Making Essential Oils

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Ok, this is directly from the book The Complete Book of Essential

Oils and Aromatherapy, by Valerie Ann Worwood (awesome book by the

way)

 

" Here is a method of making essential oils and fine floral or herb

waters at the same time. You will need a large, enamel kettle-you

can find these in Chinese emporiums-about five feet of plastic hose

to fit the spout. Fill the kettle with the flower or herb you wish

to distill and then pour in as much bottled water as it can hold.

Put a low table next to the stove-it should be a little less than

half the height of the stove-and put a bowl filled with ice.

Finally, place a jug on the floor, near the table. Now bend the hose

so that the bend rests in the ice, and put the end of the hose into

the jug on the floor.

 

Boil the kettle and then turn down the heat so that it stews but

doesn't quite simmer and leave it for an hour or so. The steam

leaving the kettle spout will contain molecules of essential oil,

this will cool in the ice, and the water that drips into the jug on

the floor will contain particles of essential oil along with water

particles. When the process has finished, the essential oil will

float to the top of the water in the jug. Allow a little time for

this to happen, and then use an eye dropper to take it off

carefully. These droppers are available from pharmacists, or use the

dropper from a new dropper-bottle, also available from any

pharmacist for a few cents. The liquid remaining in the jug will be

a fine flower or herb water. "

 

Good Luck!!

 

Kim