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Using essential oils in cooking - add flavor and health

December 13th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Essential oils can be used in cooking, and you can drink them too.

Got a cold? Mix one drop of ginger essential oil with a teaspoon of honey in a cup, and fill the cup with very hot water for a steaming drink which will clear your airways and restore your energy.

Use pure therapeutic grade essential oils in cooking

Everyone cooks with herbs, and you know that herbs lose their aroma and flavor in time - most dried herbs have a shelf-life of only six months before they turn to sawdust. Indeed, by the time you buy them, most dried herbs have lost 90 per cent of their healing effects.

This doesn’t happen with essential oils. If you keep your oils in a dark place away from light, and tightly stoppered, they retain their aroma and benefits.

Replace your dried herbs with essential oils in your cooking - you’ll be thrilled with the results.

You need no more than a single drop of an essential oil per recipe serving four to five people.

Here’s a recipe for grilled chicken.

Chicken recipe
Make a marinade of: and let soak ½ hour or store until needed. 
4 Tbsp Honey, 
1 wine glass of white wine or apple cider 
2 drops each of Orange & Lemon essential oil

Honey Myrtle Essential Oil

December 11th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Honey myrtle essential oil is obtained from the marsh honey myrtle which has the scientific name of melaleuca teretifolia. This tree is typically found in the rain forested regions of Australia, and is indigenous to the region. This tree is quite small and only grows to a height of about twenty feet. The honey myrtle is a cousin of the trees known as paperbarks.

The aroma of honey myrtle essential oil is slightly sweet and citrus like which makes it quite hard to differentiate from the lemon myrtle essential oil.

The lemon myrtle essential oil has a more lemony scent with some spicy elements. The official term used to describe the aroma of the honey myrtle essential oil is citral. Citral is the smell typically associated with lemongrass and is a combination of neral and geranial compounds. Both essential oils are used in similar ways.

Honey myrtle essential oil may be used to help brighten up the aroma of your home. Traditionally used in aromatherapy burners, honey myrtle essential oil is now also available in a body and home spray as well. Essential oil sprays are typically much less intense smelling than the oil product itself. In a spray, several oils may be combined and are suspended typically in the hydrosol. Hydrosol is a byproduct of the distillation process used to extract the essential oil.

Honey myrtle essential oil is produced using a steam distillation process that starts with elements of the marsh honey myrtle tree. As essential oils are mostly insoluble in water they are easily separated out and collected as the vapors condense. The remaining distilled water has traces of the honey myrtle essential oil, as a very small amount will dissolve or remain suspended in solution. This remaining liquid is called the hydrosol. As the concentrations of oils in this liquid are very small they can be very gentle and soothing on the skin. The hydrosol is used in similar ways to flower water which is a byproduct from the making of perfumes.

Herbalists and other medicinal botanists believe that honey myrtle essential oil has some uses as an antibacterial agent. Indeed scientific studies have shown that essential oils can be very effective when topically applied; however, they may be toxic if actually consumed in the same concentrations. In the concentrated form this may be found to be correct, however, the honey myrtle essential oil hydrosol is itself subject to contamination, as it is a fresh product with a mild PH and should be kept refrigerated or it will break down.

Essential Carnation Oil - motivating and uplifting

July 27th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Essential carnation oil, in the absolute form, is both rare and expensive. However the rich, sweet floral aroma is said to be both uplifting and motivating.

Occasionally you’ll come across pure carnation essential oil which seems inexpensive. This can be a trap: less scrupulous suppliers will cut the carnation absolute with other oils, and pass it off as being pure oil.

You can check carnation essential oil for purity by placing a drop of it on a piece of paper after which you should notice quick evaporation and there should be no oily mark left, which indicates that the essential oil has not been cut with vegetable oils.

NOTE: Perfumery carnation oil is a synthetic oil, made from chemicals, and you should never use it for a therapeutic purpose.

Essential carnation oil is more affordable as a dilution

If you want to try pure carnation oil for yourself, purchase it as a 10 per cent dilution. This makes it much more affordable.

Uses of carnation essential oil

Carnation is said to be useful for anxiety, muscle spasms, and stress in general. It’s also said to be an aphrodisiac.

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