HERB - liniment/massage oil rub

[tbean@one.net.au]

Using essential oils in a carrier is not a period way of making massage oils. 
The period way is to soak all the herbs in a carrier oil such as olive oil or 
almond oil and leave them in the sun for a few weeks. 
I have found that I can get great, strong liniments from making my massage oils 
this way. For example I sell a bruise liniment at my apoethecary each year. 
This contains St. Johns wort, Calnedular and Comfrey. I soak a couple of 
handfuls of each of these in olive oil for a week or two then strain them out 
and put more herb in. If it is too cold you can put them near a heater or on 
top of an oven when you are cooking. Don't put them in an oven, even at very 
low heat or you will turn the oil rancid.
This gives a very effective linement and is the way that it was done during 
period, see Gerard, Culpeper, Dioscorides, the Leech Book of Bald, Bankes 
Herbal etc, all of these give examples of liniments made in this fashion.
Caristiona
Lochac

> Greetings! I'm looking for background info on a project i'm doing. I
> promised our Queen some 'fighter massage oil' which is a project I've been
> working on. 
> 
> My first try was too weak, being about 3.5 ounces of carrier
> oil, and 10 drops peppermint, 4 drops camphor, 3 drops thyme, one drop
> each of lemon & clove, 3 drops rosemary and 2 drops cajeput.
> 
> I'm thinking of changing the proportions so that it's the same number of
> drops per ounce of carrier oil. Can anyone who works with these give me a
> pointer on whether that would be reasonable?
> 
> Also, I think all of the oils except cajeput and possibly camphor are
> period for liniment/rub use but of course I can't find in my notes WHERE I
> found such documentation.
>  -- 
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
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