Powder into cream form

[Guest guest]

All respected Vaidyas,

 

Would someone tell me how to make a cream from herbal powder? What

ingredients to mix? It should also last long.

 

My friend gave me powder for pimples. It is bit thick like semolina

(Suji), difficult to apply.

 

I would be grateful if you kindly advise me.

 

Vrushali

[Guest guest]

Dear Vrushali,

For making a cream, there have to be an oil and a water phase, which, under

standard conditions result in the formation of cream. unfortunately, we cant get

a cream with powder as a raw material. Even if we mix it in cream base, the

rough feeling won't go altogether.

 

However you can always make a paste of it by grinding it with little quantity

of water of gulabjal. You have to select the appropriate one, based on what ur

condition is and what the ingredients are.

Dr. Sanjay Sharma

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Would someone tell me how to make a cream from herbal powder? What

ingredients to mix? It should also last long.

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr.Sanjay,

 

Thank you very much for your prompt and kind reply.

 

Where are you situated? Can you provide me your email id?

 

Regards

 

Vrushali

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For making a cream, there have to be an oil and a water phase, which, under

standard conditions result in the formation of cream. unfortunately, we cant

get a cream with powder as a raw material.

[Guest guest]

Namaste:

 

Easiest way to make a cream from an herbal powder is:

 

1. Grind the powder further to a finer mesh size (use coffee

grinder). Sift it through a strainer or a cloth.

 

2. Mix it with Vaseline intensive care lotion. (Where, cream

suspension system is already perfected.)

 

3. OR After making the fine powder mix it with milk cream (little

bit at a time). You may add Rose water to mask the typical herbal

odor.

 

Good luck,

 

Dr. Yadu

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Would someone tell me how to make a cream from herbal powder? What

ingredients to mix? It should also last long.

[Guest guest]

Namaskar,

 

Thanks Dr.Yadu for your valued advise. I will grind it further to reduce

coarseness. I would prefer rose water which will last longer, whereas with

milk cream it will spoil soon.

 

Regards

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1. Grind the powder further to a finer mesh size (use coffee

grinder). Sift it through a strainer or a cloth.

[Guest guest]

Dear Vrushali,

I am presently located in Chennai, India. My E.Mail id is -

drdevgun, drdevgun .

Dr. Sanjay Sharma

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Where are you situated? Can you provide me your email id?

[Guest guest]

Dr. Yadu

 

Can we also use a combination of oil like olive oil and beeswax

instead of Vaseline, which is petroleum based?

 

Thanks

GB

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Easiest way to make a cream from an herbal powder is:

 

1. Grind the powder further to a finer mesh size (use coffee

grinder). Sift it through a strainer or a cloth.

 

2. Mix it with Vaseline intensive care lotion. (Where, cream

suspension system is already perfected.)

[Guest guest]

Here in Australia there are many petro-chemical free creams available at

Naturopathic Suppliers which are suitable for carrying oils and herbs used

by practitioners - we wouldn't dream of using anything with undesirable

chemicals in them - and if we need to increase the preservative quality of

the resulting mix we would use Vitamin E as a preservative or Grapefruit

seed extract. The worst chemical commonly used in many creams these days is

propylene Glycol in addition to the petro-chemicals - certainly Vaseline

products would not be considered appropriate. However if you see on the list

of ingredients on any commercial product that there is nothing undesirable

then any commercial cream could be used.

 

This is the recipe we were given in a Herbal Preparations course I attended:

 

250 ml Almond Oil

25 gm beeswax

20 gm emulsifying wax

1,000 iu Vit E

3 - 5 drops citrus seed extract

 

we were making Calendula and Comfrey cream and to this we added 4 cups of

fresh herb, chopped and also 50 mL rose water.

 

Method:

Macerate and heat oil until herbs are reduced ( about 2 hours) and strain

through filter paper and strainer, add beeswax and emulsifying wax until

combined over low heat. Cool in water bath and add remaining ingredients. As

the cream thickens pour into sterile jars.

 

I imagine you could use the same proportions but add the herbal powders if

you wanted to make the cream yourself from scratch

 

In the USA Jeanne Rose's Herbal Body Book is full of wonderful recipes.

 

Best,

 

Jane

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> Can we also use a combination of oil like olive oil and beeswax

> instead of Vaseline, which is petroleum based?