Chinese Wash is used primarily in works of cleansing, purification, uncrossing, and protection. It is also used to keep homes peaceful and free from worry, tension, and discord.

Our products are created with the utmost respect for the environment, and this includes our floorwashes. Twilight Alchemy Lab’s Chinese Wash was created with certified fair trade pure castile soap as its base. The organically-grown, pesticide-free lemongrass was harvested from the TAL garden, and the five grass oils within the wash are all first distillations from small farms. This floorwash is heavy on the essential oils: over 5ml of uncut, undiluted oil was used in the mix. As with all of our products — a little goes a long way.

Add one to three teaspoons of Chinese Wash to each gallon of wash water. For additional purification, you may also add kosher rock salt, urine, or ammonia to the mix. Wash the floors, doorways, and window sills of your home from the back of your place (the furthest point from the main entrance) to the front door. Clean thoroughly: use the diluted Chinese Wash to mop the floors (make sure you get those floorboards!), scrub those window sills, and wipe down your doors and doorframes. If you have carpeted floors, you can dampen a broom (preferably one without synthetic bristles) and lightly brush the carpet with the wash. Be warned, though: some carpets, particularly light-colored carpets, may be stained by the wash. After you’ve finished the inside of your house, lightly wash (or broom-dust) the pathway from the street to your home starting with the threshold and working your way to the edge of your property.

A note on disposing of your mop water: many traditions state that floorwashes should be disposed of by pouring out the used water mix at a crossroads to disperse the residual energy. With that tradition in mind, we endeavor to ensure that all of our products are environmentally friendly. We do not use harsh chemical bases in our floorwashes; the base is a castile soap made with citric acid and coconut, olive, jojoba, and hemp oils. However, many drains run off into rivers, oceans, and lakes, and even the safest of floorwashes isn’t safe for our fishy friends. Some traditions state that you should toss your mop water onto a large, sturdy tree; I’m willing to bet the tree might object. Other traditions state that you should throw your wash water into your yard, facing the sun, at sunrise. Whether or not this is practical depends on your yard. Use good judgment in where you dispose of your mop water is all I’m sayin’.

Broom straw has not been added to these bottles: we’ve chosen to leave that up to each practitioner. In our experience adding the broom straws yourself seems to lend to the cleansing and purifying strength of the blend. Once the bottle has been emptied out, take the remaining broom straws, frankincense, and lemongrass and toss them out into your yard.

It’ll be a while til I can make more Chinese Wash. My dog, Wednesday, keeps eating the lemongrass.