Melissa in our office was haveing an itch frenzy from her recent mosquito bites.  That is her over to the right, looking frustrated with her mosquito bites.  We juiced up some wheatgrass and applied it to a bandage.  The bandage was taped onto her skin and left for about an hour.  Melissa reported imediate relief and the itching subsided for about 6 hours! 

Looks like this experiment was a sucess and itch relief can be added as another arrow into wheatgrass’s quiver of uses.  Next post we will be taking up the challange of wheatgrass as a breath freshiner.  Stay tuned.

First we cut some grass in one inch increments and put it in the blender.  Next we added a cup of water to help with the blending process.  We blended in 10 second bursts, so the blender wouldn’t heat up too much and blended until it was mostly all liquid.  The next step can be done a few different ways, we placed a coffee filter over a container and poured a portion of the freshly blended juice in.  We let the juice strain out, and then squeezed the remaining out by hand.  You can also use a sieve or what most people use is a nut milk bag to strain the juice from the remaining fiber.

Now you have a cup of green juice and you observant readers will remember that this juice is mostly water.  The best way to drink wheatgrass juice is as pure juice.  So the next step was to cut more grass for the blender, then we added our freshly strained juice back into the blender.  The idea is to keep doing this until the whole flat is juiced, that way the juice is as pure as you can get it using the blender.  Pour yourself a shot and the remaining juice you don’t drink can be frozen and used through out the week.

In conclusion, this may not be the best way to juice wheatgrass but it is a great way for people to get into wheatgrass and will do until you decided to fully commit and spend the money on a juicer.  The best part is that it is completely free, assuming you already own a blender.  Try it for yourself and let us know how it works out.