How To Make Your Own Essential Oils From Plants

Essential oils are so versatile; they have so many health, household and medicinal uses. We have done several posts in the past about using essential oils for various things, like first aid, repelling insects and even a post about utilizing essential oils in SHTF scenarios, and post SHTF survival…

Whilst essential oils are expensive to buy, they are pretty cheap (in comparison) to make at home. You will need to either make or buy an essential oil distilling still (the most popular way of extracting oils from plants), but once that is made or purchased, you only have to cover the cost of the plants used to make your oils; if you grow your own, you can make them for free.

Below is an easy to follow tutorial on how to make your own essential oils from plants using distillation. I also recommend you check out the book below: Making Plant Medicine by Richo Cech; the book shows how to make a whole manner of natural medicines from plants, including tinctures, essential oils, syrups, salves and more…

How To Make Your Own Essential Oils From Plants

Making Plant Medicine by Richo Cech

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