Can you help me make my rice sock less stinky?

[vegasgrl]

It's a godsend, but I find the smell wholly unappealing.

[MoonWillow]

Moved to Natural Body Care

[pumpkin]

I've been wondering the same thing.
I have a purchased one that has cloves and cinnamon and its awful. The smell burns my throat. So I've been planning to make one, but don't recall that smell fondly either.

[ian'smommaya]

hiya. could your rice sock have gotten wet?
whats the smell like? moldy or like rice?

if its moldy throw it out. if its just the rice smell, and it comes with a thicker cover, i would add a couple of drops essential oil to it. say a relaxing one like lavender. but remember that'll stick to it for a while.

[ghostlykisses]

I was going to suggest some essential oils as well.

[soygurl]

Switch to Flax seeds instead of rice. I just get them in the bulk section of my local store. Non-organic are only .80/pound where I am. I find they don't have quite as strong of a scent as rice (and I find the flax scent rather plesant, but YMMV). You could also add dried herbs or flowers (lavender especially).
Bonus: I've read that flax seeds actually work better than rice. First, because the oil inside the seed is what heats up, giving off somewhat 'moist heat' like rice does, but rice will eventually dry out, where the oil is traped inside the seeds so they last much longer. Or something like that anyway. Also I like how flax seeds are so much smaller thn rice... it's more comfortable leaning against a flax sock, than a rice sock IMO.

[vegasgrl]

Wow flax seed - who'da thunk! It was just the rice smell that was bugging me; it's not moldy or anything. I'm going to add a bit of lavendar oil to the rice, but I may try the flax seed - thanks guys!