Naturally
Native Massage Oil
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup each
of corn, sunflower and peanut oil
- 1/8 cup each
of cleavers, willow bark or leaves, juniper berries and rose
hips (all dry)
- essential
oils of sassafras, spruce, cedar and wintergreen
Supplies:
- strainer
- large funnel
- 2 20-ounce jars
with air-tight lids
- spoon
- measuring cup
- brown paper
bag
Step 1 - Make
the Oil
Measure herbs and base oils into one air-tight jar. Close the lid
and place in a brown paper bag in a warm place. Shake two or three
times a day, whenever you remember. If you shake it more often,
you will get a better product in a shorter time, about three weeks.
If you shake it less often, then you will want to give it a longer
extraction time, as long as eight weeks.
Strain out the
herbs and pour the mixture into the second jar. Add one drop of
wintergreen oil and two drops each of sassafras, spruce and cedar
(both sassafras and spruce stimulate the lymphatic system and are
good for tissue congestion). Shake well to blend. Label the jar
Naturally Native Massage Oil.
Your massage oil
is now ready to use as is, or as one of the ingredients in the Naturally
Native Massage Lotion.
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