Step by Step Guide Making Herbal Remedies by Hot Infusion Method

In this method of extracting essential oils, dried herbs are slowly heated in a vegetable oil base for 2-3 hours to aid in releasing their active components.  These types of oils are typically used for body ointments, massage oils, and creams.  Dried herbs, roots, and barks of your choice may be used in this method.

Equipment needed:

Double boiler pan, if you do not have a double boiler you make your own by placing a stoneware or other bowl suitable for heating inside of a saucepan

Muslin or cheesecloth

Nylon Sieve

A glass container to catch the oil as you pour it through the sieve

A funnel

Glass storage jars, preferably dark in color

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Dried herbs of your choice

Base oil - use a light non fragrant oil such as sunflower oil, safflower oil or grape-seed oil

You will need one part herbs to 10 parts oil


1. Place the dried herbs and base oil into the top pan of a double boiler or into a heat resistant bowl

2. Place enough water into the bottom pan as to not allow any water into the bowl containing the herbs         and oil

3.  On low to medium heat, let the water come to a slow simmer and place the bowl or top boiler pan in the water.  Let simmer for 1-3 hours, topping up the water as it evaporates.

4.  Place a piece of muslin or cheese cloth in the sieve and pour the mixture through the sieve into the glass container.  When the mixture has cooled, squeeze any excess oil out of the cloth and into the class container.

5.  Pour the mixture into storage jars with airtight lids.  Label the storage jars with the contents and the date.  Most herbs will last if stored in a cool dark place for about a year, but they may lose some of their medicinal properties after 6 months.

Burglar Apprehended After Exhaustive Search

Blather Hole, England - A 67-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday morning after he stripped off his clothes and attempted to hide in a rubbish bin from police officers investigating a report of cat burglaries.

The man, who has not been named was charged with two counts of cat burglary, cream egg larceny and resisting a nice cup of tea.

A witness called the Tuna Bay Police Department around 3 a.m. Wednesday, reporting that a man was seen stealing cat food from the back porches of unsuspecting homeowners near the Stogehole Park Neighbourhood.

Officers quickly apprehended the man, but a second, ginger haired man ran behind a maze of cheese at a warehouse located at 3960 S. Bagcock Street.

A helicopter from the O’Lasyei County Police Department, called to assist in the search for the man, used an infrared camera to spot a small patch of heat emanating from a bin behind the park. Helicopter deputies led Blather Hole  police officers on the ground through a wooded area and to the spot where the stinky bin was located.

Officers then reported that they had one man at gunpoint and that "he's completely naked and covered in cat litter and tuna."

"He was lying in the bin with nothing showing but his arse," said Lt. Paige Turner of the Blather Hole Police Department. "He was trying to  umm to umm... where are those donuts again?”

Nearby, officers found a pile of cat toys, cream eggs, and empty tins of tuna as well as 17 cat collars in assorted colours.

Police are urging anyone living in the area that has had a cat stolen recently or is currently missing tins of tuna or cat food to contact them immediately.

Police have released a photo of the man who has been arrested and charged with these heinous crimes.