Making Essential Oils

Tips on essential oils featured

Information on how to transform your life, suggestions on how to achieve your dreams and ways to use essential oils will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.

Author and professional speaker Peter Fogel will talk about reinventing yourself and relate stories and strategies of people over 40 who have done just that. Fogel talks a lot about the importance of humor in our lives — for more peace and tranquility. He lives in Del Ray Beach, Fla.

Ruth St. Pierre is an author, educator and speaker, and she says many people turn themselves into victims of a situation rather than aspiring to reach their dreams. She suggests we become a CPA — this means we Create, Promote and Allow the best in our lives as we reclaim our personal power. Her business is Creative Business Resources Inc. in Pleasant Valley, Mo.

Kris Wrede is an aromatic alchemist and natural perfumer, and her business is Kismet Potions in Albuquerque. Wrede will talk about the common uses and some history of some of the more widely used oils and exotic oils in a segment she calls “Materia Medica.”

Information on making window treatments and homemade peanut butter will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Designer and sewing expert Jana Beus of Simplicity Pattern Co. in New York City will show how to make “box top” curtains, which feature unique folded squares to create a number of different window treatments.

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about peanuts and peanut production will be covered by Gayle Stephenson, spokesperson for the Texas Peanut Producers Board in Lubbock, Texas. She’ll also demonstrate some of her favorite recipes, including “all-natural” homemade peanut butter.

Homemade peanut butter

• (Food Processor)

• 2 cups roasted, shelled peanuts

• 1 Tablespoon peanut oil

• 1/2 teaspoon salt (omit if salted peanuts are used)

Using the metal blade, process ingredients continuously for 2 to 3 minutes. The ground peanuts will form a ball, which will slowly disappear. Continue to process until the desired consistency is obtained. If necessary, stop machine and scrape sides of container with a rubber spatula. For crunchy peanut butter, stir in 1/2 cup chopped roasted peanuts after the processing is completed. Store in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator. Oil may rise to the top. If this occurs, stir before using.

Making Essential Oils Work for You

The uses of fragrant essential oils, derived from plants, are not limited to mere perfumery. Aside from endowing us with pleasant perfumes, the essential oils are used in cosmetics, food essence, hair conditioners, fabric conditioners, detergents, aromatherapy, extenuating depression and eradicating stress and fatigue etc.

Extraction and Production:

We have studied in chemistry that essential oils can be produced by four methods: Steam distillation, hydro-distillation, solvent extraction and carbon dioxide extraction. We also know the advantages and disadvantages of these various methods. Steam distillation uses steam to extract the oil therefore the subtle fragrant molecules are very likely to get damaged. Hydro-distillation uses boiled water; it is therefore gentler than the former method. In solvent extraction process, the quality of the oil or absolute directly depends upon the quality of solvent used. In CO2 method, no steam or solvent is used, and the extracted oil is an outcome of the pressure exerted by natural CO2 upon the plant material.

Well-Known Essential Oils:

Chamomile oil is best for people with sensitive and allergy-prone skin. Rose oil is not only known for evoking passion, but it is also popular because of its antiseptic and refreshing tendencies. Geranium oil fights fungal infections and is an effective remedy for repelling insects. Sandalwood oil is best used in yoga as it facilitates meditation, but it also has cooling, moisturizing and antiseptic properties, and is appropriate for the people with dry and normal skin. Lastly, Jasmine oil has a significant impact on our body, which swiftly activates our senses.

Consult And Then Choose The Right One:

With a vast variety of botanical oils around us, we should always choose the one which works out the best for us. But the problem is that how can we evade the confusion and choose the right one suitable for our requirements? One should know that every essential oil has a characteristic effect on our body. So, one should always consult an expert aroma-therapist to choose the best essential oil for his/her body.

Now the question arises—How to use the essential oils for deriving the above-mentioned benefits? One can extract the maximum benefits from the use of various essential oils by: massaging, food infusions, steam therapy etc. Consult your therapist and use the one best for your body and blood group.

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