Features

August 2005 Issue

By CJ Puotinen

Healing Oils For Your Dog

Make your own first-aid or skin-healing salves from healthy “carrier oils.”

Whenever you’re blending a massage oil for your dog, diluting an essential oil, making a salve, or simply looking for ways to speed the healing of wounds or abrasions, reach for the right carrier oil. Also called fixed oils or base oils, carrier oils literally carry or deliver essential oils or herbal ingredients where needed. Most are vegetable oils pressed from fruits, seeds, or nuts, and they contain important healing properties of their own.

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