Basic Oil Infusion Workbook
This 41-page guide is for the Nature enthusiast, Plant and/or Tree wild crafter, naturalist, homesteader who wild crafts, a wild foods forager, a budding herbalist or even a long-time herbalist, farmer or gardener, teacher, nurse, doctor, lawyer, anyone who desires to align themselves with the co-creative process of Plant oil making.
What I share in these pages are from 45 years of interacting with co-creative landscape when preparing Plant and Tree elements and parts into oil.
Why Prepare Plant Oils?
The purpose of preparing a Plant or Tree oils is to suspend their lovely constituents into an oily medium for topical use on skin, hair, lips, or nails for their softening, emollient qualities and medicinal effects. The oil can be applied as is as a massage oil, body oil or hair oil. When beeswax or other solid oils are added to it, it firms the oil up into a salve, compound, lip balm, hair or beard pomade. The oil can also be made into moisturizing lotions by the addition of watery based or aloe-based ingredients, for luscious face and body creams. Additionally, it is common practice all of the above, oils, salves, balms, lotions and moisturizers can have essential oils added to them (in the correct amounts) for scent enhancement to medicinal purposes.
Chapters
The Oils
Harvesting
How to Harvest from Trees
Planning, Tools and Types Of
Two Methods for Making Oil Infusions
Using Essential Oils – How Much?
Clean Technique
When Maceration is Complete
Adding Vitamin E Oil to Extend Shelf Life – How Much?
About Shelf Life
About Spoilage – Getting to Know Your Oils
Glossary
Plant Charts
Recipes
Resources