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Factsheet 5

Maceration



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Factsheet: Maceraon

Maceraon oils, also called infused oils, are carrier oils that have been used as a solvent to extract the

therapeuc properes of a certain plant or plants. The base oils commonly used are Olive or Sunower

and the process is quite simple. Fresh plants are more commonly used but dried will suce if fresh is un-

available

How to make a macerated oil | step by step process 1. Prepare a large glass jar by washing with hot soapy water and allowing to air dry

2. pick your selected herb/ower and shake o any bugs

3. Prepare the plant by removing any harder twigs and any brown/decaying parts

4.

Stu as much as the fresh plant material into the jar as you can.

5. Top up with your chosen carrier oil, leaving space at the top.

6. Shake vigorously

7. Leave jar on a sunny windowsill, radiator top or airing cupboard (the heat helps to extract the herbal

properes)

8. Shake daily to assist transfer of compounds into the oil

9. Repeat from 2-4 weeks

10. If using very delicate blossoms and leaves, you may need to replace these every 3-5 days as they go

brown.

11. Once the oil has taken on the properes of the plant—the oil will have changed colour and will smell

somewhat of the plant—a process which takes 2-4 weeks, you will need to strain and lter the oil.

12. First strain through a clean sieve to remove the bulk of the plant material

13. Next strain through a muslin-lined sieve.

14. Pour into a bole and leave to stand for 24

-48 hours unl a sediment has formed.

15. Now pour into a nal bole leaving the sediment behind

16. Add 10% vitamin E

17. Label and date

18. Store in a dry, cool place out of direct light

Macerated oils which are well-ltered, well stored and have vitamin E added should keep for 12 months.

They can be used in your formulas at 5-10% as an ‘acve botanical’ or used in larger quanty as a re-

placement for a plain base oil.



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Macerated oils are a great way to ulise ingredients that are not commonly available or that you have

gathered and grown yourself. The sky is the limit, as long as you use safe and/or edible herbs (nothing

poisonous) then you can make a maceraon out of anything you like.

Macerates v essenal oils If you’re wondering why to bother making macerates when we have essenal oil, it is important to know

that not every constuent of a plant comes over in disllaon. Only the smaller molecules come over us-

ing that method and so we never quite capture the essence of the whole plant. Maceraon captures the

heavier larger molecules. Other extracon techniques will capture other chemicals too—water extracts

will harness the water-based compounds for example. So the more ways you have to extract the proper-

es of a plant, the closer you get to accessing everything that plant has to oer. When making a cream

that is based on lavender, for example, then you can augment the therapeuc eect by also including

macerated lavender oil and even the uid extracts or hydrosols too.

Also you may have access to a plant that doesn’t have a corresponding essenal oil, Lilac or Elderower

for example, or perhaps you wish to use a plant who’s essenal oil is extoronate, ie Jasmine (dislled).

By using maceraon you can access the healing chemical compounds in these plants and use them in your

skincare. Your products will also be very unique because no one else will be able to source those ingredi-

ents

Macerating fresh Rosemary

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