Recipe for Solomon Seal oil?

I’ve read a lot about using Solomon seal for joint pain. Ive started a tincture in everclear.

I would like to make something to use topically. Ive found talk about infusing an oil but no recipes.

Id like to make as strong of an infusion as possible that I can dillute it later. Maybe I can also put some pepper heat in with some of it? Or any other herbs that will ease my husbands bad knees.

American herbalist Matthew Wood has a recipe for the infused oil.

use 7 oz. dry plant material (root) and 1 cup of safflower or olive oil--let this sit covered for 6 weeks. Alternatively you can gently heat, but not boil the same ingredients for a four hour period to infuse the oil.

For a salve mix: 3/4 cup + 5tsp. of infused oil, 1600 IU vitamin E oil, and 3 tbsp. grated beeswax. Gently heat until it melts and stir together, then you can pour into a container for use.

this recipe was from  Pip Waller's  "Herbal Handbook for Home and Health" book.

Thanks for the quick reply.

What I have is fresh roots I dug up a couple days ago. Im not sure if I can use it fresh? Would it make the oil go rancid? They are pretty moist,?like a potato.

I would dry them if you were going to use the 6 week method, otherwise I don't see why heating them in the oil wouldnt work. I have a friend who does a cbd oil with her hemp buds and she does both dry and fresh.

I've noticed that with roots, the moisture in the material tends to block out the oil. I'd suggest slicing it very thin and letting it dry first. You'll get a much stronger infusion that way.

I sliced the roots to dry in a dehydrator. I didnt make them very thin. I sliced them about 1/4 inch and they have shrunk to about 1/8 inch so far. I started it about 5 hours ago. I plan to let them dry overnight and will put them in coconut oil tomorrow morning.

How did your oil turn out? Would be curious to hear how it worked. I have used Solomon’s Seal internally (tincture, tea, and chewing the root) to great effect but never externally and would love to hear how it went as it is something I have considered making myself, but am hesitant, given that at least where I live, it is not a terribly common plant.

If you plan to make further oils or salves for this issue, another thing to try adding might be Cottonwood buds. I have not used them myself, but my herbalist friend and mentor suggested them for joint pain.

Perhaps you have already considered this, but tending to the muscles surrounding an achy joint can make a tremendous difference. Gentle stretching, foam rolling and massage are wonderful for this. As a massage therapist, I often find that knee pain is accompanied by tight quadriceps, hamstrings and iliotibial bands, among other things. Working on these muscle groups has often provided significant relief. Epsom salt baths can help quite a bit as well, as most folks do not get enough magnesium, which is vital to muscle health.

I haven’t strained the oil yet. I teally should do that tomorrow. I also tinctured some of it that also need to be strained.

I suffer from tennis elbow and my fingers ache.  I’ll start using  the oil and taking some of the tincture. Then I’ll post here what my experience  is in a couple weeks

I made an oil infusion with fresh solomon's seal and almond oil.  It sat in the window for 1 month.  the oil was covering the thinly sliced roots and I should have stirred it more.  It is very stinky.  Is that a problem?

I have not worked with Solomon seal or oil.

To me, if it is stinky I might not want to use it.

Daniel said,"I would dry them if you were going to use the 6 week method, otherwise I don't see why heating them in the oil wouldnt work.

If you are using it to massage muscles and can stand the smell, why not use it?