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Homemade Topical Guaifenesin Recipe
Occasionally a member of GG will ask about topical guai. Some are interested
in making it themselves. One of our members has become quite proficient at it
and she gave permission for her recipe to be published here.
I have just made a new batch of topical guai. The last batch lasted me so long -
I was afraid of running out before my order got to Australia from Canada, but in
fact it kept going for months.
I don't really have amounts, just method. This is what I did:
I poured emu oil into my ointment jar to a depth of about quarter of the jar.
I topped up with Fludan guaifenesin powder to a little below the shoulder of the
jar. This would give me room to stir the powder into the oil.
To the resultant stiff paste I added a water/MSM/CS mixture a teaspoonful ata
time, stirring well to guage the consistency of the cream.
Then I added half a teaspoon of DMSO. I got the mixture to a smooth cream, not
too stiff to melt into the skin, but not so sloppy it would fall off my finger
onto the floor.
Mix the powder in the oil so the powder is just adhering
but not swamped.
Add the liquid (CS, CS/DMSO, or water) just to smooth the mixture by dissolving
any gritty particles.
You have to fiddle about to get it to a nice consistency. It's a trial every
time unless you want to do a series of small batches and see which you
like best. If you put liquid first you get a different product that might
combine and then crystallize later.
That's the method, basically, but I had additions, and these are my reasons and
regrets:
I wanted to add MSM to the cream, but last time I added the crystals after
mixing the cream and it was gritty ever after, and I had to use a spray to get
the grit to dissolve at time of application. This time I decided to >dissolve
the MSM in the liquid first. I used hot reverse osmosis filtered water. I kicked
myself afterwards for not heating my colloidal silver to do this. I can only add
so much liquid, and I missed the chance of having the health benefits of CS in
the cream. I did add a little cold CS, but doing things a different way must
have addled my brain. Even if I wasn't going to use CS, I would have preferred
to use distilled water. However, RO is not too bad. .
REASONS:
LIQUID: The idea of the liquid is to dissolve any gritty particles that don't
melt into the emu oil. It also makes the cream creamier.
EMU OIL: It is reputed to pass easily into the skin. The other grease I
considered using, lanolin, can be contaminated with sheep dip. It's also rather
stiff. I used as little oil as possible, as last time I made it I got the
impression the oil might have been stopping the guai taking up the water, so
that although the gritty bits had not all disappeared, the water was repelled
and couldn't dissove them.
MSM: Guaiers have reported such good results with MSM that I wanted to use it,
but am not good at taking it orally. Topical suits me better. This way I will
get at least a little every day instead of some very occasionally.
CS: I figure I might as well have the germ killing benefits of CS working for me
rather than just distilled water.
DMSO: Although DMSO is used medicinally, I am only using it because of its
property of conveying other substances past the skin and into the tissues,
rather like an injection without needles. A solvent, DMSO will carry molecules
below a certain molecular weight with it into the body. That's what I want it to
do to the guai, and guai's molecular weight is low enough
for the DMSO to work. Quite a small amount of DMSO is effective. It should be
used diluted to prevent discomfort to the skin. Don't let it drip on your
polished tables, or it will strip the shine off. Don't have anything on your
skin that you don't want entering your body, like dirt or chemicals. Whatever it
touches it will take in, if it's the right molecular weight. This is just the
way I have evolved of producing my topical guai. If anyone has a tame chemist in
their menagerie who feels like offering words of wisdom, great.
When I started using the Fludan powder and experimenting with different ways of
swallowing it, I found it rather uncomfortable on the stomach. I suppose this
may have been because of dysbiosis or leaky gut. Topical suited me
better as far as compliance went - I would get to the stage where I couldn't
bear to be swallowing any more pills, but never had a problem slopping a bit of
cream on my skin. If I stick to applying it in bed after my hot bath, I can
remember it pretty well. I choose to believe that this is a kind of slow release
guai - at least it seems to work. I started with a small quantity and worked my
way up to what seemed to work.
When I started thinking about topical guai, it was because other guaiers
reported either success or excessive success! They reported they needed very
little for it to work. Sounded good to me! Scrooge is not my middle name, but .
. .
All the best
Rowena in Australia
Related links
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DimethylSulfoxide-DMSO/
http://silverlist.org
http://www.mercola.com/1999/archive/dmso_and_vitamin_b12.htm