Herbal oils

You can easily make famous herbal oils from peppermint, St. John's wort, lavender, dill, thyme, rosemary and lemon balm. Essential oils dissolve in fatty oils, for example in olive, sunflower or almond, creating a medicinal extract.

For 1 liter of vegetable oil( preferably olive oil) add a handful of herbs. The mixture obtained for 2-3 weeks is exposed to the sun and regularly shaken violently. During this period, the desired active substances of the herbs pass into the oil. The ripe oil from St. John's wort is painted in a dark red color, since the flowers contain the coloring substance hypericin. Finished oil is filtered through a hair sieve to remove the grass and poured into decorative dishes. If you put fresh flowers in the finished oil again and let them brew, the concentration of active substances and the healing properties of the oil will increase. Herbal oils from arnica, chamomile, lavender, rosemary, mullein, lemon balm and mint are usually used for rubbing and massage.

Massage oil: finely chopped herbs are poured with olive oil and exposed for 2-3 weeks in the sun, while the mixture must

often and vigorously shake. At the end of the infusion process, the oil is filtered through a sieve

and Adya treats burns, various skin diseases and accelerates healing of wounds and regenerates the skin using St. John's wort perfumed oil.

Method of preparation:

1 tbsp.l.fresh St. John's wort flowers pour a glass of purified vegetable oil, infuse for 14 days, periodically shaking. After cooking, you can re-add fresh oil to the oil. It is applied externally for lubrication of sick places or in the form of oil lotions and bandages.

As a means to strengthen hair is known for burdock oil. It is an infusion of burdock root on almond or olive oil. You can use sunflower oil.

Method of preparation:

3 tbsp.l.dried, finely chopped burdock root, pour 1 glass of oil and insist 3 weeks in the sun, periodically shaking, after the readiness, if desired, you can strain. Rub into the scalp with light massaging movements.

Camomile oil helps with heart disease, stomach colic caused by a nervous system disorder, skin diseases.

Method of preparation:

2 Art.l.fresh chamomile flowers pour a glass of olive or almond oil, infuse for 14 days, periodically shaking. After cooking, you can re-add fresh oil to the oil. It is applied externally for lubrication of sick places, inside for at least 3 weeks.

Cosmetic oils are also added to baths and used for cosmetic purposes for skin care( oils from calendula, St. John's wort, marshmallow and rosemary).

For healing mouthwash use oils from sage, mint, lemon balm and calendula. Such oils remove the inflammatory processes of the mucous membrane and help with bleeding and other diseases of the gums, caries and bad breath odor.

If the already finished oil is again put a portion of fresh flowers and let it infuse, the concentration of active substances and the healing properties of the oil will increase significantly.