Hi Chris, I've not tried making an ointment with CS, but I have tried making a gel, with and with out aloe vera. Its very easy and your CS won't need to be heated to a high temp. ( as it does if your making a cream or ointment) Here s a recipe. (with thanks to Marshall for the ph bit) 90ml CS 2ml Xanthum Gum 10ml Aloe Vera concentrate (I use 1:10) a few drops of a preservative, such as grapefruit seed extract. sodium bicarb
Gently heat the CS till it's lukewarm (this will make the gum melt more easily) sprinkle the gum and beat vigorously. If you don't want to introduce air bubbles into your mixture, keep the whisk on the bottom of the pan. Add the AV concentrate and preservative. (I've found that after about three weeks the gel develops a mould of some description. This is about two weeks longer than using just water, so the CS is doing something, just not for very long.) Bring the mixture back to around 7ph with sodium bicarb using litmus paper. You can use other thickening agents such as cellulose gum, roughly twice as much should do it. Give it a try, it's quick and simple to make. Good Luck! Rod -------Original Message------- Chris Noel wrote: Hi! I'm fairly new to using CS (about a week now) I have built my own generator and can make CS no problem. I want to know two things. 1. What is DMSO and what is it good for? 2 Can you mix CS and Aloe to make an ointment? -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with s...@netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/
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