My curiosity about home remedies began as a child while we lived with our aunt Maria De’Jonie (fondly referred to as Aunt Ree.) I was deeply inspired by Aunt Ree’s cosmic wisdom and spiritual insights. She believed healing occurred naturally through oils extracted from plants and foot massages. Whenever I, my siblings, or our mother had an ailment, pain or any discomfort she would say, “give me that foot .” With extreme precision she would slowly massage her magic potion into the soles of our feet while we raised our eyebrows in disbelief and astonishment as our pain or discomfort dissipated.

This magic potion I would come to learn was in fact an herbal remedy she concocted. Herbs are plants and flowers grown from the earth which have been used for thousands of years for medicinal purposes. The method in which she would massage the soles of our feet was her version of reflexology, which is a holistic healing method that involves pressure and massage of the reflex points found on the feet and hands. The origin of reflexology or zone therapy, as it was called, remains a mystery to this day. The theory was that different parts of the body corresponded to different organ systems in the body.

As I witnessed the effectiveness of this alternative medicine and weighed it against the side effects of harmful, addictive and synthetic pharmaceutical drugs my interest grew. I began to experiment with different formulas adding my own ingredients along the way. After years of experience making my own herbal remedies for family and friends I created HerbOils. I hope you find them as therapeutically beneficial as we have.