some of the many holistic uses of breast milk
(other than your child's most important food!)
Eye infections: Squirt in an open or closed eye. If the eye is closed have
the person lie back, squirt it, then open his or her eye. 4 times or more
per day.
Plugged eye ducts: Squirt into the eye crease at the nose. Do this 4 times
one day and 2 times the next.
Conjunctivitis ("Pink Eye"): Same as Plugged eye ducts, but continue with 4
times daily until the crust is gone.
Sties: Same as Conjunctivitis.
Sore/cracked nipples: Rub into nipples and air dry.
Scratches: Squirt and air dry, bandage, etc. as normal.
Scrapes: Same as scratches.
Burns: Same as scratches.
Gouges: Same as scratches.
Diaper rash: Squirt and air dry.
Mosquito bites: Squirt on bite and rub in. Stops the itching.
Ant bites: Same as mosquito bites.
Ear infections: Squirt or pour into sore ear. Can follow with warm (not
hot) olive oil and garlic.
Acne: Wash face with water, then follow with breastmilk squirted onto a
cotton (be sure it's cotton, that synthetic stuff can scratch the surface
of your skin and cause problems) puff and apply all over face.
Sore throats: Anyone who will let you can be helped by a squirt of
breastmilk. Either by direct squirt or if applied from a sterile plastic cup.
Stuffy noses: Squirt into nose and suction or squeeze out as you would with
saline.
Contact lenses: If you have an irritant under your lens and forgot your
eye drops, take it out, hand express to get a nice little stream going to
rinse contact off.
Eye puffiness and redness: Express breastmilk and pour over eyes. Does as
good of job, if not better, than tea bags!
Cold sores/Fever blisters: Express a small amount of breastmilk onto clean
finger and apply immediately to cold sore. Ends pain and helps speed the
healing process.
Chicken pox: Use as you would Calamine Lotion or some other ointment.
Chapped lips/skin: Express a small amount onto fingers and wipe over lips
or skin. Do not rub it in...leave a little wet. (This feels great on my
chapped lips and it normally only takes a day or two to clear!)
If you have an older child/spouse who is ill, give them some breastmilk. It's a great immunity boost!
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Soap from your own breast milk!!
It doesn’t matter how long it’s been in the freezer, and it keeps for years!
(a small amount of dehydration and therefore shrinkage does occur)
I also offer classes in making breast milk soap, or will make soap from your breast milk for you.
MothersMilk Soap
32 (4-ounce) bars
Ingredients:
3 lbs. vegetable shortening
17 ounces dark olive oil
18 ounces Safflower oil
6 cups thawed breastmilk (you can use any amount of breastmilk you like and substittute the rest with goatsmilk, just make sure your total fluid volume reaches 6 cups).
12 ounces pure sodium hydroxide (lye)
1 ounce Borax
2 TBS honey
(optional: 1 ounce Essential oil and/or dry medicinal herbs)
Ice Cubes
Tool List:
Stainless steel pans
wooden or stainless steel spoons
newspaper to cover counter tops
candy thermometer
measuring cup
scale
blender
Cautions:
***Wear Gloves and protective eye-wear when making soap...lye burns!!
****Use only stainless steel pans for making soap - DO NOT use aluminum!!
Directions:
Melt the vegetable shortening in a sauce pan (about 8 quart size) and add the oils. Bring temp up slowly until the shortening is all melted.
Don't over heat or scorch the oils.
Plug your kitchen sink.
Fill half way with water and add about 3 dozen ice cubes.
Put thawed cold breastmilk in a sauce pan (about 3 quart size), and place the sauce pan into the water.
You *must* keep the milk cool when you add the lye to it or the lye will burn it and make it unusable (and unpleasant smelling!)
Slowly stir in the sodium hydroxide (lye) stirring constantly and occasionally circulating the outer ice water. The lye is going to heat the milk up as you stir it in.
Avoid breathing the fumes by working in a well ventilated area.
Adding the lye should take at least 5 minutes, any faster and you will burnout your milk.
If you accidentally splash any on yourself, rinse immediately!
Once combined, continue to stir the milk/lye mixture for just a few more minutes (three maybe) and then remove from the water bath and set aside.
You will notice that the milk/lye mixture steadily becomes yellowish in color. That is normal.
Add the honey and borax to your melted oil which should still be warm but not hot (115 degrees or so).
Now, slowly and carefully pour the milk/lye mixture into the pan of oil.
Stir constantly until it is all mixed together.
This mixture must now be whipped in a blender (2/3's full at a time for safety sake). Run the blender at whip speed for 60 seconds each time.
Pour off into a clean pan.
Repeat the blender process a second time.
This is when you would add your essential oils, or dry herbs.
Once the mixture has been blended twice, it will be ready to pour into a mold where it will saponify.
(A good mold can be made out of a cardboard box lined with plastic coated lightly with oil first, or I use freezer paper in a wooden box…of about 16"x18" size.)
I usually let my soaps rest eight weeks before cutting, and then let rest another 24 hours before wrapping (if I do wrap)
Some folks cut their soaps sooner if they are to be used immediately.