Oils

Oils

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Photo: Hypericum perforatum 25.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 25.

Infused oil of St. John's wort. If you look through the oil towards the sun, you can see through it.
In this very dry summer, one oil didn't turn red at all -- until I crushed the herb in a blender. Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2010-08-16.

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D10 7499

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 29.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 29.

Infused oil of St. John's wort. Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2010-08-16.

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D10 7504

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 28.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 28.

Infused oils of St. John's wort from above.
In this very dry summer, one oil didn't turn red at all -- until I crushed the herb in a blender. Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2010-08-16.

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D10 7503

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 27.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 27.

Infused oil of St. John's wort. If you look through the oil so that the sun shines onto it, it's opaque -- you can't see through it.
In this very dry summer, one oil didn't turn red at all -- until I crushed the herb in a blender. Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2010-08-16.

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D10 7502

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 26.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 26.

Infused oil of St. John's wort. If you look through the oil towards the sun, you can see through it.
In this very dry summer, one oil didn't turn red at all -- until I crushed the herb in a blender. Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2010-08-16.

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D10 7500

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 30.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 30.

The colorless St. John's wort oil from photos #25-28, with the herb crushed and the lot set out into the sun. It turned red immediately. Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2010-08-16.

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D10 7505

The yellow herbs of summer: St. John's wort.

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Henriette's herbal blog: The first in a series on yellow-flowering herbs.

Tincture of benzoin / 1995

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Archives: Best of the Herbal Forums: 11.1995.

Calendula salve.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Yep, xmas is coming.

Jojoba oil.

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Archives: Best of the Herbal Forums: 02.2003.

The yellow herbs of summer: Calendula.

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Henriette's herbal blog: A woundhealer, internally and externally.

The yellow herbs of summer: Goldenrod.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Good for respiratory problems, and good as a herbal oil, too.

The yellow herbs of summer: Dandelion.

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Henriette's herbal blog: The second in a series of yellow-flowering herbs - although it's the first you get to pick, of a summer.

Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Kehäkukka.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Parantaa haavoja sekä sisäisesti että ulkoisesti.

Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Tulikukka.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Erinomainen korvakipuun.

Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Kultapiisku.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Hieno hengitystietulehduksiin, hyvää öljyynkin.

SJW oil.

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Henriette's herbal blog: ... try it for depression, externally.

Clostridium botulinum

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Henriette's herbal blog: Clostridium botulinum is a problem in herbal oils.

PD: Herbal oils 1.

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Henriette's herbal blog: A few different herbal oils.

Quick fix: earache.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Mullein oil is extremely fast in getting that earache to subside.

Almond oil question.

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Henriette's herbal blog: On the deadliness (or not) of bitter almond oil.

St. John's wort oil

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Henriette's herbal blog: Things that make you go hmmm: that oil is still cloudy.

Troubleshooting herbal oils

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Henriette's herbal blog: Things that can go wrong when making herbal oils.

Yrttiöljyn ongelmat.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Mitä voi mennä pieleen kun tekee yrttiöljyä.

Yrttiöljyn ja -salvan teko.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Miten tehdään yrttiöljyä ja -salvaa.

Cucumber salve.

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Henriette's herbal blog.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 24.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 24.

Infused St. John's wort oils. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-08-03.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 21.

Photo: Hypericum perforatum 21.

Infused St. John's wort oils: the cloudy oil was made from frozen fresh herb, and is still cloudy after standing for 10 days. The clear oil was made from fresh herb, and has cleared up in less than 7 days. The cloudy oil cleared up later on. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-08-03.

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