Herbal Ointments and Creams
Medicinal ointments are prepared from medicinal herbs and fatty substances. For their manufacture, both fresh and dried plants are used.
Ointments and creams can also be made from herbal oils and tinctures. The basis is used fatty substances, for example, lanolin, almond and butter, petrolatum or pork smalets, which are melted and filtered. Ointments prepared on fat and oil easily penetrate into the pores of the skin and have a deeper effect than ointments on petroleum jelly. Thickening of the ointment is achieved by the use of beeswax, which should be melted and added to the ointment.
Ointment is stored longer if the jars filled with it are filled with paraffin. Self-prepared medicinal ointments, balms and creams in the refrigerator are stored for several weeks, so they should be prepared in small quantities.
A good painkiller and anti-inflammatory agent for acute rheumatism and joint pain is an ointment from thyme herb.
Preparation:
10 g. Fresh or dried herb thyme pour 100 ml of alcohol and infuse for 2 weeks. Strain the infusion. As a basis for the ointment, you can take home butter from cow's milk or Vaseline. One part of the tincture and mix with 4 parts of the base. Use as rubbing patients places.
Ointment from flowers and herbs of St. John's wort penetrates inflammation in arthritis and soothes pain.
Method of preparation:
2 tbsp.l.dried( preferably freshly dried) herb St. John's wort with flowers carefully pound in a mortar to a fine powdery condition. The resulting powder is mixed with 30-50 g of base and grind. After the readiness to shift the ointment into the dark glassware. Rub in sore spots, store the ointment in a dark cool place.
Some skin diseases use ointment from the collection of cones of hops, burdock roots and marigold.
Preparation:
Mix 20 g. Fresh or dried cones of hops, 20 g. Fresh or dried burdock roots and 10 g. Calendula flowers, pour a glass of water over them and boil in a water bath until half cooked. Take 1 part of the broth and mix with 2 parts of the base. Apply ointment to the affected areas with a thin layer several times a day.