Making Oil From Birch Bark

This is a description on how to make Birch Bark Oil from......Birch Bark. I show how to harvest the bark and how and what to do to make the oil. At the end is a few tips for uses of this remarkable natural oil.

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• psoriasis
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[jmoeswagger]

Yes sir I have a question, when in the wilderness what do you use for toilet paper if you run out?

[phreshayr]

@jmoeswagger many natural materials can be used for TP such as leaves, grass, moss, and snow or water. You will need to be careful not to use any poisonous plant material. Moss seems to work particularly well because of its fullness and soft texture but I have used leaves or grass and they have performed the needed job admirably as well. As I said above, snow works very well as well though more as a wash up

[Prepper7]

Good for psoriasis you say? Where did you learn this?

[phreshayr]

@Prepper7 Do an online search for ""Birch Bark" Oil psoriasis" and you will find several references.

[Prepper7]

@phreshayr Would you consider donating to me a small mason jar or travel bottle of this oil for testing on my psoriasis if I paid shipping? I would of course give you credit for any findings and let you know if it does in fact improve anything. I ask because I see how you got it and thats about as organic as it gets.

[phreshayr]

@Prepper7 I have very little of my own. What I have is what you see in the video. There are online sources that claim to have Birch Bark oil for sale. So that might be a source for you.

[looppool19]

what did u us for a lide

[phreshayr]

@BlackBeard716 It is Paper Birch.

[BlackBeard716]

what kind of birch is that?

[phreshayr]

@diveswan Nope. Not in Montana, but in South Central Alaska