How to make sea buckthorn oil at home?

Sea buckthorn oil has many beneficial properties and a vitamin content. It is successfully used in medicine and cosmetology as an independent tool, and in combination with other components. For example, to create shampoos, creams, masks, gels. All of them are useful if made in compliance with the technologies and made on the basis of natural raw materials. But if the sea buckthorn grows near the house or at the dacha, there is every chance to independently prepare a healing and healthy product.

To do everything correctly and with pleasure to use the product of their own labor, you need to learn how to make sea buckthorn oil with your own hands.

Sea buckthorn oil is sold in a pharmacy, the product is safe and effective, and in necessary cases it should be purchased there. But it is no less interesting to try to make butter at home and try the effectiveness of a self-made tool on yourself. The manufacture of sea buckthorn oil has its own characteristics. If other types of oils are extracted from nuts or seeds, the preparation of sea buckthorn oil occurs by analogy with burdock oil, based on sunflower or olive oil. The reason is that it is impossible to isolate the right amount of oil from the sea buckthorn bones, they are too small.

At industrial enterprises this is achieved with the help of powerful presses and other technological features. But at home it is unrealistic. Therefore, vegetable oil is taken as a basis, and it is easy to make a useful extract from the berries. They are rich in carotene, so the oil has a rich orange color with a reddish tinge.

Oil at home can be done in different ways, using the bones, fresh juice, cake from the berries. They can be recycled together and used each component separately. In any case, you get a useful product that is useful in the treatment and cosmetic home procedures.

To make sea buckthorn oil from fresh berries, You must perform the following steps:

• with the help of a juicer to get juice or manually using a rolling pin in a glass container to crush the berries. You can also do this in a blender or meat grinder;
• using gauze to separate the juice from the oilcake;
• cake in the amount of three glasses pour half a liter of oil. Most often for these purposes unrefined sunflower is used, which can be replaced with olive, corn or soybean;
• the composition is drawn for about a week;

• after this, it is necessary to strain first through a sieve, then again through gauze;
• You can use oil or even improve its quality. To do this, again squeeze the juice from the fresh berries, and pour new cake with settled oil;
• the process of settling, straining and squeezing is repeated. And the improved home product is ready to use.

To get a quality product in sufficient quantities, you can use roasted berries. The only drawback of this recipe is the cooking time. For cooking sea buckthorn oil, you should perform such actions as:

• first, sea buckthorn is well dried;
• berries are laid out on a baking sheet and placed in the oven.In order to avoid burning of fruits, the process must be controlled, periodically stir them with a wooden spatula so that they dry out evenly at a temperature of +70 degrees;
• when the berries are dry and hard, they are crushed in a blender or coffee grinder, a powder is obtained;

• dry mixture pour vegetable oil about a centimeter three above the mixture itself. To do this, it is better to choose a wide dish, so the mixture would rather give the oil its nutrients. Dishes in the form of a bottle or jug ​​just will not work;
• the composition, covered with a lid, is sent to a dark place and aged at room temperature for a week;
• when the time runs out, you need to strain the composition, leave for another three days. After that, a small precipitate forms at the bottom, it can be filtered again. And the oil is ready;
• to improve the result, you can defend and filter a few more times.

The convenience of this recipe is that it can be prepared even in winter, when the need arose. But those mistresses who since autumn have stocked up with vitamins will be able to do it. Store in the freezer need whole, clean and well-dried berries. Then in the cold season it is possible to make at least a vitamin drink from frozen berries, even oil for treatment and cosmetic procedures.

To prepare sea buckthorn oil from frozen berries, you must do the following:

• the berry should be washed to remove excess moisture and accidental contamination;
• manually or using a blender to squeeze the juice, and the cake to separate;
• dry it, spread out on clean paper;
• gently select the grains, pass through a coffee grinder;
• the powder received from stones to mix with the pounded berries;

• add sea buckthorn juice, vegetable oil;
• keep the resulting composition in a water bath for at least three hours;
• three days the mixture is settled at room temperature in a dark place;
• By this time, an oily film forms on the surface, it must be carefully removed with a spoon and poured into a bottle;
• you can insist a few more days, and then again remove the film. And do it until oily stains cease to appear on the surface.

It should be immediately taken into account that this method of making a lot of oil will not give, you cannot make a mask for the face or hair of such an amount, and there will not be enough of it for other procedures for an adult. But this is the case when, for example, a small child needs pure oil, in the beneficial qualities of which you can be completely sure. To make sea buckthorn oil, you must perform the following steps:

• clean selected berries are placed in a juicer;
• the resulting juice, separated from the meal, is placed in a glass container;
• clean in a dark place for a day;
• after that, a thin oily film appears on the surface. So she is the most useful. It has the highest concentration of vitamins and nutrients;
• it must be carefully removed and placed in a bottle. In this way, if necessary, you can produce the freshest and most useful oil when it is needed a little.

Oil is the most useful of all the options listed. The only negative is that a large amount of raw materials is required for the manufacture of this product. All the above methods have their pros and cons, each hostess will decide which option is preferable for her.

It is necessary to follow a few simple rules to preserve the beneficial properties of sea buckthorn oil.

• To make the product as useful as possible, it must not only be properly prepared, but also preserved. Sea buckthorn oil should be in tightly closed glass bottles. Keep it in a dark cool place. For these purposes, suitable refrigerator.
• Another important nuance that needs to be taken into account when making butter at home is the quality and ripeness of the berries. There are different varieties of sea buckthorn, and their ripening time varies. Every owner who grows this berry in the garden knows when to pick it up. The earliest varieties ripen in August, and later ones can ripen in October.
• If the berry is to be bought on the market, you need to look at it and determine by eye how ripe it is. Usually the ripe berry has an orange color, it is soft and exudes aroma.

• Apply the prepared oil can be in a variety of areas - both internally and externally. It is used as an antibacterial, analgesic. They are treated with wounds, it helps to accelerate healing. Inflammations on the skin are also treatable with oil.
• For skin and hair, you can prepare nourishing and moisturizing compositions that are not worse than professional products. These homemade recipes will improve the condition of the skin and hair. And let it take a long time to prepare butter with your own hands, but it's worth it. Time will not be wasted. Indeed, in any situation at hand will be very good, healing home remedy.

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