2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
What is not prepared from the charming May flower of a dandelion: jam, tea, infusions, and salad.. But we propose to get acquainted with another useful product from dandelion - oil
If you have already cooked and tried a lot of dandelions, then you may not yet be familiar with dandelion oil. It's easy to get it at home. It is versatile and very useful: the oil moisturizes the skin well, reduces joint and muscle pain, relieves tension, stress and has many other benefits.
1. Ways to use dandelion oil
Dandelion oil has been used medicinally for a long time. If it was used for massage, it helped to deeply relax the muscles, relieve tension and stress. Chapped and dry skin becomes soft and velvety when lubricated with dandelion oil. It works as well as a moisturizer.
This May flower has therapeutic properties: it removes heat, relieves swelling and inflammation, reduces muscle and joint pain, chest, back and neck pain. Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, dandelion oil is used in the treatment of arthritis and gout.
2. Self-preparation of dandelion oil
It is necessary to collect dandelions in the spring, during their flowering period. It is advisable to do this away from roads and industrial facilities in order to obtain an environmentally friendly product. To prepare oil, you need to prepare:
* Fresh dandelion flowers.
* Vegetable oil (from grape seeds, almond, olive or sunflower).
* Glass jar.
* Small strainer.
* A piece of fabric.
* Glass bottle.
You need to collect dandelions on sunny days, after the dew drops on the plants have dried. Complete, intact and healthy-looking inflorescences should be carefully trimmed. Fill half a glass jar tightly with dandelion flowers. Then place them on a clean and dry cloth or paper towel, where they should lie for at least 24 hours. There is a lot of moisture in a dandelion, so this time is necessary for it to dry thoroughly.
If you use dry dandelions, there will be a lot of unnecessary liquid in the oil. During drying, the flowers will shrink and slightly decrease in size. After that, you need to fill the jar with dandelions halfway. Pour oil over them so that it completely covers all the flowers. Then gently mix the contents of the jar with a wooden stick or spoon so that no air pockets remain, and cover with a tight lid.
A jar of oil should be placed in a warm and sunny place for a couple of weeks to infuse. Other natural herbal medicinal oils take four weeks or more to prepare, and dandelion oils take a couple of weeks, because these plants contain a lot of moisture and mold can appear in them if left standing for more than two weeks.
During these two weeks, you need to gently shake the oil daily so that the dandelions better give their healing substances to the oil. When two weeks have passed, it is necessary to strain the oil through cheesecloth into a clean sterilized dish, squeeze out the flowers and cheesecloth so as not to lose a single drop of the precious medicinal oil. Then it remains only to pour the filtered product into a clean glass bottle and close it tightly with a lid. It is important to consider that if dandelion oil is not used for a year, it can turn rancid.
3. Some helpful tips
* Dandelion bloom lasts from early spring to summer, depending on the region. You need to collect dandelions in ecologically clean areas, away from roads and factories, so that the flowers do not absorb harmful chemicals.
* It is recommended to sign the oil bottles with the exact date of manufacture so that you know when their storage time will expire.
* It is necessary to regularly check its appearance when infusing oil. If mold appears, remove it along with damaged flowers. If most of the oil is moldy, it is unusable.
* In order to prevent mold, it is necessary to use well-dried jars with lids. Spoons and other tools used in the preparation of oil should also be dry and clean.
* Store dandelion oil in a cool place, protected from the sun. When stored properly, the oil can be used throughout the year. But if it begins to smell bad and rancid, then it must be thrown away.
Dandelion oil is an excellent remedy that is easy to make on your own. It will help in the fight against many diseases and will be a wonderful component of a home first aid kit.
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