DIY Vapor Rub
Here is the short list of toxic ingredients in Vick's Vapor Rub:
Camphor: Contributes to the vapor quality. Toxic levels are anything over 11 percent. Vick’s has 5 percent.
Turpentine Oil: Also aids in the vapor qualities. It is a paint solvent.
Laureth 7: which comes from ethylene oxide and lauryl alcohol, serves an emulsifier. A common, probably too common, component found in detergents, cleaners and paint.
Petrolatum: THIS is what make’s Vick’s, Vick’s. The silky, thick salve substance you scoop out of the container and rub on chest, neck and nose. Derived from petroleum (aka crude oil) it is approved by the USFDA as a glide in ointments and cosmetics. Petrolatum has been found in cancerous tumors (breast, coincidently the same area where we like to RUB Vick’s), causes suffocation of the skin, premature aging and aggravated acne.
Just a few reasons why you should to make your own!
Homemade Vapor Rub
Ingredients:
5 TB coconut oil
2 TB cocoa butter
1 1/2 TB beeswax
30 drops eucalyptus essential oil (for children use Eucaylptus Radiata or Eucaplytus Citriodora)
12 drops each of essential oils: peppermint, lavender, and rosemary
5 drops tea tree essential oil
Instructions:
In a saucepan, over low heat, add the coconut oil and cocoa butter. Melt.
Once melted, add the beeswax. Melt.
Remove the pan from the heat. Allow the mixture to sit in the saucepan for 5 minutes. This will allow the mixture to cool so the oils aren't damaged.
After 5 minutes, add the eucalyptus, peppermint, lavender, rosemary, and tea tree oils to the coconut oil mixture. Combine with a spoon.
Pour the mixture into glass jars. I use these mason jars. This recipe will make one 4 oz. jar of vapor rub. As the mixture cools in the jar the liquid will solidify, making it a creamy, spreadable rub.
**This recipe will keep for a year.
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