Jasmin Bruise Juice Recipe

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Bruise Juice

During my early research, I found in an old herbal, Receipts in Physick and

Chirurgery, by Sir Kenelm Digby, 1668, a recipe called "A most precious

Ointment for all manner of Aches and ruises! and also for the edness of#ace$" I proceeded to ma%e this ointment according to the original formula and

then made it t&ice again, slightly enlarging and impro'ing on the formula$ It

really is a most precious ointment$ (e ha'e used it to relie'e the pain of

sunburn )and if used throughout the day, e'en if you s%in is fair, it usually

pre'ents sunburn and peeling*$ (e ha'e used it on bruises to ma%e them heal

and disappear more +uic%ly and on all the myriad little &ounds, cuts, cat

scratches and hurts that a child gets during a day$ (e ha'e used it to cure more

+uic%ly a bad case of poison oa%, and ha'e e'en heated it as a massage cream

for sore aching muscles$

It is a 'ery handy allpurpose medicine to ha'e in the house$ (hen applied

e-ternally, pain immediately disappears and the healing process seems to be

hastened$

Take 2 handfuls each of the fresh botanicals, or 1 handful each of the

dried.*

Ingredients:

alfalfa leaf balm (lemon balm leaf)bay leaf benzoinbirch barkcamomile flowersclary sage

cowslip flower and leaf dill seedelder flower feverfewhyssopJerusalem oak seedlavender lemon peellovagemarigold flower marjoram

mint leaf (spearmint)mugwortmyrtle berries

pennyroyalpeony leaf and rootprimroseragweedrose leaf rosemaryruesaffron

sagesesame seedsmallagesouthernwoodSt Johnsworttansythymeviolet flower white mint (peppermint)white pond lily rootwhite willow barkwintergreenwormwood



If the botanicals are fresh, stamp them all indi'idually in a stone

mortar and co'er &ith a layer of oli'e oil$ (hen you ha'e gathered

all ingredients together, put them into a large enamel pan$ .o'er

them &ith a thin layer of oli'e oil )about / +uarts of oil altogether!

you can substitute any other oil or lard for the oli'e* and add 1 +uart

of 0ay (ine or any other dry &hite &ine$ .o'er the pot and simmergently for 1 hours or until the &ine has e'aporated$ DO 2O3 453

35 5S OI4$ Strain through a coarse strainer, then a sie'e,

then through layers of cheesecloth$ 3his process of straining &ill

ta%e a little time$ #inally put it into a clean glass container and let it

+uietly settle for a couple of &ee%s$ 2o& decant the clear, beautiful,

green oil and thro& the dregs a&ay$ 3his all ta%es time but you &ill

be 'ery satisfied &ith the result, and this amount of oil &ill last for a

year or more$

*A handful of fresh herbs is about a foot7s length of branches or t&igs,

appro-imately the amount that you can enclose in your hand$ 3hey should be

cut into 1inch long pieces$ A handful of dried herbs is about 1 to 1/ cupful,

depending on the si9e of your hand$

- From "Herbs & Things - Jeanne Rose's Herbal"



Jasmine's Bruise Ointment

The steps for making my bruise ointment are simple, reallymore a matter of determining ratios than anything else. Tomake the ointment you must:

1. Infuse an oil with dried herbs oer mild heatthen straining out the solids.!. Thi"ken the oil with some form of wa#.

$ere's how I make the ointment myself.

1. Infusing the oil

In e%ual amounts take:

& "rushed, dried uniper berries (I use a food pro"essor)& dried arni"a flowers& pa"ked dried "omfrey leaes, "rushed or "hopped (see note)& dried laender flowers

and pla"e them in a nonrea"tie sau"epan with an oil su"has egetable oil, "anola oil, or a neutral smelling olie oil.*lmond oil may also be an alternatie, though a moree#pensie one than standard egetable oils. +se enoughoil that all the ingredients are "oered.

Oer low to medium&low heat, I warm the herbs untilery small bubbles form at the edges of the pan. henthe bubbles form, I turn off the heat and and remoe thepan to another burner. I let the mi#ture "ool, then Irepeat the pro"ess two more times.

*n alternatie to this is to pla"e the herbs in a small

"ro"kpot and heat them "arefully on the lowest settingfor a few hour. +se your sense of smell "arefully. -oushould neer smell deep&frying herbs.

!. Thi"ken the strained oil mi# with wa#.

-our "hoi"e of wa# is probably limited to either paraffinor beeswa#. ither "hoi"e will slightly inhibit thebody's ability to absorb the bruise oil, but thi"keningwith wa# is one of the only ways to su""essfullytransport bruise ointments to hot "amping eents thatI'e been able to deise (most other "ontainers eitherrisk breakage or somehow "ome open, mostly at

inopportune times and amongst armouring bits).

I use beewswa# be"ause I hae a steady supply of it andbe"ause none of my friends obe"t to the use of thisanimal&based produ"t. I "hoose not to use parafin inmost "ases be"ause I hae friends who hae petroleumallergies. -ou may find that egan friends prefer paraffinfor this ointment.

Both wa#es behae ery similarly in the mi#ture, withbeeswa# usually re%uiring ery slightly less for similarthi"kening properties. I'e deised a table for some helpin determining how to thi"ken the oil. It's normally in a

table, so I'm not sure how it will appear in your e&mail.

In all "olumns, I use standard +/ measures. Oun"es ofoil are measured by olume, not by weight. Oun"es of



beeswa# or paraffin are measured by weight, not byolume. Teaspoons of beeswa# are measured in li%uidform, not solid.

If you hae this mu"h oil0 +se this mu"h beeswa#0"ups oun"es tpoons tblspoons tpoons oun"es12 1 3 ! 1! 4.115 ! 1! 5 1 4.!62 6 12 3 1 1! 4.61! 5 !5 2 ! 4.572 7 64 14 ! 1! 4.765 3 63 1! 6 4.382 8 5! 15 6 1! 4.81 2 52 13 5 4.21 12 9 75 12 5 1! 4.91 15 14 34 !4 7 1.41 62 11 33 !! 7 1! 1.11 1! 1! 8! !5 3 1.!1 72 16 82 !3 3 1! 1.61 65 15 25 !2 8 1.51 82 17 94 64 8 1! 1.7

! 13 93 6! 2 1.3

ow, a little more about this table...this is the table I useto thi"ken ust about any ointment I make. /ometimes I usea little more wa# for something stiffer and sometimes I usea little less, depending on the oil I use and depending on thepurpose the ointment will sere. If I'm "ertain the ointmentwon't be needed at a ;hot; eent, like <ennsi" or any summer"amping (and for %ui"kly used ointments in inter) I typi"allyput in a little less wa# to allow the oil a better "han"e to soakinto the skin.

The ni"e thing about the table is that you don't hae to beall that e#a"t. If you think you might not like how thi"k anointment might get, err on the side of less wa#. <lay withit and use your own udgement= you may find you like adifferent thi"kness than I do, and I'm "ertainly no e#pert.

OT: -ou should be aware that "urrent resear"h about"omfrey lists the plant as a known "ar"inogen. Below is ane#"erpt from the $erb >ompanion maga?ine. Be"ause myfamily does not typi"ally use bruise ointment in large%uantites or for any length of time, we hae "hosen toin"lude it in our bruise ointment. /hould you "hoose notto in the re"ipe aboe, simply remoe it from the re"ipe.

@Arom ;>omfrey: * Aading oman"e; by /teen Aoster in the AebCar199! issue of The $erb >ompanion, pp. 74&75, typos are my faultD

;....The roman"e with "omfrey began to sour late in the 1984s, whensome reports appeared suggesting that ingestion of the herb wasdangerous. *t first, people wouldn't a""ept this finding. /ome"alled it the establishment's "onspira"y to denigrate "omfrey....at's weren't humans, and laboratories were irreleant to thesu""ess that many had e#perien"ed with "omfrey.... In the late 1934s and early 1984s, seeral resear"h "hemistsreport on the presen"e of pyrroli?idine alkaloids (<*s) in seeralspe"ies of "omfrey....<*s be"ame a health "on"ern in the mid&

1984s. Euring a two&year drought in *fghanistan, more than 8444*fghani illagers deeloped seere lier impairment, and many ofthem died. Their illness was tra"ed to the ingestion of wheat"ontaminated with seeds of a <*&"ontaining heliotrope ($eliotropium)



spe"ies. Then, about 84 people in "entral India suffered seerelier damage (and nearly half of them died) when food "erealsbe"ame "ontaminated with the <*&"ontaining seeds of the >rotolaria@pea familyD spe"ies. These reports, "ouple with an in"reased understanding of <*to#i"ity, prompted s"ientists and publi" health offi"ials worldwideto e#amine human "onsumption of <*&"ontianing plant spe"ies more"losely.... Ingestion of <*s "an produ"e eno""lusie disease of the lier,in whi"h the blood flow from the lier is shut off....>omfrey'ssafety was %uestioned dire"tly in a 1982 report on the '"ar"inogeni"itya"tiity of /ymphytum offi"inale @"ommon "omfreyD' published inthe Journal of the ational >an"er Institute. In this study, ratswere fed diets "ontaining from 4.7 to 2 per"ent "omfrey leaf or rootfor 344 days. Fier to#i"ity was obsered within 124 days, and liertumours deeloped in all groups. +rinary bladder tumours were alsoobsered at the lowest dosage leels. The in"iden"e of lier tumourswas higher in rats fed "omfrey root than those fed only the leaes....o "ases of human "an"er are known to hae been "aused byingestion of <*&"ontaining plants. But the "an"er %uestion is probablymoot be"ause by the time a person "onsumes enough <*s to deelop

lier "an"er, he or she may well hae su""umbed to other forms oflier disease....If you use "omfrey at all, you should do so onlyfor short periods of time.;



irst off, let me point out that there is no problem with using "omfreyGe#ternallyG. The problems "ome from taking it internally (and that forlonger periods of time). It is an e#"ellent healing agent and "ontainssignifi"ant amounts of allantion, whi"h promotes growth and healing ofthe skin.

*nd se"ondly, I hae a different re"ipe for bruise ointment (also goodfor strains, rashes, "arpal tunnel and many other things). This onestill takes seeral weeks, but is slightly less labor intensie and usesless heat. I usually make up about 7 to 2 oun"es at a time, so that isthe %uantities %uoted here.

1 o?. of odka (some herbs e#tra"t better in water or in al"ohol than inoil, so odka "oers both those, and is less irritating to the skin thanrubbing (isopropyl) al"ohol)

1 o? "astor oil (nourishing to the skin, and it emulsifies the odka &usually aailable at the drugstore)

5 to 3 o? other oils of your preferen"e (olie, ao"ado, sunflower,apri"ot kernel, almond)

* large handful of the mi#ed herbs I want to use. I mi# the dry herbs ina bowl, and add as mu"h as seems good, to %uote Herard & usually ! & 6Tbsp. $erbs I use are arni"a flower to redu"e swelling, "alendula,"hamomile, and /t. John's wort to redu"e bruises (I use the leaes frommy /t. John's wort plant instead of the flowers, so I don't get the red"olor), lots of "omfrey leaf (root is stronger, but I don't want to digup my plant) for healing, and marsh mallow and slippery elm (these "ansubstitute for "omfrey if you don't want to use it), white willow bark("ontains aspirin= aspirin is absorbed through the skin), and for rashesand inse"t bites I add burdo"k, plantain and some li"ori"e or wild yam.-ou may think of different herbs to use.

Then I put eerything in the blender and blend well. Then I let it allstand for seeral weeks. hen it first "omes out of the blender, it ismilky white with herb bits in it. *fter seeral weeks it will be a darkgreen or brown. Then I strain it through an old ("lean) sto"king andmeasure it. Aor eery 7 oun"es of oil I add about 1 1! o?. beeswa# "o"oa butter "o"onut oil (or ust beeswa# if I am out of the other !). I also add essential oil of "loe and peppermint to stimulate"ir"ulation and penetrate the skin, but not eeryone likes that fragran"e"ombination, so these "ould be left out. <ut the oil and the wa#(es) ina pan, and heat gently until the wa# ust melts. Then pour up into arsand let "ool.

There is ery little heat with this method, whi"h I think is better for

the herbs. *nd I neer get that s"or"hed smell. e use this foreerything, and it really works well. If you prefer an oil, you "an skipthe beeswa# step. *nd the oil and ointment both seem to penetrate theskin well & they are not as greasy feeling as some oils. The ointment isalso e#"ellent for rashes like diaper rash, sin"e the beeswa# proides abit of a moisture barrier. *lso keeps a long time (up to a year or two)if not used up sooner. If you try this, let me know how it works foryou.

/u?anna, the herbalist, Barony of the /teppes, ingdom of *nsteorra(Eallas, TK)

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