Follow the following recipes in order to learn how to make your own eco-friendly homemade mouthwash:
Homemade Rosemary-Mint Mouthwash
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups distilled or mineral water
1 tsp fresh mint leaves
1tsp rosemary leaves
1 tsp anise seeds
Directions:
Boil the water, add herbs and seeds, infuse for 20 minutes. Cool, strain and use as a gargle/mouthwash. If you wish to make up a larger quantity, double or triple the recipe then add 1 tsp of tincture of myrrh as a natural preservative.
Homemade Spearmint Mouthwash
Ingredients:
6 ounces water
2 ounces vodka
4 teaspoons liquid glycerine
1 teaspoon aloe vera gel
10-15 drops Spearmint essential oil
Directions:
Boil water and vodka, add glycerine and aloe vera gel. Remove from the heat, let cool slightly. Add spearmint oil, shake well. Pour into bottle, cap tightly.
Baking Soda Mouthwash
Mix 2 ounces of Water, 1/4 Teaspoon of baking soda or Sea Salt, 1 drop of Pure Peppermint Oil, and 1 drop of Tea Tree oil. This Homemade mouthwash recipe leaves a great refreshing minty taste in your mouth and helps prevent bad breathe.
These recipes can be found at Ultimate-Cosmetics.
Minty Mouthwash
Ingredients:
16 floz/450ml water
1 tablespoon fresh or dried parsley
2 teaspoons whole cloves
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons peppermint extract
Directions:
Boil the water in a small saucepan and then remove it from the heat. Add the remaining ingredients and leave them to infuse in the water for 5-10 minutes. Strain off the liquid and keep it tightly covered and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
This recipe is by Make Your Own.
For those of you who prefer to buy their own mouthwash try Dessert Essence’s Tea Tree Oil Mouthwash with Essential Oil of Spearmint, Kiss My Face’s Organic Mouthwash, and NOW Foods XyliWhite Mouthwash Cinnafresh Flavor.
They look really easy to make, and could save you money as well as being eco friendly. The ones with cloves and cinnamon sounds nice.
the mouth wash with the mint leaves is what I am going to try as I really like the flavor of the leaves…..
I will have to this. I like mouthwash but some of the brands on the market are really to strong for me.
Sounds so easy. I am going to try this. Better then buying it. Thank you.
They do look easy to make. Do they prevent gum disease, also? If so, I would be making them all the time!
I grow my own Mint and Rosemary etc so I pretty much have most of the ingredients to hand… Will definitely give this a try!
I’ve just been putting half a spoon of baking soda into a small container of maybe 1/2 or 3/4 c. of water and rinse my mouth with that, but I’m going to add the peppermint drops & tea tree oil.
Well it gives it a nicer taste Bginny.. I think also that the tea tree oil has antiseptic properties.
i make my own toothpast, i use 3% peroxide and baking soda, mix into a paste and brush, once a week i add salt , this is a good plaque scrub
Adding tea tree oil does make is smell good….I really like that one too….
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