Lymph Drainage Cream Recipe with Herbs and Essential Oils
Improve your immune system, reduce bloating, water retention and detox with this homemade DIY lymph drainage massage cream recipe using cocoa butter, mango butter, coconut oil, essential oils and herbs like calendula, ginger, yarrow, and cleavers. Lymphatic Drainage through Massage has massive health benefits. Using specific herbs and essential oils can support optimal lymph drainage. Use this massage cream to moisturize your skin while improving lymphatic drainage.
Equipment
Ingredients
Herb Infused Oil (optional)
- ¼ cup ginger
- ¼ cup calendula
- ¼ cup yarrow
- ¼ cup cleavers
- ¼ cup burdock root
- 1 cup carrier oil
Cream
- ¼ cup infused oil or plain carrier oil Jojoba, Avocado, Argan, etc.
- ¼ cup raw cocoa butter
- ¼ cup mango butter
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 15-20 drops of essential oils ex: Grapefruit (optional)
- 4 oz container
Instructions
Herb Infused Oil (optional)
- Combine all the herbs into a mason jar.
- Pour the carrier oil to cover the herbs completely. Store for a couple of weeks, shaking the jar every few days. Then, strain.
Cream Recipe
- Melt the butters and oils in a double boiler over simmering water, or slowly in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds.
- Leave in the fridge for it to solidify for about 30 minutes to an hour.
- Add in your essential oils.
- Use a hand mixer and mix thoroughly.
- Pour into a container and store in a cool, dry place.
- To use: Massage over your lymph nodes to help them detox.
Video
Notes
• You can add essential oils if you want. Some good ones for the lymph nodes are geranium, grapefruit, lavender, and ginger.
• Ginger root works great for the infused oil, I just ran out and used ginger root powder.
• Any carrier oil works, I used jojoba oil.
• If you are using ginger root, you may want to strain with a coffee filter.