How to make lithospermum oil

Many people don’t know about lithospermum oil. In fact, lithospermum oil is a medicine for treating trauma and is often used in medicine. Of course, comfrey oil has many other uses besides treating injuries. So, how to make comfrey oil? This is very difficult for many non-professionals. It is understandable that many people often feel at a loss as to how to deal with this kind of problem.

From the name of comfrey oil, you should be able to guess that the main ingredients of comfrey oil should be comfrey and oil, but it is not known whether other items are used, and the general proportions are also unknown. So, based on this reason, let's take a closer look at how to make lithospermum oil.

Lithospermum oil is a commonly used external medicine for the clinical treatment of burns and scalds. There are reports in the literature about hospitals making their own lithospermum oil. The prescriptions are composed of multiple herbs such as lithospermum, angelica, sanguisorba officinalis, scutellaria baicalensis, phellodendron, licorice, angelica dahurica, and borneol, which are extracted by heating sesame oil.

Xinjiang lithospermum officinale, high-quality sesame oil. Sesame oil is sweet and cool, lithospermum officinale is sweet, salty and cold, and borneol is bitter and slightly cold. Together, they have the effects of cooling blood, activating blood circulation, detoxifying, clearing away heat and relieving pain, and removing dead tissue and promoting tissue regeneration.

Prevent and treat baby diaper rash, skin ulcers, eczema, cool blood, promote blood circulation, detoxify and relieve rash. It is used for excessive heat and toxins in the blood, purple and black macules, measles that do not break out, sores, and burns caused by water or fire.

The ratio of lithospermum to oil is generally 1:3

1. Brewing method.

Use rapeseed oil or sesame oil (you can also use virgin olive oil) to add an appropriate amount of comfrey and soak for more than two weeks.

The disadvantages of this method are: it takes the longest time

The advantage is that the loss of medicinal ingredients of Lithospermum officinale is minimal.

2. Steaming method.

Use rapeseed oil or sesame oil to soak an appropriate amount of comfrey for more than an hour, then steam it in a steamer for 30 minutes to an hour. Prevent water vapor from entering the oil during steaming, and keep the container containing the oil covered.

This method takes less time and results in less loss of medicinal ingredients in Lithospermum officinale.

3. Frying method.

Boil rapeseed oil or sesame oil, put the comfrey in, and let it cool.

Advantages: Shortest time

The disadvantage is that the medicinal ingredients of lithospermum are lost the most.

Precautions

1. Don't ignore skin wrinkles.

In summer, babies under three months old are relatively fat, so the wrinkles on their necks, armpits, thighs and arms are easily abraded. However, because these places are hidden in the wrinkles, they are not easy to be found.

The way to prevent it is of course to bathe your baby frequently, check regularly, and expose these areas to the air more often. If your baby is really fat, apply comfrey oil on these areas in advance after each bath to act as a lubricant. If the skin has already ulcerated, clean it first and then apply comfrey oil. It will usually heal in one night.

2. Be careful with dyeing.

Comfrey oil is purple-red in color. If it gets on clothes and bed sheets, you must wash them immediately, otherwise it will leave some marks and affect the appearance.

3. Test before use.

When using comfrey oil, be careful of allergies. When using it for the first time, you should apply a small amount and test it.

Through the above article’s detailed introduction to lithospermum oil and how to make it, I believe everyone now has a certain degree of understanding of lithospermum oil as a medicine, which will ensure that we won’t make mistakes when using lithospermum oil in our future lives. Of course, if you are interested, you can also make comfrey oil yourself according to the above method.