Thank you very much, very helpful and informative. I have a lot of rosemary growing in my garden and am now looking forward to trying out all the methods described in your video. Xx
Dr. Leo Kwok....great job explaining the products and process along with health benefits. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have two large Rosemary plants at home and now know exactly what to do with them.
Can we leave the bottle with oil with dried rosemary under direct sunlight for the infusion method for a few weeks. The only concern is if the sunlight will oxidize the oil. But I’m only looking for external application on the skin and scalp. Not for consumption. Please advise. Thank you
It is good to use dry rosemary with oil but avoid sunlight. The UV light in sunlight can deteriorate oil. You can put the bottle in cabinet in kitchen. The little bit warm can help your extraction.
I just set up my homemade distiller. I was using lemon peels. I barely got any oil out of them. I used about 12 lemons and chopped up the lemon peels. I put about 1/3 full of water in a 6 L pot. I set temperature about medium high. Cooled water as it went through copper tubing. I got lots of liquid but only a light few drops of oil. Was I to steam them on a lower heat? What could I do to extract oil better next time? Or do I need more lemons?
@Dr. Kwok, the infused oil requires 4-8 weeks of time to infuse, *but,* if you use a double boiler, how many weeks do you have to wait? Your explanation forgot that information. .....Also, *if you use a double boiler, how much cooking time should we use??* Thank you, sir.
Hi, with double boiler the time can be saved into 1-2 weeks. Normally the slow cooking will take hours. Longer slow cooking time can save your soaking time after. Or the oil can used right after. Difference is slow cooking can help extract most of essential compounds out and the rest will be extracted during regular soaking. Hope this help answer your questions. Please send me email for any further questions: leo@letimestill.com
It is not necessary to dry rosemary before extraction. However, for infusion and tincture cellular water will comes out from fresh rosemary during soaking which can dilute your extract. For rosemary, there is over 60% of water mass in the fresh herb. Drying can help reduce dilution. Again, drying is not necessary but it can help you get more concentrated product.
Thank you so much for explaining about the Rosemary I know about the three different ways but I didn't know about the the last when you talked about thank you very much and God bless you and your family
Thank you! I am glad you like this video. About distillation you may watch another video making essential oil and hydrosol at home : th-cam.com/video/V5E9f0anaEg/w-d-xo.html
👋 Hello is it possible to do Rosemary Ice extraction. I've recently learned about this method and was curious about your thoughts. I will be trying it out on my own.
Yes, dried rosemary works perfectly for making tincture and infused oil. They are more potent and have less chance go bad than fresh ones due to its less moisture content.
Pure olive oil with dry rosemary can have a good shelf life without saving in refrigerator. If fresh rosemary was used, moisture in the plant could go into oil and that could cause problem during storage.
Herb essential compounds have fairly thermal stability and can tolerate heat. Boiling water or steam won’t cause damage to mostly compounds. Boiled Oil has higher temperature which could have some irreversible effects on some compounds but more compounds have higher solubility in oil than water. If oil is going to be used, either use it at room temperature or heated up at low heat without boiling. Hope this answer can help you. If you have further questions please email me.
Hello doctor🩷How long how many minutes can I heat up in the double boiler the rosemary leaves in olive oil to make a rosemary oil? Please help🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank you in advance😊🙏🏼
We have another video talking about making rosemary dipping oil. Make Rosemary Dipping Oil. Tasty Rosemary Oil. How to Make Rosemary Infused Oil. Rosemary Oil th-cam.com/video/icYqLKGWAWo/w-d-xo.html
Hi! l didn't get the first way exactly. In the first way that is infusion heating is necessity or not? What that I,ve got is that we should soak the rosemary needles into olive oil and put it away for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks we can use it. But if we want to use it immediately we have to haet it. Am I right?
Hi, room temperature is the common way for making infused oil. Heat up can help shorten time but don’t go beyond 140F. Otherwise you will lose their essential compounds. By heating up for example in a slow cooker at low heat, you may use it after 24 hours or longer longer time.
They do but with different amount of oil being extracted. Tea has the least because of its low solubility of oil and low temperature. Oil and alcohol has more oil being dissolved in them. I am having a new video coming out this Saturday, Jun 19th, explaining ways to extract oil and their history. Stay tuned!
I've been drinking rosemary tea every night for about a month now. My arthritic joints feel alot better
Thank you very much, very helpful and informative. I have a lot of rosemary growing in my garden and am now looking forward to trying out all the methods described in your video. Xx
Sure. Rosemary is one of my favorite. From Rosemary as herb to cook chicken to Rosemary hydrosol and eo for skincare and hair care.
This guy is very sweet 😍 cute on how he speaks ~~~very informative❤️
Dr. Leo Kwok....great job explaining the products and process along with health benefits. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have two large Rosemary plants at home and now know exactly what to do with them.
Excellent information - thank you
Excellent as always, Leo! Rosemary is one of my favourite herbs and scents. A tiny bit in the air is also great for anxiety/ depression.
Amazing Video! Thank you again! Your products are amazing 👏🏼
Thank you!
Very clear in English, thank you
Can we leave the bottle with oil with dried rosemary under direct sunlight for the infusion method for a few weeks. The only concern is if the sunlight will oxidize the oil. But I’m only looking for external application on the skin and scalp. Not for consumption. Please advise. Thank you
It is good to use dry rosemary with oil but avoid sunlight. The UV light in sunlight can deteriorate oil. You can put the bottle in cabinet in kitchen. The little bit warm can help your extraction.
@@LeTimeLeo Thank you so much for the quick response. Will do as advised. Thank you again.
Thankyou for sharing this wealth of knowledge, I look forward to learning more from your channel.
Very true and thank you for the video also i love the way you carefully speak English
So, does the first infusion good for the hair and how often should one use it? Great video
Hello 👋
Thank you for the valuable information.
I have a question please
Can I use sunflower oil instead of olive oil for the infusion?
I just set up my homemade distiller. I was using lemon peels. I barely got any oil out of them. I used about 12 lemons and chopped up the lemon peels. I put about 1/3 full of water in a 6 L pot. I set temperature about medium high. Cooled water as it went through copper tubing. I got lots of liquid but only a light few drops of oil. Was I to steam them on a lower heat? What could I do to extract oil better next time? Or do I need more lemons?
Very informative, thank you.
Thanks, very useful information.
@Dr. Kwok, the infused oil requires 4-8 weeks of time to infuse, *but,* if you use a double boiler, how many weeks do you have to wait? Your explanation forgot that information.
.....Also, *if you use a double boiler, how much cooking time should we use??* Thank you, sir.
Hi, with double boiler the time can be saved into 1-2 weeks. Normally the slow cooking will take hours. Longer slow cooking time can save your soaking time after. Or the oil can used right after. Difference is slow cooking can help extract most of essential compounds out and the rest will be extracted during regular soaking. Hope this help answer your questions. Please send me email for any further questions: leo@letimestill.com
Very interesting, thank you. Would the Rosemary need to be dried before any of the procedures ?
It is not necessary to dry rosemary before extraction. However, for infusion and tincture cellular water will comes out from fresh rosemary during soaking which can dilute your extract. For rosemary, there is over 60% of water mass in the fresh herb. Drying can help reduce dilution. Again, drying is not necessary but it can help you get more concentrated product.
@@LeTimeLeo Thank you very much,
yo.......great video, very informative, thank you sir!
It was difficult to tell if you were using fresh or dried rosemary, or does that even matter?
Thank you so much for explaining about the Rosemary I know about the three different ways but I didn't know about the the last when you talked about thank you very much and God bless you and your family
Thank you! I am glad you like this video. About distillation you may watch another video making essential oil and hydrosol at home : th-cam.com/video/V5E9f0anaEg/w-d-xo.html
👋 Hello is it possible to do Rosemary Ice extraction. I've recently learned about this method and was curious about your thoughts. I will be trying it out on my own.
Great video, thanks. How to use rosemary, dried or can it be used fresh? Thank you
Both dried and fresh can be used. Dried has less moisture so it can make more concentrated products.
Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you.
Can you use dried rosemary to make the tinctures and olive oil?
Yes, dried rosemary works perfectly for making tincture and infused oil. They are more potent and have less chance go bad than fresh ones due to its less moisture content.
thank you so much
can one use the oil on hair and how will it benefit hair ??
Do you have to store that olive oil rosemary in the refrigerator? Do you have to worry about botulism? How long will this keep?
Pure olive oil with dry rosemary can have a good shelf life without saving in refrigerator. If fresh rosemary was used, moisture in the plant could go into oil and that could cause problem during storage.
Does heat denature Herbs? Is it better to cook with oil or hot water?
Herb essential compounds have fairly thermal stability and can tolerate heat. Boiling water or steam won’t cause damage to mostly compounds. Boiled Oil has higher temperature which could have some irreversible effects on some compounds but more compounds have higher solubility in oil than water. If oil is going to be used, either use it at room temperature or heated up at low heat without boiling. Hope this answer can help you. If you have further questions please email me.
@@LeTimeLeo but how long should I heat it up? Thank you🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you so much. Very good video
👌🏽👍🏽Excellent video thank you so much 🙏🏽
Hello 👋 can i try these methods with red onions for hair growth?
Will try good material
Which method do you recommend for a tincture for hair growth?
Very good, Thank you.
I have a question...
the firs process (infusion) I can uses the olive oil with rosemary To make my eyelashes long and thick??? please reply♥️🍁
It is a good idea. However make sure the oil don't go into eyes and test there is no allergy reaction.
Are the benefits the same weather using olive oil or alcohol?
Thanking you ...
Very Informative
Can extraction of Rosemary with tea be used as organic preservative for food like other rosemary extracted?
Rosemary oil has been used as food preservatives. It’s tea doesn’t contain much oil and functional compounds because tea is not efficient to extract.
@@LeTimeLeo Thank you for your info. Much appreciated.
Hello Leo this very good information on. Can you make one hydrogen which is gaining bulk amount and sell it also in market?
Hello doctor🩷How long how many minutes can I heat up in the double boiler the rosemary leaves in olive oil to make a rosemary oil? Please help🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you in advance😊🙏🏼
We have another video talking about making rosemary dipping oil. Make Rosemary Dipping Oil. Tasty Rosemary Oil. How to Make Rosemary Infused Oil. Rosemary Oil
th-cam.com/video/icYqLKGWAWo/w-d-xo.html
@@LeTimeLeo thank you very much doctor for your help and time🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🩷
Hi! l didn't get the first way exactly. In the first way that is infusion heating is necessity or not?
What that I,ve got is that we should soak the rosemary needles into olive oil and put it away for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks we can use it. But if we want to use it immediately we have to haet it. Am I right?
Hi, room temperature is the common way for making infused oil. Heat up can help shorten time but don’t go beyond 140F. Otherwise you will lose their essential compounds. By heating up for example in a slow cooker at low heat, you may use it after 24 hours or longer longer time.
@@LeTimeLeo thank you so so much🌺🍀
Great video👍
It's hard to hear you with the echo from being in a large room
Dear leo, from the 4 methods you explained,which method is the cold pressed method?
Cold press is used to citrus peels to squeeze out its oil. Rosemary is not using it.
@@LeTimeLeo thank you so much
Are the properties the same in a tincture and an oil difusion?😊
They have similar extracted phyto chemicals but tincture is way more potent due to its stronger solubility.
@@LeTimeLeo thank you so much. Love your videos, very informative.
Hi, is there any trace of EO on the other 3?
They do but with different amount of oil being extracted. Tea has the least because of its low solubility of oil and low temperature. Oil and alcohol has more oil being dissolved in them. I am having a new video coming out this Saturday, Jun 19th, explaining ways to extract oil and their history. Stay tuned!
In infusion method did you use fresh or dried rosemary?
When using oil infusions it is better use dry because moisture in the fresh herbs can make the infusions go bad earlier.
@@LeTimeLeo thank you ,I appreciated you taking the time to answer me 🌷
Can you drink a teaspoon of rosemary oil for mucus
Pure essential oil is not recommended for internal consumption including rosemary oil. Rosemary hydrosol can be diluted for drinking.
Pardon what's Rosemary needle ?
Hi, it is rosemary leaves.
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