John the Baptist Oil

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John the Baptist Oil

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Ingredients
Hypericum flowers	50 g
Olive or linseed oil	200 ml

Cooking method

• We collect the tops of the plant with flowers and leaves.
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• I grow on my site so as not to run into the forest.
• Finely chop the flowers together with the branches of St. John's wort, place in a glass jar, crush
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• - hands will become very stained, so it is better to put on gloves, close the lid, leave to ferment for about 3 hours, then fill with olive or linseed oil (you can use a 1: 1 mixture), put in a yogurt maker (slow cooker with "Yogurt" mode) for 10 hours.
• Then we put it in the refrigerator and keep it there for about a month.
• Therefore, a photo of the finished oil in a month!
• And you can start collecting St. John's wort!
• You can prepare butter in other ways - choose any!
• • 1 way: pour 1/2 l of olive oil into an enamel bowl, even better sea buckthorn or, if there are none, corn or unrefined sunflower oil. Put in a water bath, pour 150 g of finely chopped flowers or tops of St. John's wort into the oil and boil for 30 minutes. Remove from heat, leave for 3 days, then strain. Store in a dark place.
• • 2 way: pour 1/2 liter of purified vegetable oil 150 g of the upper parts of St. John's wort inflorescences, put in a water bath and boil for 12-15 hours, stirring occasionally, then strain. Store in a dark place.
• • 3 way: pour 10 parts of vegetable oil 1 part of chopped St. John's wort herb, put in a water bath and heat for 3 hours. Then drain the oil and squeeze the grass under a press. Strain the resulting oil extract.
• • 4 way: pour 1 cup of sunflower or almond oil 1/2 cup of fresh flowers and leaves of St. John's wort, cleaned from impurities and dirt, and leave for 3 weeks. Squeeze, strain. Store in a cool place.
• • 5 way: fill a 1 liter glass jar with St. John's wort flowers up to the shoulders, then pour olive or sunflower (cold pressed) oil, press the flowers tightly so that they are completely covered. If this is not done, the part of the grass that will not be covered with oil may become moldy. Close the jar with a lid and put in a dark place for 3-4 weeks. After that, squeeze everything through cheesecloth, strain and pour into an opaque container with a tight-fitting lid.
• • 6 way: pour 1 liter of sunflower oil 1/2 kg of fresh flowers with St. John's wort leaves, add 1/2 liter of white wine to this, put in a dark place and leave for 3 days, shaking the contents occasionally. Then put the mixture on low heat and evaporate the wine.
• • 7 way: Crush 25 g of fresh flowers that have just blossomed in a mortar, pour 1/2 liter of olive oil over them, mix and pour into a white glass bottle with a wide mouth and leave it uncovered for a while in a warm place. The mixture will begin to ferment and must be stirred periodically. When (after about 3-5 days) fermentation is over, close the bottle and expose to the sun. Keep this way until the contents turn bright red (after about 6 weeks). Then separate the oil from the water layer and store in tightly closed bottles.
• • 8 way: Rinse freshly picked St. John's wort flowers, knead them in a towel until a dark cherry-colored mass is obtained. Fold the resulting mass into a 3-liter jar to half of its volume, pour in unrefined sunflower oil and add 150 ml of Cahors. All this must fit to the neck.Tie the neck of the jar with gauze folded in 4 layers and put it in the sun for 4 weeks, stirring the contents with a wooden spoon once a week. In the sun, the oil takes on a thick pomegranate color. Then strain the oil, pour it into a dark glass bottle and seal tightly.
• • 9 way: pour 200 ml of olive oil 20 g of fresh flowers of St. John's wort, insist in a dark place for 40 days, squeeze and strain.

Note

Why the name stuck in Europe "the grass of John the Baptist".

From biblical traditions,

John the Baptist, John the Baptist

6-2 years BC e. - OK. 30 A.D. BC]) - according to the Gospels: the closest predecessor of Jesus Christ, who predicted the coming of the Messiah, lived in the desert as an ascetic, preached and performed sacred ablutions / immersions for cleansing from sins and repentance of the Jews, who later became known as the sacrament of baptism, washed (baptized) in the waters the Jordan River of Jesus Christ by dipping it into water. He was beheaded at the request of the Jewish queen Herodias and her daughter Salome. Considered a historical figure; its mention in all known manuscripts of the "Jewish Antiquities" of Josephus is considered by most researchers to be an authentic text, and not a later insertion by Christian scribes.
In Christian views, he is the last in a series of prophets - heralds of the coming of the Messiah. In Islam, as well as Mandeans and Bahá'ís, it is revered under the name Yahya (Yahya), in Christian Arab churches - under the name of Johanna.

According to the biblical legend, while the executioner carried the prophet's head to the palace on a platter, a few drops of blood fell to the ground, and grass grew in that place, absorbing John's blood. This is the herb of St. John's wort. The leaves and petals of the corolla of St. John's wort contain a bright red pigment similar to blood.

From the history of the name "St. John's wort"

\ "This plant was called hare blood, ailment, hare tree, healthy grass, bloodthirsty, St. John's wort. The most famous and frequently used name of the herb - St. John's wort - has two versions of its origin. Proponents of the first believe that it comes from the Kazakh word "Dzherabay"which means "Wound healer».

Others claim that St. John's wort was named because of the plant's ability to cause disease in sheep. However, people have long noticed that not all animals that eat this grass are sick, but only those with a light or variegated coat color. Moreover, these white and variegated sheep fell ill only on sunny days, and on cloudy days they endured St. John's wort as if nothing had happened. People thought about this riddle for a long time. And only now it became known what these miracles were. It turned out that St. John's wort contains a special substance - hypericin, - which increases the sensitivity of the skin to ultraviolet rays. That is why, by eating grass, the animals suffered on sunny days. They developed swelling that hurt and itched, and some sheep even died. \ "

7 july the Orthodox Church will honor The Nativity of John the Baptist.
And according to popular beliefs, the night with 6-7 July - Ivana-Kupala.

Ol, why then use this oil?

How to use this oil? This is the first time I hear about such oil

Added Sunday, Jun 26, 2016 5:31 PM

So Ksyunechka doesn't know

[For medicinal purposes]

I prepare it as a regenerative, anti-inflammatory and wound healing aid to improve and restore the skin.
For cosmetic purposes - I add it to face and hair masks.

For example, when I go to the bathhouse, although now it is very rare, or to the pool, the skin after the pool dries very much. Instead of cream. In the scalp - great!

For medicinal purposes - exclusively after consultation with a good herbalist!

[Olga]

Olga, Usyo is understandable

Got it, thanks!)

I don't make a lot of these oils - just a little bit - from marigolds, from St. John's wort, from chaga and sea buckthorn. By the new season, almost everything will be spent!

How do you make sea buckthorn? By the same principle? Do you store it in the refrigerator?

This oil is a panacea for burns.They checked it many times even for severe burns - no pain, no blister.

[Kalmykova]

Kalmykova,! Aha!

Added Sunday 26 Jun 2016 8:02 pm

Omela, this is how I do

Sea buckthorn oil in a multicooker Brand 37502 (MariV)

and also in a cool place, not in the light!

[Kalmykova]

Kalmykova,

Oil of John the Baptist "Answer # 8 Today at 18:37"

This oil is a panacea for burns. They checked it many times even for severe burns - no pain, no blister.

Are you talking about St. John's wort oil?

[Katya1234]

Katya1234, Well, of course !

St. John's wort is a very good herb. But butter never did. It doesn't grow here here. There will be an opportunity to do it on vacation.

[Albina]

Albina, yes, a very valuable herb!

[Olga]

Olga, as I loved to collect St. John's wort and oregano in childhood. We took whole bouquets from the children's camp.

[Albina]

Albina, even now, despite the fact that St. John's wort grows in the garden, I cannot resist not to pluck it when I go to the forest! He is very handsome!

We collect the tops of the plant with flowers and leaves.

Ol, about how many cm from above?

[MariV]

MariV, Olya, thanks for reminding me, it's time to do a blank. Maslechko is very good. Early healing. And the herb itself is useful. I dry it, and in winter in tea, along with mint thyme. And one friend of mine adds dry grass as a seasoning to dishes.

[Omela]

Omela, Ksyusha, up to 3 cm.
Fofochka, Lena. I also made use of tea fermented from St. John's wort flowers.

delicious and aromatic!



Here are the flowers of Ivan-tea!

This is not the same St. John's wort, which is used in medicine, judging by the photo. It is rather graceful rather than perforated.

[Zakharovna]

Zakharovnaperhaps your knowledge in this matter is deeper.
But I have St. John's wort, perforated, which is necessary. Graceful St. John's wort is listed in the Red Book, and in our places I have never seen it.