more info on medicinal oils

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More information on making Medicinal Oils...Moisture tends to cause medicinal oils and salves to deteriorate and spoil quickly, so you will need to use dried herbs (like those we sell) rather than fresh herbs. Of course, you could dry your own herbs, as well. The oils with the longest shelf life are coconut and olive oil. Both are very healthy oils. The seed oils are unsaturated and the fatty acids less stable: They breakdown with heating, forming trans-fatty acid which has been shown to actually cause heart disease and cancer. They will still work for medicinal oils, but are not recommended. Coconut oil is solid or semi-solid at any temperature below 78°. Olive oil will begin to solidify at temperatures around 40°. This make a difference in the consistency of the salve in most regions that experience significant seasonal temperature changes

between summer and winter. You may wish to keep this in mind when making salves and lip balms. A salve made solely with coconut oil would be very soft during the summer if you prepared it during the winter, for example. The rich emollients and anti-microbial properties make coconut oil a highly desirable salve ingredient. Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats __________________________________________________