Medicinal herb mosquito repellent DIY
Materials:
 6 c.c. alcohol
 4 c.c herb extract. (Patchouli, Saxifrage, etc.)
 15 drops menthol liquid ( You can add less if you don’t want it so strong.)
 2 to 3 drops natural essential oils
(You can pick your favorites, but do not to add too many or it may deteriorate the fragrance)
 A roller ball bottle
 Two droppers
Instructions:
Add the herb extract into the roll ball bottle (fill about
half the bottle). Then add alcohol (leave 1/10 of bottle
empty). Add 15 drops of menthol liquid and 2 to 3 drops of
natural essential oils. Finally, close the bottle cap and shake
it gently.
Effects: repels mosquitoes, relieves itching, cures
carsickness and abdominal pain, freshens up.
Mint
Attention: Do not apply to mouth or eyes.
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Herbal Scented Soap DIY
Materials:
80g soap base, 10 drops herb extract, 10 drops base oil (glycerin, coconut oil, Jojoba
oil), 1-2 drops natural essential oil, a little alcohol, and a soap mold.
Instructions:
1. Melt the soap base by double-boiling.
2. Add the herb extract into the liquefied soap base, stir it evenly, and then turn off the
fire.
3. Wait for it to cool down and add the natural essential oil. You can pick your favorite
essence, but do not add too many or it may deteriorate the fragrance. If your skin needs a
moisturizer, you can add the base oil.
4. Spray alcohol in to the mold, and then pour the liquefied soap into the mold. This can
make the soap easier to release later.
5. After 10 minutes, release the soap and pack it with plastic wrap.
The herb scented soap is ready for use!
Uses: It can be used to wash your body, or you can put it into a sheer bag.
List of Fragrances:
Honey ─ Anti-bacterial, moisturizes the skin.
Ocean salt ─ Slimming, anti-bacterial, cleansing.
Green tea ─ Slimming, improves metabolism.
Mint ─ Antidepressant, relaxing, relieves nasal congestion.
Lime ─ Antidepressant, controls spasm, relax emotion.
Eucalyptus ─ Anti-dust mite.
Aloe ─ Healing wounds, reduces swelling, anti-inflammatory.
Herbs Introduction Contents (45 kinds)
Climbing Groundsel Herb (Leguminosae)
With thin but hard branches and three compound leaves, the climbing groundsel herb seems like a weed
from a distance. But when you take a close look, you will find it has with beautiful flowers. According to its
name in Chinese, it can protect your eyes and make you clairvoyant.
Comfrey (Boraginaceae)
Imported from Japan and now famous in Taiwan, it’s covered with white bristles on big and long leaves.
Smashing it with honey or decocting it can turn it into a good drink can reduce a fever.
Perilla (Labiate)
It’ a perfect natural pigment that can also stop vomiting, diarrhea, stomachaches and coughs. It can also be
made as souse(usually with plum) Its distilled essence can also be made as scent.become the great perfume
of cosmetics.
Asiatic Wormwood (Asteraceae)
During Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, we have the tradition of hanging Asiatic wormwood on doors so that
“the poisonous creatures will not approach you.” Asiatic wormwood is full of volatile oil. For internal use, it
can be used to relieve menstrual pain, cough and asthma; Externally, it can be used during acupuncture. Its
tender leaves can be also cooked with eggs.
Scutellaria Barbata (Labiate)
Since ancient times, scutellaria barbata and spreading hedyotis are famous herbs for their anticancer effect.
Because of the one-sided growth of its flowers, it looks like a toothbrush. What a amusing-shaped plant!
Spreading Hedyotis (Rubiaceae)
It’s usually used with scutellaria barbata as the famous herbs for their anticancer effect. It can be used to
reduce fever and as an antidote. It can also cure hematomas and carbuncle. Its shape is similar to hedyotis
corymbosa, but the spreading hedyotis is bigger and its flowers only grow on one side; that’s the mark of a
true spreading hedyotis.
Miracle Fruit (Sapotaceae)
Its place of origin is West Africa. It contains miraculin, which can change the sense of taste; After eating it,
people may perceive sour food a sweet. Because of this, the miracle fruit is usually used as a natural
sweetener for diabetics.
Root of Twotooth Achyranthes (Amaranthaceae)
Its tender leaves and tender stem can be stir-fried or cooked with eggs in soup. It can also be used to aleviate
aching muscles and traumatic injuries.
Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae)
It blossoms between spring and summer. From the axil, two flowers grow and their color turns from white to
yellow. It can be used to reduce fever and as an antidote. It and also be used to reduce inflammation and for
disinfection. It was a common treatment for healing colds and sore throat in ancient China.
Herba Houttuyniae (Saururaceae)
A few years ago in Taiwan, people used herba houttuyniae to counteract SARS. Its foul smell juice from the
whole plant is the main materials of inflammation reduction and antiseptic. It should be dried in the shade,
not under the sun, to avoid the evaporation of volatile oils after harvesting.
Motherwort (Labiate)
It can be cooked as a soup that has good effects for postpartum women. It is said that in the Tang dynasty in
China, Wu Zetian (the only one female emperor in China’s history) always used it to wash her face and keep
her good looks. The motherwort obviously is the best cosmetics for woman.
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Sweet potato leaf (Convolvulaceae)
It is also called “Pig leaf”. Long ago in Taiwan, people lived in a society of scarcity, so the sweet potato
leaves would usually become feed for pigs. Recently, the high nutritive value of the sweet potato leaves has
been discovered, so many people cook it as a healthy food.
Houseleek (Sedum)
It’s also called “Pinwheel leaves”. Because of the petaline leaves, the houseleek looks like a lotus; and it also
has a refreshing effect. At dawn, the harvested leaves taste sour like bell fruit; but in afternoon, the harvested
leaves become tasteless.
Toona (Sedum)
It is a perennial deciduous tree; it’s also a plant that symbolizes “father” in Chinese. It can be used as a
garden plant, but the bark of the root can also be used for disinfection externally. The trunk can be used as a
material for ships and buildings. Its leaves have the highest oxidation resistance among vegetables.
Alianthus Prickly Ash (Rutaceae)
With the trunk covered with thorns, birds cannot even stand on the tree. So the alianthus prickly ash has a
nickname, “birds don’t stop”. The leaves smell good, and are usually eaten with cold tofu. The Taiwanese
aborigines use its tender leaves for cooking soup.
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum branch)
From the ancient times in China, chrysanthemum has always been a good subject matter for writing poetry.
Together with plum blossoms, orchids and bamboo, they are called the “four gentleman”. Besides its
ornamental value, it can also bring energy and maintain good eyesight. It can be prepared as a dish or used
for brewing wine.
Ceylon Spinach (Araliaceae)
Not only can it mend vitality and maintain skin complexion, but it can also protect the stomach and
intestines; It can even aleviate bronchitis and cough with phlegm, and it can clear your mind.
Sessile Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae)
It has purple red color on its stem and leaves. It has strong fertility, lots of branches and white red flowers. It
can be cooked into herb tea, and the taste and smell is wonderful. It can also aleviate fever.
Manyprickle Acathopanax Root (Araliaceae)
It’s also called thorny acanthopanax root, and it is originally from temperate areas. Because it can raise the
oxygen level in blood, people use it to counteract fatigue. If you have to drive for a long distance, try some
manyprickle acathopanax root tea!
Ashitaba (Umbelliferae)
It‘s a biennial herbaceous plant. It is said that the first emperor of the Chin Dinasty, Ying Zheng, sent his
loyal courtier Xu Fu to Japan to find the elixir of immortality; and he found Ashitaba. It looks like a big
celery. If you bend the stem or leaves, its yellow sap will come out and recover quickly.
Bignose Rhinacanthus (Acanthaceae)
It has the effect of clearing up internal heat in cases of externally-contracted febrile disease or fever due to
yin deficiency. The herb juice in our farm is made from our organic cultivation of bignose rhinacanthus.
You don’t have to worry about pesticides.
Lantern Seedbox (Onagraceae)
It’s also called “Water banana” in Chinese. With blossomy yellow flowers and banana-like red furry fruits, it
usually becomes a toy for children. It’s root can be used as the diuretic.
Mint (Labiate)
Have you ever tried mint-flavored chewing gum? Most people like its refreshing taste. Mint has detoxifying
and disinfecting effect. It is also freshening and can stabilize your emotions.
Common Selfheal (Labiate)
The mauve flowers usually fade in summer, and its claviform fruits and inflorescences are very effective
against acute conjunctivitis and hyperthyroidism.
Saxifrage (Saxifragaceae)
The saxifrage’s leaves are grown from the stolon. Chinese people drop its juice into ears to heal acute
tympanitis. It also can be stir-fried; the taste is unique.
Alternanthera paronychioides (Labiate)
Its color changes from green in summer to yellow in winter, and it takes a long time to grow. As a tea, it can
improve kidney function. You can also prepare it in a soup that has a special aroma.
Gynostemma (Cucurbitaceae)
The gynostemma is full of saponins, carbohydrates and amino acids, and it has a similar effect to ginseng; It
can be used with an anti-carcinogenic and anti-aging purpose. Gynostemma tea tastes bitter but smooth, and
it’s very famous in Japan and Taiwan.
Asiatic pennywort (Umbelliferae)
It’s used to cure child’s enteritis, bellyache and diarrhea. According to medical reports, the Asiatic
pennywort can help hyperactive children calm down their emotions and enhance their concentration.
Furthermore, it can also improve the production of collagen.
Formosan Torenia (Scrophulariaceae)
The Formosan Torenia has blue and long tube-shaped flowers. It is effective against inflammation, and it can
also relieve internal heat or fever.
Kalanchoe pinnata (Crassulaceae)
It has a nickname called “Lantern Flower”. With a strong drought tolerance, kalanchoe pinnata is easy to
Planting. Its flower turned colors from purple-green at beginning into tawny after it matured. Its leaves can
be slashed into pieces for healing skin disease or incised wounds.
Chinese Lizardtail (Saururaceae)
It usually grows nearby water. Because its flowers are too small, in the florescence, 2~3 of its leaves will
become white to attract insects for helping pollination. After the florescence the leaves will become green.
Isn’t it shows that plants also have wisdom?
Lotus (Nymphaeaceae)
In Chinese, people usually gets confused with the name “Lien-Hua”(蓮花) and “Ho-Hua”(荷花) as two
different kind flowers, actually the “Ho-Hua” means the leaves and flower of lotus; The “Lien-Hua” means
the lotus root. Lotus has a high economic value; whole of it can be made as Chinese herbal medicine or
cooked as dishes.
Rose (Rosaceae)
From the ancient periods in China, roses are usually used to be a Chinese herbal medicine. Depends on the
Compendium of Materia Medica, roses can be used to relax the ache from internal organs and lighten the
depression. Rose has a high economic value.
Sensitive Plant (Fabaceae)
When the sensitive plant is influenced by external force, temperature or brightness, it will loss water from
roots of leaves to protect itself. Usually its root and stem is used in remedying sore back, but it has
micro-toxins, so it should not be single-use.
Patchouli (Labiate)
The patchouli has a strong fragrance, even you just stand nearby it that you can smell its perfume. Its juice
can be made as a drink for curing sore throat, headache and flatulence; And it also can be wiped on skin as
repellent.
Hairyvein Agrimonia (Rosaceae)
It has a very strong fecundity; and besides the internal use, biologists devote to develop it into insecticide for
animals. The mature hairyvein agrimonias grows radially, and there are uncinus on the top of its fruits, so
watch carefully if there are something grapples you.
Mussaenda (Rubiaceae)
The big white leaves, in fact, are the bract of the yellow flowers. Because its flowers are too small, in order
to attract insects to be pollinators, those plants evolve many kinds of survival way to fit in the environment.
Liriope (liliaceae)
Liriope is a kind of perennial herbaceous plant. It has a spindle root tuber. Because of its small and elegant,
it’s usually used to plant for landscape gardening. It’s also made as Chinese herbal medicine to restore one's
upset mood to calmness and to quench one's thirst, especially in the muggy summer day.
Stevia (Compositae)
Its country of origin is in South Africa. With a high sweetness and zero calorie, the stevia become diabetics
and people who is trying to slim. Put the stevia in tea can bring a pleasant smell; and if you chew it with
mint, that will taste like a mint fever chewing gum.
Beet broomwort (Scrophulariaceae)
It can be made as refreshing drink after brew-up and refrigeration, and the fever is natural sweet so you
don’t even put sugar in. Normally in a drink shop, they use this to make a herbs tea called” Bai-Tsao Cha”.
Minnieroot Ruellia (Acanthaceae)
It’s also called “Jasmine” or “Bullet flower”. Usually it’s used in ornamental cultivation, the features of it
are mauve flowers and brown fruits. Especially when the mature fruits are contact with water, the insert
seeds will shoot out like bullet in few seconds.
Indian Mulberry (Rubiaceae)
It’s also called “Noni” or “Great Morinda”. It distributed over South Pacific coast. It’s also an indigenous
species at South Taiwan coast town like Hengchun, or island like Lanyu. Its root and branches can made as
yellow dyes. The fruits can be eaten and the smashed leaves can be used to heal wounds.
Chinese Knotweed (Polygonaceae)
It’s also called “Rice Saartweed” or “Southern Smartweed”. It’s a perennial herbaceous plant with climbing
habit. The feature is a purple “V” on each leaf. After stir-frying, it can be eaten or to relieve skin itching.
Aloe (Liliaceae)
It’s a perennial succulent herbaceous plant. As a famous functional plant, it can be made as medicines,
cosmetics, soap or jelly. The transparent part in the inner layer is the eatable part. Cooking with chicken
soup can reduce heart burns.
Paper mulberry (Moraceae)
The fibr-bark can be produced the mulberry paper. Its leaves have an obviously changing from maple-like
shape in young growth to heart-like shape in maturity. For medicinal purposes, it can nourish the kidney,
liver and protect your body health.
It’s for the purpose that the farm holder wants to make the English introduction for each herb they have, so
each statement will be wrote under the prime Chinese introduction placard.
Herbs Mung Bean Cake DIY
I. Materials
1. Peeled mung beans
600g
2. Olive oil
120g
3. Low-gluten flour
4. Powdered sugar
5. Powdered herbs
100g
180g
5g
II. Practice
1. Immerse the peeled mung beans in water for 2 hours, and then put the beans
in a steam cooker for 30 minutes. (Add 300c.c. of water in the outer pot.)
2. Sauté the low-gluten flour over a low flame; make sure the flour is still white.
Then wait for it become cool before adding powdered sugar and stirring.
3. Put the steamed peeled mung beans into a filter and squash them when they
are still hot. Turn the mung beans into granules.
4. Put 120g of olive oil into the frying pan and add half of the mung bean
granules (about 300g). Stir-fry it until it becomes viscous. Then add the
remaining mung bean granules and stir-fry until it crumbles. Wait for it to
cool down.
5. Mix the flour and powdered sugar with the mung bean granules. This will
become the dough for the mung bean cake.
6. After adding the powdered herbs and mixing it until uniform, put it into the
mold and form it. The delicious mung bean cake is done!