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Hello, I just thought I would post the results of the yarrow ointment I had so much advice on a couple of months ago. As suggested I steeped the yarrow in olive oil for 6 weeks, then strained out.
I made a batch using melted beeswax and this has turned out ok, but is quite stiff, I probably added too much beeswax, I didn't weigh or measure anything as per usual!
So I beat some of the oil into some aqueous cream, as much as it would take without curdling and it has turned out a lovely pale green fluffy creamy ointment. These I have put into cleaned out mini pots which had honey in them. Are there any other suggestions for the rest of the oil? I have vitamin e oil, jojoba oil and vegetable glycerine which could be incorporated I suppose, but I really like the aqueous cream as a base as opposed to the wax.
Blessings
Lorraine
I made a batch using melted beeswax and this has turned out ok, but is quite stiff, I probably added too much beeswax, I didn't weigh or measure anything as per usual!
So I beat some of the oil into some aqueous cream, as much as it would take without curdling and it has turned out a lovely pale green fluffy creamy ointment. These I have put into cleaned out mini pots which had honey in them. Are there any other suggestions for the rest of the oil? I have vitamin e oil, jojoba oil and vegetable glycerine which could be incorporated I suppose, but I really like the aqueous cream as a base as opposed to the wax.
Blessings
Lorraine
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Re: Yarrow Ointment
Fri, October 30, 2009 - 5:40 AMGlad it worked out for you. I would probably add more olive oil or whatever less dense oil I feel I want to work with. I've added aqueous lotion before, and later didn't have good results with it as it aged, but that was one time, and every lotion has different ingredients.
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Fri, October 30, 2009 - 11:32 AMi was wondering...
yarrow sounds like a wonderful ointment for scrapes etc. what else do u use it for? r u planning to use it as a cream too sipmly to moisten the skin? would u use it on your face as a face cream too? i'm kind of ignorant on this topic but i am very intersted. it sounds wonderful ;^)
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Fri, October 30, 2009 - 2:06 PMHi meme, I am using it for scrapes and sores etc, it is a wonderful herb to stem blood flow, in fact it was used (and probably still is) with period flows. But I have to say the aqueous cream batch is quite light and fluffy. I just use aqueous cream on my face every morning and every night and I made some cream recently with fresh aloe gel from my plant mixed into the aqueous and it is lovely and fluffy and I use it on my skin.
But I am not sure if yarrow can be used for anything else...I am sure someone will be able to advise. I am pretty new to this myself - I've had help from this tribe to get this far!
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Re: Yarrow Ointment
Sun, November 1, 2009 - 10:27 PMDid you know that aqueous cream contains mineral oil, which is basically liquid petroleum. Personally I try not to use body care products that contain or are petroleum. I choose to use olive oil that has been infused with plant material, local beeswax and water or a tincture. I am cautious about purchasing premade products as they usually contain something I am not going to feel good about.
In addition, yaroow has so many applictions and what I use is an infused oil, the olive oil will be moisturizing. But yarrow itself is astringing and I prefer to apply it topically where there is a need for this action.
New Year Blessings
Linda
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Re: Yarrow Ointment
Sun, November 1, 2009 - 10:37 PMHello,
I would recommend for face cream: lavender, rose petals, scented geranium for regenerating the skin.
Yarrow is also used for painful or suppressed menses, hemorrhoids, as a stypic to stop bleeding, and also for cold/flu and fevers according to Michael Tierra.
I've learned that herbs like yarrow, move stagnant blood and also stop bleeding. How ironic.
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Mon, November 2, 2009 - 11:48 AMI never knew how much aqueous contained but having used the beeswax, I prefer the creamy consistency - is there anything totally without harmful additives I can utilize the rest of the olive oil yarrow with?
A lady has approached me as her mother has terrible psoriasis and is bleeding - I have said I will give her a little sample of the yarrow cream I have made. Can anybody suggest if either this is good or bad or anything else I can use for her topically? I have also made some aloe cream with aqueous base, - could that be a good thing to try? I have also read that a slippery elm paste mixed with almond oil is good for this - sounds very soothing but much more preparation.
Theresa - what "base" would you use for the lavender, rose petals and geranium? I only recently read that geranium oil is good for the old wrinkles, but I'm not sure what to mix it with to apply it.
Blessings to you all and new year wishes...
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Mon, November 2, 2009 - 1:03 PMSo my favorite remedy for psoriasis and eczema is chickweed. Chickweed is a cooling herb and it really helps to quiet down hot irritated conditions. I put chickweed in olive oil, I make a chickweed salve and a cream. I have had really good results relieving people from the irritation associated with dry hot skin conditions. In addition, I usually look at what else is going on. Can look at reducing things in the diet, which are contributing factors ie oils that cause inflamation etc. Also any activity, constant hand washing, glove wearing etc. I met a young man this summer who worked with concrete. Hi skin was so irritated, literally looked burned. He purchased a salve from me, and I told him that while the salve may help as long as he continued to do the work he was doing, he probably would have problems. Unless of course he could find a way to protect his skin more fully.
I wish Lorraine, I could share a sample of my creams with you. With the right ratio of beeswax in relation to the other ingredients, you can make a very nice creamy lotion. One thing that seems to fluff it up in my experience is rose water.
Blessings
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Mon, November 2, 2009 - 6:19 PMsooo.. ;^) say if u were to make a chickweed cream for instance. i can make an infused oil with olive oil which i love doing =). and.... then add some rosewater? and then beeswax to thicken to the consistancy i would like? i am well versed in making salves.. however i am prone to acne and if i put something too oily on my skin as a moisturizer i tend to break out. i would love to make a cream of sorts for my facial skin for the winter months. i do find olive oil and beeswax very oily.... however i think almond oil is much lighter and might work better? i was also wondering... adding rosewater to a salve with infused oil and beeswax would decrease it's shelflife would it not? perhaps not much though? i am very curious.. i don't have any experieces in making creams.. and i prefer to stay as natural as possible for my ingredients. i've heard that a marshmallow root tea being wisked with a wisk or blender can thicken things up... i have never tried this because thought that water in a preparation would make it go rancid quickly....
what do u all think?
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Mon, November 2, 2009 - 11:44 PMYes Linda, I have read that chickweed is good but as I can only get it dried here, I don't think it would be successful infused in olive oil as fresh is best. I could use it in tincture form, and try that later. I will have another go at the beeswax method - I must have added too much and made it too stiff. I will try and get rosewater today and hope that it mixes ok with the oil.
Many thanks for that,
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Tue, November 3, 2009 - 7:45 AMHi Lorraine,
Here is a ratio that I use with the beeswax, that might help. I grate the beeswax and use 1 heaping tablespoon of the grated beeswax for every 2 ounces of oil. Also you can add a chickweed tincture either instead of or along with the water.
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Re: Yarrow Ointment
Tue, November 3, 2009 - 12:30 PMHi Linda,
Great, thats everything covered, I'll let you know how it goes if thats ok.
Many many thanks, you really are a wise woman!
Blessings,
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Re: Yarrow Ointment
Tue, November 3, 2009 - 12:41 PMYes do keep us posted.
Blessings
Linda
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