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Medicinal
The best thing about making your How to make your Cannabis-infused
own lotion is that you get to control lotion
what goes into your lotion.
When you apply cannabis lotion to your Preheat your oven to 120’C and spread your
skin the molecules linger in fat cells. dried ground cannabis on a baking sheet. When
Therefore, THC molecules – the ones that the oven is hot, decarboxylate your cannabis in
get you high – are not absorbed into the
bloodstream and remain at the site where the oven for 25-30 minutes.
they were applied. While your cannabis is in the oven, put your
coconut oil in the saucepan or double boiler
Ingredients: over low heat and stir continuously.
7-10 grams of ground, dried cannabis Remove your decarboxylated cannabis from the
1 ½ cups of coconut oil oven and mix it into the coconut oil.
1/3 cup beeswax Maintain a low heat (2) and continue stirring
1 baking sheet the cannabis and Coconut oil mixture for 20 to
1 saucepan (or double boiler) 25 minutes.
1 jar Keep the heat very low, I recommend you keep
1 cotton cloth your stove on 1 especially when using a
A few drops of essential oil (your choice) saucepan.
1 cup aloe vera gel
vitamin E oil After 25 minutes, remove from heat and pour
2 tablespoons shea butter or cocoa butter
the mixture through a cotton cloth into the jar.
Set that aside.
In the same saucepan or double boiler, add the
beeswax and heat until melted.
As the beeswax melts, slowly add the infused
coconut oil.
You can also add essential oils to your mixture–
Just a few drops will do.
To increase the fluidity of your cream, increase
the amount of oil–we recommend vitamin E oil
or almond oil into your mixture.
Keep in mind that your lotion will still be fairly
thick, so we don’t recommend trying to put it in
a lotion pump.
Storing it in a cool, dark place will help preserve
its longevity.
