Making Your Own Essential Oils

A while back a reader by the
name of “Tcnjpirate”
requested an article on how to make your own essential oils.
Sometimes making your own essential oils can be more expensive while
sometimes it won’t be as expensive as buying them, depending on where
you get your supplies, etc.

Below is a portion of an article
on HealthyNewAge.com’s website, which I believe explains how to make your own essential oils quite
well. Please visit their website for the full article, however, if
you are just looking for the process of making essential oils then
you will find it here:

“Instructions to Make Your Own
Essential Oils

First, you need to gather all the
required ingredients such as carrier oil (olive oil or jojoba) and
the essential oil herbs. For deriving the full benefits of
therapeutic oils, you need to ensure that the mixture of the herbs
and the carrier oil is in the right proportion.The thumb rule is
quarter ounces of herbs for every cup of carrier oil.

Start by cooking the oil and the herb
together at low heat for four to eight hours, preferably in a
crock-pot. If you intend to use an oven, then set the temperature at
150 degrees and put the timer on for two hours. Another option is to
mix the oil and the herbs together in a mason jar, close the lid, and
place the jar in the full sun for at least two weeks. Make sure that
the jar you are using has a rubber ring and not a metallic ring as
metal can easily contaminate the mixture.

The mixture obtained from all the three
processes stated above is then strained by using cheesecloth or other
similar technique. The mixture derived from the straining process is
your own home made essential oil, ready for use.

Things to Do and Things to Avoid

It is important to label the jars with
the exact date when you created your essential oil blend because the
normal shelf life of homemade essential oils is six months. After
this time the product starts decomposing. It is also necessary to
store the jars in a cool, dark, and dry spot for preserving the
medicinal and aromatic properties of your homemade essential oils.

Do not try to heat the oil in a
microwave, as it will rob the oil of its medicinal and aromatic
properties. Do not ingest these oils even in small quantities because
they are strictly meant for topical use only.”

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Jennifer is a freelance writer, and has written for various health and environmental blogs, which includes running her own green living blog. Currently she is studying to become a C++ Programmer.