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Herbal Face Scrub
This recipe is very mild and gentle on your skin and an excellent face scrub to make and use for beginners.
Herbal infusion (use dried chamomile, elderflowers or fennel for normal skin types);
2 tablespoons fine oatmeal
1. Mix 3 tablespoons of the herbal infusion (your choice of herb, hot water, left to "infuse" for approximately 20 to 30 minutes then strain, keeping the infused liquid) with the oatmeal to make a paste.
Let stand, allowing the oatmeal to soften, about 5 minutes.
2. Gentle massage the mixture into your face for five minutes.
3. Rinse well with tepid water. Pat dry, tone, and moisturize.
The worst thing about medicine is that one kind makes another necessary.
~Elbert Hubbard
Fluoridated toothpaste came about as the result of a discovery made in Naples, Italy in 1802, when local dentists noticed yellowish-brown spots on their patient's teeth - but no cavities. Subsequent examination revealed that high levels of fluoride in the water caused the spots and prevented tooth decay, and that less fluoride protected teeth without causing the spots. It took a while for the discovery to be implemented; the first U.S. fluoridated water tests didn't take place until 1915, and Crest, the firth toothpaste with fluoride in it didn't hit stores until 1956.
