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10 Gm beeswax

1 1/4 cup rosewater

I 1/2 ml Rose essential oil

I tsp. glycerin

3/4 up almond oil (which includes I tablespoon Alkanet infused oil, I tablespoon Calendula infused oil)

1. Pour Rosewater and glycerin into blender.

2. Put the blender lid on (remove the center ring from the lid, so oils can be poured into the blender later), and set aside.

3. Grate the beeswax.

4. Place the Almond oil mixture and grated beeswax into the glass measuring cup.

5. Place the glass cup into a metal pot and fill the pot with water up to the level of the oil in the cup, making a water bath.

6. Heat the oil just until the wax is completely melted.

7. Remove from the heat and set aside.

8. Let this cool a few minutes, just until you see a faint rim of wax hardened on the side of the measuring cup.

9. Turn the blender on low speed and pour oil/wax mixture very slowly into the rosewater/glycerin mixture—pour a slow steady stream using a funnel or the chopstick as a guiding rod (see “Guiding Rod” under “Decanting,” Chapter Twenty-Five).

10. When the blender motor begins to bog down, turn it up to the next higher speed. Continue this until you reach the high speed, until all the oil has been poured into the mixture.

11. While the blender is still running remove the lid.

12. If you see any liquid in the corners of the blender, scrape the sides down with the spatula until all the liquid is incorporated and blended together (be aware of the blender blade).

13. The cream will become either too stiff to take any more oil or all the water will have been fully blended with the oil. If any water remains unblended, pour it off or blot it with a clean absorbent paper tissue.

14. You now have a luscious thick cream.

15. Add the Rose essential oil and blend it in for 10 seconds. Do not overblend the cream.

16. Scoop the cream into containers and refrigerate.

17. Be sure to wipe the lid after each use!

Recorded history reveals that herbalists and physicians of ancient India and Egypt used suppositories for local and systemic affect. “Suppository” is defined as something that is “placed underneath,” designed to penetrate and dissolve in a body cavity other than the mouth. In this country, during most of the 1800s, suppositories were prescribed mainly for local problems. However, as the fundamental anatomy and physiology of the rectum have become more clearly understood by Western science, it has become apparent that herbs can be absorbed from the lower regions of the rectum and then can enter the general circulation, thus becoming systemic. We know now that rectal insertion can be an excellent method for administering herbs to infants, young children, and adults on correct occasions.

According to the Greeks a bolus was a “lump” or a “clod.” Today it is defined as “a rounded mass of anything,” a large pill or tablet, and in some lexicons it is defined as “a large pill for a horse.” Somewhere along the way, from the time when a bolus was considered by the Greeks merely a lump and a clod, it has become a country cousin to the more sophisticated-sounding “suppository.” Among herbalists the term most commonly used is “herbal bolus.” So today, for all practical purposes, boluses and suppositories are considered to be the same thing. Whatever you choose to call this vehicle, it is a single dosage preparation, intended primarily for insertion into the vaginal or rectal cavity for local or systemic action.

The primary advantage of using a bolus is that it is a slippery little vehicle that gets in there and deposits the goods forthright. The “goods” are therapeutic and tonic herbs, and “there” are those inner body parts that, when signaling for help, are soothed and nourished by an herb being placed right up against them, or at least as close to them as physically possible. A bolus can be inserted directly into the vagina to soothe infections and treat inflammation of the cervix and other inner vaginal tissues, or it can be inserted into the rectum to soothe and tone mildly or highly