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History of Infused Oils

While the Chinese were probably the first to mix herbs, the Egyptians buried their leaders embalmed with infused oils. The Greeks would later discover the healing properties of infused oils, and the Romans built upon that knowledge.  In the dark ages, herbs were used almost exclusively to fight the black plague. 
 Later, apothecaries would sell infused […]

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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2007, 4:03 pm by kim     

What are Infused Oils?

Infused oils are created from 2 ingredients:  a base oil and an herb.
The herb by itself can not become an oil.  But if there is a base oil to hold the herb’s flavor, then an infused oil can be created with the herb flavor.  This allows for a myraid flavor in Infused Oils.  
So the definition of an Infused Oil is […]

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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2007, 3:50 pm by kim     

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This is a website dedicated to infused oils.  Here you can find out what infused oils are, the history of infused oils, and the uses of infused oils.   There is also a list of infused oils, most of which have links to a search engine, where you can link to other sites involving infused oils.  Finally, there […]

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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2007, 2:10 pm by admin