Macerated oils

What are macerated oils?

They are oils in which herbs have realised their good ingrediens, with  help of sun or some other heat source.

Use

Can be used for some concrete problem, for dry or damaged skin, or for a massage.

We have already written about some oils, like: camomile, hyperici, yarrow, marjoram.Colour and smell of oil dependes of herb from witch it is made.

    Hyperici oil has wonderful red colour and smell's like St. John's Wort and olive oil. We often use it for relaxing massage, or for back pain.

        

Camomile oil has yellow-green colour and smell's like camomile.

Making macerated oil

To make oil you need fresh flowers (some use dry) and good oil, cold pressed and not refined (cold pressed oil is remedy by itself), like: olive, almond, sunflower, etc.

Put the flowers in a glass jar, don't press them. Then pour oil over so that it covers the flowers. Close the jar with lid and then find place where it is sunny most of the day. If it is not warm outside, keep it inside near some heat source.

Shake the jar from time to time. Leave it for 14 days or more and then strain.

Strain it with the help of strainer or cloth or both. Squeeze the herbs so that you get most of the oil out.

Storing the oil

Pour oil in dark glass bottles and keep it away from light and heat. If you don't have dark bottles, use plain. It is always good to recycle, so when you buy something leave the bottle, jar, etc. and use it again.

Remember to write name of oil and year of making on the bottle.