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MAKE YOUR OWN NATURAL HAND SANITIZER

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Washing your hands with soap is better, but if you have no soap and water, hand sanitizer is the second best thing. Commercial hand sanitizer can get expensive, and with the shortage of hand sanitizer due to COVID-19, you may have to resort to making your own.

Yield 4 ounces

Ingredients

  • 5-10 drops lavender essential oil
  • 30 drops tea tree essential oil
  • 3 ounces high-proof vodka (Everclear), or rubbing alcohol can be substituted
  • 8 to 10 drops essential oil, such as lemon, clove, cinnamon
  • 1 ounce pure aloe vera gel
  • ¼ teaspoon Vitamin E oil (helps soften hands!)
  • Mixing bowl
  • Spoon
  • Funnel
  • Plastic container

Instructions

  1. Mix the alcohol and aloe vera gel in the bowl. Pour the ingredients into the bowl and use the spoon to mix them together well. The mixture should be completely smooth
  2. Add essential oils and Vitamin E oil to a small glass bowl or container and swirl to mix.
  3. Add alcohol to the oils and swirl again.
  4. Combine this mixture with the aloe vera gel and mix well.
  5. Shake gently before each use. (Sanitizer should last several months with the addition of Vitamin E and alcohol to help preserve.)
  6. Lavender, and tea tree essential oils have the added benefit of providing additional antiseptic properties to the mixture.
  7. If you don’t like these scents, it’s fine to use whatever scent you enjoy. Lemon, grapefruit and passion fruit all work well.

Transfer hand sanitizer to small, clean squirt bottles. Also, use colored bottles like this so the essential oils in the recipe are not exposed to light. Finally, this recipe is perfect for throwing into a purse or a backpack!

Notes

To make a hand sanitizer spray, simply use witch hazel instead of aloe vera gel in this recipe.

Source: https://www.diynatural.com/homemade-hand-sanitizer/ & Others

The views expressed in this article should not be considered as a substitute for a physician’s advice. Always make sure to seek a doctor or a professional’s advice before proceeding with the home treatment plan.

Author: TxNaturalPediatrics

By training, I am a American Board Certified Pediatrician. But in my younger years I grew up with natural alternatives. As a mom I have tried to incorporate both for my kids and it has worked wonders. And finally, as I am studying natural & alternative medicines, I realize the beauty and wisdom of living closer to earth. Hence in my practice I integrate both...for acute ailments I follow American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation but for simple and/or chronic conditions I prefer natural alternatives. In western training we were raised to think that "health is the absence of symptoms and problems". But eastern sensibilities has educated me that "Health is state that allows one to use the full capabilities of their body, mind and intellect. Therefore, healthy living is a balanced state of well being: physically, mentally, socially and spiritually." This implies that healing is not a "one-pill-fits-all", but a personalized experience.

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