DIY Garlic Oil

With two basic foods a wonderful oil can be produced to use as a natural remedy to reduce cough, ear pain and many other maladies. Fresh garlic plus olive oil and ten minutes of time is all it takes to make an amazing food safe healing oil.

Garlic Oil Ingredients:

• Fresh bulbs of garlic
• Olive oil

Garlic Oil Directions:

• Separate cloves of garlic from as many bulbs as you care to use. Several large bulbs will supply a family and several friends for a winter in most cases!
• Use a garlic press to mince the garlic.
• Place garlic in a mason jar or other glass container.
• Pour olive oil over the garlic. It should completely cover the garlic. Because the goal is a very concentrated oil, don’t use too much oil. Use the picture above as a guide for how much olive oil to use.
• Put a cover on the jar of olive oil and garlic.
• Allow the garlic and oil to sit for ten days in a kitchen cabinet. Stir daily if desired, though this step is optional.
• After ten days, use an old t-shirt (that you can toss out afterwards!) to strain out the garlic from the oil.
• The resulting oil can be stored in a clean jar in the refrigerator.

During acute illness, the oil can sit out on the counter if it is being used often. (It will solidify in the refrigerator.)

The oil should last for 6 months if it is kept in the refrigerator most of the time.

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