Comments on: How to Make Your Own Essential Oils https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-essential-oils Natural Ideas, Products and Recipes for a Healthier Life Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Lisa https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-31074 Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:42:14 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-31074 In reply to Jessica.

As long as it’s the oil from steam distillation.

]]> By: Jessica https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-30921 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:58:51 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-30921 Can i use this recipe in a mist diffuser? Sorry typos

]]> By: Robin Deardorff https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-19368 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:15:28 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-19368 I am a certified master herbalist and wanted to point out an inaccuracy in your post. Although it is still certainly a very useful post. True “essential oils” are pure, undiluted , distilled oils from the plant (like method 2 with a still) Method 1 actually yields an “infused” oil, since a carrier oil is used, and the result is NOT a pure “essential oil”. Similarly, if alcohol is used then a “tincture” is the result. Again true “essential” oils are pure distillations of the plant. Both tinctures and infused oils are extracts, but NOT Essential oils. They contain the essential oils but are not themselves pure essential oils. Granted the higher plant to menstruum (carrier or solvent used to extract) ratio that is used for either an infused oil OR a tincture, the stronger the result, but neither method yields a true “essential” oil. “The Herbal Medicine Makers Handbook; a Home Manual”, by James Green, is a good source for recipes to make various preparations and explains the difference between these different products and how they can be used. Hope this helps clarify the difference between “extracts” and “essential oils”. Happy Herbal Medicine Making!

]]> By: Kathleen https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-8774 Fri, 18 May 2018 02:36:40 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-8774 In reply to Lisa.

I read the entire post and Cindy is correct. The first method described is an infused oil not an essential oil. True essential oils are steam distilled. Some are solvent extracted (florals and resins usually) and citruses are expressed (the essential oil is squeezed from the peel).
Hope this clears things up.
Kathleen Sharp
Certified Aromatherapist

]]> By: Lisa https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-8650 Tue, 15 May 2018 10:55:00 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-8650 In reply to Brad Wagner.

Some do vape CBD oil. However, it’s essential to use high quality products.

]]> By: Brad Wagner https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-8639 Tue, 15 May 2018 04:02:54 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-8639 Can I use cbd oil as the carrier and vape it. I’m not thinking if it’s diluted enough, or maybe if I make the oil and add a couple drops to the CBD oil for flavor or an extra benefit. I want to ask you to e-mail so I have more on this subject before I experiment to be safe.

]]> By: Emerald https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-7715 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:00:17 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-7715 the first method that you shared does not make essential oils it makes infused oils the essential oils are much more concentrated than the infused oils, to produce essential oils is often done through Steam distillation with a still, as you mentioned in the second method. to give you a good idea of how concentrated essential oils are to get one pound of essential oil it can take up to 500 pounds of plant material.

]]> By: Lisa https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-6983 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:53:01 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-6983 In reply to Candy.

Steam distillation is mentioned as the alternative method. Did you read the entire post?

]]> By: Candy https://allnaturalideas.com/make-essential-oils/#comment-6978 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:34:35 +0000 https://allnaturalideas.com/?p=4693#comment-6978 NO. Please do research before posting. You have explained how to make an infused oil not an essential oil. ESSENTIAL OILS are oils that are already contained within the plant. While some are extracted by solvents (Which are in many cases wildly unsafe) majority use steam.

Infused oils have their place and can be very useful but it is dangerous to assume that they are the same as their essential oil counterparts.

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