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How To Make Essential Oils In Your Own Home

Apr 12th, 2013 | By
How To Make Essential Oils In Your Own Home

Essential oils are extracts from plants and herbs that are used to make health supplements such as capsules and tablets. Many herbs and plants that are used in alternative medicine do not have enough of the active ingredient in their native form. When this is the case, the herbs or plants need to be concentrated in order to be used effectively. Extracts can be made at home using basic steps; however, research should be done to determine how much of the concentrate to use for medicinal properties. This means knowing how much of the oils
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How To Make Homemade Vanilla Extract

Mar 15th, 2012 | By
How To Make Homemade Vanilla Extract

Vanilla extract being so expensive, you would think that it would be difficult to make.  Not so. Making vanilla extract requires few ingredients – vanilla beans, alcohol and a glass jar – and a fair amount of time. The expense lies in that vanilla “beans” are the seedpods of an orchid. This orchid must be hand pollinated to obtain the beans that are the base of this extract we all use. Storage Bottles Choose dark glass bottles or jars with tight fitting lids to store your vanilla extract. Dark glass protects the extract from direct
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