聚合草乳霜配方 from The Herbal Academy

今晨刷到 The Herbal Academy 的聚合草乳霜配方，用酊劑結合油脂打成乳霜，覺得有趣，把配方記錄下來，找時間來做。手上正好還有一些聚合草根可以用，開心。

這個配方可以處理關節肌肉疼痛。

圖片出處：The Herbal Academy 

Ingredients

Comfrey tincture 聚合草酊劑

• 1 ounce dried organic comfrey (Symphytum officinale) root
• 1 pint of 50% alcohol
• 1 pint-sized glass canning jar, with lid

Comfrey cream 聚合草乳霜

• ½ cup organic sunflower oil 葵花油
• ¼ cup organic safflower oil 紅花籽油
• 2 ½ cups organic, unrefined coconut oil 冷壓椰子油
• ½ cup organic, unrefined cocoa butter 可可脂
• 1/8 cup comfrey tincture (Symphytum officinale), store bought or via recipe, above. 聚合草酊劑
• 12 drops peppermint (Mentha piperita) essential oil 胡椒薄荷精油
• 12 drops juniper berry (Juniperus communis) essential oil 杜松果精油
• 12 drops black pepper (Piper nigrum) essential oil 黑胡椒精油
• Double boiler
• Electric bowl mixer (like a KitchenAid) or a blender
• Glass bowl with a lid
• Small glass jars with lids for sharing (optional)

Directions

1. First, make the comfrey root tincture by combining the dried comfrey root and alcohol in a sterilized, dry, glass pint jar. Seal with a lid and then label with the ingredients and date. Set on a sunny windowsill and shake once a day for 2-4 weeks.
2. After 2-4 weeks have passed, strain the root from the alcohol using a coffee filter inserted in a wire mesh strainer or similar setup. Save the remaining liquid alcohol portion. This is the tincture. Set aside ⅛ cup for the cream recipe and store the rest in a glass jar. Label with the ingredients and date made.
3. To make the cream, combine sunflower oil, safflower oil, coconut oil, and cocoa butter in a double-boiler over low heat until completely melted. Remove from heat. Cover, but leave a small air opening.
4. Allow the oil mixture to cool until it reaches room temperature, which could take 8-12 hours. It’s ready when the mixture has solidified somewhat and has a cloudy, creamy, and slightly runny consistency.
5. Transfer the cooled oil and butter mixture to a standing electric mixer or blender.
6. Add ⅛ cup of the comfrey tincture and all essential oils to the cooled oil/butter mixture.
7. Begin mixing on low. After the consistency begins to thicken, turn the mixer up a little bit. As the consistency thickens some more, turn the mixer up a little bit more. Mix for about 10 minutes, until nice and whipped
8. Scoop the finished comfrey cream into sanitized glass jars. Cap, then label the jars with the date made and ingredients. The recipe makes about 5 cups of whipped creamy lotion. Without overexposure to air or heat—and without cross-contamination—the recipe should last as long as the expiration date of the carrier oils used.

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