)

Thermal-Aid is sponsoring our Winner Wonderland Giveaway this year. One of my lucky GivingNSharing readers will WIN a Medium Sectional Heating & Cooling Pack for their family to use. You can use it HOT like I do - or COLD for sprains, twists, heck - on HOT Summer days to cool down!

Thermal-Aid products are ideal for anyone with a chronic illness - they are Dr Approved and University Tested so Thermal-Aid can proudly stand behind their product (and I can too!).

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Noxicare Pain Reliever

Most of you know that I have Fibromyalgia and I know many of my readers do as well. I'm always looking for something (anything actually) that will cut pain and I was excited to hear about a new pain relieving creme that is Natural and pinpoints the specific type of pain. I don't like to take all the pills (actually most just make me very sick - nausea, dizziness & all I do is sleep) and I've tried many kinds of creme made from Capsaicin which is made from chili peppers. The Capsaicin actually numbs the nerve endings & stings and produces a burning sensation to your skin. What I don't like about Capsaicin is the need to be ultra careful of touching your eyes, lips and face with your fingers as the burning is far more intense there than just on the skin where you are in pain.

I am thrilled that there is another option for chronic pain sufferers of all kinds - including tension headaches, neuropathy, musculskeletal, athletes, etc! 


How does it work?
What makes Noxicare™ stand out from any other natural pain relief formulas used by those with Neuropathy is: It’s not simply a mixture of natural pain relievers, but instead a proprietary blend of proven painkillers in precise amounts that:

• Enable each ingredient to effectively relieve a specific type of pain on its own 
• Cause each ingredient to act as a catalyst to the others, actually BOOSTING the effectiveness of the ingredients as a whole.

The result is an extraordinarily potent, natural pain relief formula that relieves all types of pain experienced by Fibromyalgia.

While some other Neuropathy pain treatment products might reduce inflammation, decrease muscle aches or increase blood flow to ease painful nerve endings, Noxicare™ treats all types of pain—not by numbing the pain point—but by targeting the source of the pain with a natural formulation that deeply penetrates layers of skin to help promote the body’s own healing process.

My thoughts:
When I originally received the Noxicare I was excited about trying this new pain cream out and seeing if helped even a tiny bit with the constant pain from the flareup I was currently having. I also wanted to see if it felt like some of the other pain creams that are on the market (like Bio-Freeze and Icy-Hot) 

At first it didn't seem like the cream was even touching my pain. At the time I was really struggling to turn over in bed, stand up or even sit. The pain was really bad. I finally ended up contacting customer service and they suggested several applications a day. I was also told that the cream is used to "ease" the pain - not to get rid of it.

I ended up putting the cream on heavily about 3-4 times a day. I'm not talking about a dime sized dollop - but enough to cover 3 fingers or about a 1/2 dollar size of the cream. That really seemed to help although the pain wasn't gone.

Here are my thoughts: I personally don't think I will be able to use the Noxicare to control my flareups. I don't get them often but when I do the pain is terrible. I rarely use over the counter pain pills and I'm currently off my pain medicine - so perhaps if I had taken the OTC pills and my Gabapentin I would have been able to use it better. I'm not sure. I love the idea of a product though that is targeted to individual pains and the areas they are in. I'm not taking something that is actually for something else (ex - Gabapentin is for Eppilepsy and I have Fibromyalgia) and the ingredients in Noxicare is actually for PAIN - not the sniffles, not sprains or bruising (although I think Noxicare would be IDEAL for sprains, twists, pulled muscles, etc) - and it doesn't BURN like creams made from Capsaicin which burns me and basically takes my mind off the pain and onto the burning sensation.

Buy It:
You can purchase Noxicare at some local stores (retail locator) and
it's also available online for purchase: Click here. The cream is available for $19.99 and this summer capsules will be released for $19.95 (I'm especially excited about this).

You can also suggest Noxicare to your local pharmacist & physician. Suggest they contact Noxicare at: to visit with them about carrying their product. I'm going to suggest it to my rheumatologist - Dr Deborah Doud.    

Remember:

Noxicare™ Natural Pain Relief is a breakthrough natural, patented pain relief formula that is a proprietary combination of 7 of the world’s most potent natural pain relievers that quickly and effectively alleviate inflammation, muscle aches and nerve pain—with NO known side effects and without a prescription.

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