Homemade Ginger Oil

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Ginger oil leaves you with a little zing of heat when applied to the skin. This fresh, golden oil is deeply warming. It is one of the hardest infused oils to make because the ginger root is so juicy. Yet it's entirely worth the effort!

Ingredients & Materials Needed:
2 C. Ginger, chopped
3 C. Olive oil
1 Crock pot, (or yogurt maker) meticulously cleaned
2 Sterile mason jars with lids
Strainer
Cheesecloth or muslin

Directions:

1. Place ginger in crock pot on lowest setting. Cover with the oil. Cover pot, but leave the lid slightly ajar to release moisture. Let sit (gently heating) for 2 days. Be sure to monitor your oil so that it does not boil or burn.
2. Strain oil through cheesecloth or muslin into your first jar.
3. Allow your oil to sit for 1 day to allow natural separation.
4. Pour the oil off into your second glass jar.

Uses For Ginger Oil:

• Massage it into aching joints, muscles or dry skin.
• Incorporate it into a ginger & eucalyptus chest rub salve (stay tuned for the DIY)!
• Massage congested breast tissue and lymph glands 
• Pour it into your bath with epsom salts
• Add it to any Asian dish or use in a salad dressing

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