mardi 5 août 2014

A Guide On How To Make Homemade Essential Oils

By Annabelle Holman


There are certain liquids that can be squeezed out from plants. These essential oils have been used a long time by previous civilizations for medicinal reasons. They are also used for therapeutic and culinary purposes.

Making these liquids at home is probable. Considering some pointers on how to make homemade essential oils are available. Products resulting from homemade processes may not be as potent than the liquids that are bought commercially and manufactured by laboratories.

The three most frequently used methods for creating essential oils are extraction, expression or the method of pressing the plant mechanically, and distillation. There are also other methods in making the essential oil. For homemade procedures, the best and easiest method to employ among the three would be distillation.

Before starting the process, the maker should remember a few things. The organic material that he will be using should be clean and free from chemicals such as pesticides. He can use any organic material such as flowers, plants, herbs, and fruit rinds. However, he should be able to do a research first on the plant that he will be extracting the liquid from since different plants will obtain different results.

Once he is ready, he would need to get a still. A still is an apparatus used for the distillation process. Most stills in the market costs a lot and are remarkably expensive so he may have the initiative to build one. A homemade still should have the four basic parts, a furnace, a tank, a condenser, and the separator.

The maker should have his raw materials gathered. The raw materials can be herbs that he have planted himself. He needs to handle them very well so as not to damage them. He can also purchase them from the market but he needs to make sure to purchase those in whole form. The plants should appear healthy and in good condition.

To make sure that there will be a bigger amount of produce, drying the organic plants that are to be distilled is recommended. Ideally, the flora should be dried under the shade or inside a very dark room. This is to lessen the amount of oil that will be lost, as well. The plants should stay dry and should not be exposed to sunlight directly.

The pot or holding tank should be filled with water at this point. The pot should be filled with clean, possibly filtered water or distilled water. The dried herbs will then be placed inside the heated tank and left to boil. Depending on the quality of the material used as well as its quantity, the heating step may take up to several hours.

Upon completion of distillation, the oils need to be filtered by pouring the liquids into glass containers. The producer needs to use cheesecloth or a different cloth. The fabric should be dry and clean to prevent contamination. The containers will then be stored in places that are cool as well as dark.




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