Breast Milk and Gut Flora

http://www.naturalnews.com/053108_breast_milk_gut_health_healthy_microbiome.html

Oil waste water growing organic food???

http://www.naturalnews.com/050624_fracking_chemicals_food_crops_waste_water.html

Roundup Ready or NOT!!

http://www.naturalnews.com/052862_Glyphosate_Roundup_cancer.html#

Toxic pickles?

http://www.naturalnews.com/048795_pickle_juice_toxic_ingredients_natural_flavor.html

Dandelion Body Oil

Dandelion has a special affinity for breasts. Regular use of dandelion flower oil promotes deep relaxation of the breast tissues, facilitating the release of held emotions. Applied regularly to the entire breast area, glowing golden dandelion flower oil can strengthen your sense of self worth as well as your immune system. Easily made, this oil is a superb ally for regular breast self-massage, and highly praised by those doing therapeutic breast massage. Dandelion root oil, used along or in conjunction with the flower oil, can help clear minor infections, relieve impacted milk glands, and reduce cysts in the breasts.” Breast Cancer? Breast Health! by Susun Weed

Heartweed: I looked at several different ways to make Dandelion oil and I like this one bet. I also saw a tip that says that you can spread herbs and flowers on cookie sheets and place in back window of car interior to dry them quickly on a hot day. 

http://montanahomesteader.com/make-dandelion-salve/

Making Dandelion Infused Oil

Making infused oils is fairly simple. To make dandelion infused oil, you need to harvest a bunch of dandelion flower heads. I cut them off the stem as high as I could to minimize the amount of green foliage being harvested. I wasn’t quite sure how many to harvest, so I filled a large bowl. This ended up being about four cups of fresh dandelion heads.

I read several different articles about making dandelion infused oil and one thing everyone mentioned was being mindful of the high water content in dandelion flowers. To minimize getting a bunch of icky sludge in your infused oil, dry the flower heads out for a day or two. I spread them out on a cloth inside a cardboard box lid and sat them on top of our chest freezer for two days. 

Once the dandelion flowers have dried a bit, pack them into a glass jar. I used a pint size canning jar and had just enough space for all the flowers. Next pour olive oil into the jar. Make sure the dandelion flowers are all completely covered with oil. Place a lid on the jar. 

There are two ways to infuse oil. The way I first learned several years ago was the slow infusion method that I learned from this amazing book.  This method requires sitting the jar of oil out of direct sunlight for four to six weeks. If you want a speedier process, you can heat the oil in a jar on the stove. I opted for this method since I was anxious to make some salve and heal my dried out skin. heartweed: I also read that setting out for 4-6 weeks can make the dandelions mold so I am thinking the heating method for me. 

I put a small pot on the stove with a few inches of water in the bottom. Then I sat the glass jar of oil and flower heads in the pan and turned it on medium. Once the water heated up but not boiling, I turned it off and let the jar sit in the pan of water until it all cooled off. Then I put the jar in the cupboard to continue infusing.

My jar infused for well over a week. This was mainly because I was so busy working in the garden I didn’t have time to make the salve!  The infused oil could actually be used after two or three days. After it is done infusing, strain the flowers from the oil. I use a small fine mesh sieve and press the flowers down into the sieve to press out as much oil as I can. Compost your flowers and the infused oil is now ready to use!