Guest guest Posted January 21, 2001 Report Share Posted January 21, 2001 Hi Jack and welcome... Try contacting Charles Wells of Essentially Oils in the UK - he buys and sells many top quality oils and tests everyone which passes his desk. email him at: charles They also have a brill web site - essentiallyoils.com with superbly informative newsletters. Re which plants to grow for oils - just take a look at his oils pricelist will give you some ideas. We too are hoping to grow plants for oils extraction (down in the south island of New Zealand - North Canterbury area) - perhaps we can exchange notes! Any other growers out there prepared to help us newbies?? Elizabeth _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2001 Report Share Posted January 22, 2001 Thank You Elizabeth, The web-site is very good source of product and information. Jack Richardson - " Elizabeth Yuill Proctor " <yuillpro Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:45 PM [AX] Jack and oil testing > Hi Jack > and welcome... > Try contacting Charles Wells of Essentially Oils in the UK - he buys and > sells many top quality oils and tests everyone which passes his desk. > email him at: charles > They also have a brill web site - essentiallyoils.com > with superbly informative newsletters. > Re which plants to grow for oils - just take a look at his oils pricelist > will give you some ideas. > We too are hoping to grow plants for oils extraction (down in the south > island of New Zealand - North Canterbury area) - perhaps we can exchange > notes! > Any other growers out there prepared to help us newbies?? > Elizabeth > _______________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > ************************************************** > UPDATE: > Sig Lines: Commercial Sig lines are equal to advertising. Please do not display your link to your commercial website in your Sig line. > Your can add your commercial site to the " links " section only. It is there for you so please use it. > www./links/ > > QUICK TIPS: Send your quick tips to > -owner > > The intention of this list is to provide up-to-date information concerning the safe use of Aromatherapy, and is not intended to replace the advice or attention of the proper health care professionals. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2001 Report Share Posted January 22, 2001 Dear Elizabeth, Hi there! I grow herbs to make herbal infused oils and creams to sell in my business. Helichrysum, Melissa (lemon balm), violet leaf, and any of the other mints as well as lavenders are great to grow. I went to making and teaching about herbal infused oils because of the potential that they have in working with essential oils. Currently I am working on an article about how to use herbal infused creams and oils. The problem at present with herbal infusions is that there is no standardized method used for making and pricing of herbal infusions. At present herbal infusions can be made in as little as 3 days (this means very little healing qualities are transferred into the oil) or they can set for years and be extraordinary strong and will melt plastic the same as essential oils and you would also use them by the drop. They are not as concentrated as essential oils but you use the herbs for infusions that are either hard to get essential oils from or herbs that are not generally cost effective to make into essential oils. These infusions greatly broaden your scope of use in aromatherapy into areas that along essential oils don't generally work in. (By the way, my infusions set for 1 year or longer in order to get the strenght that I need in preparing my oils and creams.) Also, by making infusions you can make smaller amounts and see if you want to grow larger amounts for either infusion or distillation and believe it or not, you can get some very nice aromas. I do a Texas Oak Moss herbal infusion that I will put up against any Croatian or Eastern European Oak Moss essential oil for perfumery and varicose veins. Helichyrsum, African Queen Basil, and Melissa oils also come out quite nicely for working with. If you have any more questions, please email me either privately or to the group. Rhavda Emison >Hi Jack >and welcome... >Try contacting Charles Wells of Essentially Oils in the UK - he buys and >Re which plants to grow for oils - just take a look at his oils pricelist >will give you some ideas. >We too are hoping to grow plants for oils extraction (down in the south >island of New Zealand - North Canterbury area) - perhaps we can exchange >notes! >Any other growers out there prepared to help us newbies?? >Elizabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Dear Rhavda, Your infused oils sound very interesting. I have been making two infused oils for use in therapeutic deep tissue massage. I have been infusing lavender in pure olive oil and cayenne and lavender in pure olive oil to make the base oil for the massage oil. I have been infusing the herbs and flowers in the oil for three to six weeks. My question to you is that I have found that the oil goes rancid in about six to nine months what oils do you use as base or carrier oils and how do you keep them from going rancid after a year or more in time. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank You, Jack Richardson - <sos1 Monday, January 22, 2001 2:46 PM Re: [AX] Jack and oil testing > Dear Elizabeth, > Hi there! I grow herbs to make herbal infused oils and creams to > sell in my business. Helichrysum, Melissa (lemon balm), violet leaf, and any > of the other mints as well as lavenders are great to grow. I went to making > and teaching about herbal infused oils because of the potential that they > have in working with essential oils. Currently I am working on an article > about how to use herbal infused creams and oils. The problem at present with > herbal infusions is that there is no standardized method used for making and > pricing of herbal infusions. At present herbal infusions can be made in as > little as 3 days (this means very little healing qualities are transferred > into the oil) or they can set for years and be extraordinary strong and will > melt plastic the same as essential oils and you would also use them by the > drop. They are not as concentrated as essential oils but you use the herbs > for infusions that are either hard to get essential oils from or herbs that > are not generally cost effective to make into essential oils. These > infusions greatly broaden your scope of use in aromatherapy into areas that > along essential oils don't generally work in. (By the way, my infusions set > for 1 year or longer in order to get the strenght that I need in preparing > my oils and creams.) Also, by making infusions you can make smaller amounts > and see if you want to grow larger amounts for either infusion or > distillation and believe it or not, you can get some very nice aromas. I do > a Texas Oak Moss herbal infusion that I will put up against any Croatian or > Eastern European Oak Moss essential oil for perfumery and varicose veins. > Helichyrsum, African Queen Basil, and Melissa oils also come out quite > nicely for working with. If you have any more questions, please email me > either privately or to the group. > Rhavda Emison > >Hi Jack > >and welcome... > >Try contacting Charles Wells of Essentially Oils in the UK - he buys and > >Re which plants to grow for oils - just take a look at his oils pricelist > >will give you some ideas. > >We too are hoping to grow plants for oils extraction (down in the south > >island of New Zealand - North Canterbury area) - perhaps we can exchange > >notes! > >Any other growers out there prepared to help us newbies?? > >Elizabeth > > > ************************************************** > UPDATE: > Sig Lines: Commercial Sig lines are equal to advertising. Please do not display your link to your commercial website in your Sig line. > Your can add your commercial site to the " links " section only. It is there for you so please use it. > www./links/ > > QUICK TIPS: Send your quick tips to > -owner > > The intention of this list is to provide up-to-date information concerning the safe use of Aromatherapy, and is not intended to replace the advice or attention of the proper health care professionals. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Hi I have been having the same problem as Jack - in fact my infusion actually developed a mould at the bottom! I was so careful to make sure I did everything as sterile-y as possible too.... Elizabeth _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2001 Report Share Posted January 25, 2001 Hello Elizabeth, I have been thinking that Tea Tree EO could be used to keep mold from forming because it has antifungel properties and I think that there are other EO's that have antifungel/antibacterial properties maybe this will help. Good Luck, Jack Richardson - " Elizabeth Yuill Proctor " <yuillpro Tuesday, January 23, 2001 11:07 PM Re: [AX] Jack and oil testing > Hi > I have been having the same problem as Jack - in fact my infusion actually > developed a mould at the bottom! I was so careful to make sure I did > everything as sterile-y as possible too.... > Elizabeth > _______________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > ************************************************** > UPDATE: > Sig Lines: Commercial Sig lines are equal to advertising. Please do not display your link to your commercial website in your Sig line. > Your can add your commercial site to the " links " section only. It is there for you so please use it. > www./links/ > > QUICK TIPS: Send your quick tips to > -owner > > The intention of this list is to provide up-to-date information concerning the safe use of Aromatherapy, and is not intended to replace the advice or attention of the proper health care professionals. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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