Herbal oil (hot)

These infused oils are useful for treating the skin. Or you can use macerated oil for ointments, salves and creams.

This is a description how to make herbal oil with the hot method, with heating oil and herbs. It is good for roots or other hard parts of plants. You can use it also when you are in a hurry with your herbal oil.

Ingredients

• Herbs, dry or dried
• Vegetable oil

The amount of herbs depend on the glass that you will use for preparing the herbal oil and on the kind of herbs. Usually it is good to fill half of the glass with herbs to give the oil enough space and allow the herbs to expand a bit.

The oil can be every good vegetable oil. Olive oil is good for medicinal uses, because it has a strong healing effect, but other oils are good as well, especially when you don't want a strong smelling oil like olive oil.

How to do it

1. Fill half of the glass with the herbs.
2. Pour the vegetable oil in the glass.
3. The herbs should be covered completely.
4. Close the glass.
5. Fill a pan with water and heat it.
6. Put the glass with the herbal oil into the pan.
7. Let the water in the pan boil for about fifteen minutes.
8. Leave the glass in the pan as long as it is warm.
9. Put the glass at a warm place later.
10. Let the glass sit at least for one night up to six weeks.
11. After the waiting time you need a second glass that should be bigger than the first glass.
12. And you need a filtering paper or cloth.
13. Cover the second glass with the filter.
14. Pour the herbal oil through the filter.
15. The oil is dropping through the filter.
16. Sometimes this may take some hours.
17. When all the oil is filtered you can put the herbal oil into a dark bottle.
18. Best is, if you have a small funnel.
19. Pour the oil through the funnel into the bottle.
20. Close the bottle.
21. Label the bottle with content and date.

Pour the vegetable oil in the glass.

The herbs should be covered completely.

Close the glass.

Fill a pan with water and heat it.

Put the glass with the herbal oil into the pan.

Let the water in the pan boil for about fifteen minutes.

Leave the glass in the pan as long as it is warm.

Put the glass at a warm place later.

Let the glass sit at least for one night up to six weeks.

After the waiting time you need a second glass that should be bigger than the first glass.

And you need a filtering paper or cloth.

Cover the second glass with the filter.

Pour the herbal oil through the filter.

The oil is dropping through the filter.

Sometimes this may take some hours.

When all the oil is filtered you can put the herbal oil into a dark bottle.

Best is, if you have a small funnel.

Pour the oil through the funnel into the bottle.

Close the bottle.

Label the bottle with content and date.