Maceration

Maceration: Skin softening by soaking.
Macrobiotics: The study of prolonging life with diet or other ingested substances.

Maceration
This form of herbal preparation is achieved by soaking the chosen ingredient in alcohol, wine or vinegar for a specific length of time. The time is usually given in the recipe.
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Maceration. This is a fancy word for the mushy, peeling appearance skin gets when it's continually moist. This general skin breakdown can lead to other skin conditions, which are usually mild.
Jock itch (tinea cruris).

Arnica Oil (organic) Arnica Oil is a fantastic light and easily absorbed oil produced by maceration of Arnica montana flowers in Sunflower oil.

Maceration of the skin, dusty and dirty environments, and the ingestion of too many carbohydrates, predispose to furunculoses. The eating of too many mangoes has a similar effects (mango boil). A stye is a boil around an eyelash.

Lavandula angustifolia. Obtained by the maceration of lavender flowers in vegetable glycerin. Very soothing to the skin.
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