How to Make an Herbal Heat Pack

Herbal heat packs help soothe and ease muscle pain naturally, but you might have a difficult time finding a heat pack constructed using only natural materials that fits in your price range. If you feel handy with thread and a needle, you can make your own herbal heat pack. An additional benefit of making your own heat pack is that you can select the exact fabric and herbs you would like to use.

Things You'll Need

• Cotton poplin fabric, 1/4 yard, any color
• Scissors
• Straight pins
• Cotton thread
• Sewing needle
• Funnel
• Dried rice
• Dried lavender blossoms
• Lavender essential oil

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Instructions

• 1

  Select the cotton poplin fabric that you prefer and use scissors to cut a rectangle from the fabric that measures 12 inches wide and 12 inches long.

• 2

  Fold the cotton fabric in half along its width so the patterned sides are facing each other.

• 3

  Line up the cut edges so that they remain even, then insert straight pins around the edges to hold them in place.

• 4

  Sew along the pinned edges while leaving a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Leave a section about 2 inches long unsewn. Remove all of the straight pins.

• 5

  Turn the sewn heat pack form right side out through the unsewn hole. Place a funnel into the hole, and pour in 1 cup of dried rice and 1/2 cup of dried lavender blossoms into it. Remove the funnel.

• 6

  Add five drops of lavender essential oil into the open hole, then turn down the edges of the hole by 1/4 inch. Sew the hole closed.

• 7

  Heat the herbal heat pack in a microwave oven for 10 to 15 seconds for use.