Basic Ointment - for adding essential oils to.

Hi,

This one isn't hard and it's good to have around the house. You can add your own blend of essential oils  for what you need it for. This is the blend with a few examples.

Ointment Recipe (basic)

For this recipe, you'll be adding your own essential oils, for what you need the ointment for.
Ex:
For burns - Lavender (Bulgarian or French - High altitude)
For infections (skin), tea tree, lemon or a blend of those and lavender
Colds - Eucalyptus oil (var. globulus)
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Recipe - Basic

1 1/2 T. Beeswax, (if in a chunk grate it, or buy the pellets)
3 T Cocoa Butter, either deodorized or non-deodorized, the non will give you the scent of chocolate, which may or may not go with what you're adding to it, in essential oils. (grate also)
1 T Coconut Oil (76 degree melting point)
2 T Grapeseed, Sweet Almond, Meadowfoam Seed or other carrier oil of choice.
1 T Jojoba Oil, golden
.5% to total blend of a preservative, I use LiquiPar Optima, but use your choice
8-9 drops of an essential oil or a blend of them.

Directions:

Using a double-boiler, melt the beeswax, adding the cocoa butter when it's melted to melt that in as well. Add in the coconut oil, the carrier oil and the jojoba oil. Mix well. Remove from heat and add the preservative and the essential oils. Mix again and put in jars to cool. Cap after fully cooled.

mn - 2007