An ointment is widely used in Ghana and there are varieties. It is largely used to relieve pain and inflammation. If you need a second income through formulation then we recommend this product for you. As we feel the need and edge to teaching you how to make this product either for your home use or for commercial purposes, it must be noted that you will require the approval of the food and drugs authority to go on large-scale production in Ghana. And as we have indicated...if you want to use this for business purposes. Reach out to us and we will assist you. By following this simple process or steps, you should be able to make about 8 containers which are about 240 grams of ointment.
INGREDIENTS
As we have always indicated in our recipes, these are not the only ingredients to be used in the preparation of pain-relieving ointment. You can add herbs that have pain-relieving potency. You are also not restricted to using any other ingredient that you deem fit to relieve pain in the body. Also, you may opt to take out some of the ingredients we have listed below when you are doing your ointment.
- Petroleum Jelly 50 grams
- Cetyl Alcohol 10 grams
- Shea Butter 10 grams
- Paraffin Wax 5 grams
- Peppermint oil 20 ml
- Lavender oil 20 ml
- White oil 20 ml
- Propylene glycol 20ml
- Glycerine 25 ml
- Methyl Salicylate 60 ml
- Menthol Crystal 2 grams
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
You will require the following equipment to make your ointment. It should be noted that, if you are going to do it for commercial purposes, you must have dedicated equipment to ensure that you do not mix up your equipment with the equipment for the home.
Weighing sale: You will need a weighing to accurately weigh the ingredients to get a perfect result for the product.
Saucepan: You will need a dedicated saucepan to do the melting of the ingredients to be used for the ointment.
Source of heat: As you need a saucepan to melt the ingredients, you will also require heat to do the melting. You can do this on firewood, Coalport, electric stove, or a gas stove.
Spatula: You will also need something to do the stirring to enhance the mixing of the ingredients for the ointment.
Containers: You obviously cannot keep the product in the big saucepan you used to do the melting, so you will need a plastic container to keep your ointment in be used.
PROCESS/INSTRUCTIONS
Kindly adhere to the procedure given below to produce the ointment. We do not recommend strict adherence since you may have a different method of doing the ointment but if you are going by our ingredients without any addition then you must adhere to the steps given. If you follow the outlined steps correctly, you should be able to produce or make Ointment to relieve pain and possibly can add on to making ointment that can heal skin diseases.
Measure the ingredients
We have always recommended measuring for your product. This is particularly important if you know what want. And so measuring the ingredients so that there is no mistake and even if a mistake happens, you will be able to tell where the mistake is coming from.
Set your fire melt ingredient
It must be noted that not all the ingredients will go onto the fire. The solid ingredients like petroleum jelly, cetyl alcohol, petroleum jelly, shea butter, and paraffin wax must be on the fire. Do not let it boil so immediately, all these ingredients melt, bring it down from the fire. Allowing the ingredients to boil on the fire may result in the product losing some potency for its intended work.
Bring it down from fire and add menthol crystals
After melting and knowing that the product has heated a little bit, bring it down from the fire and then add your menthol crystal and stir very well. The menthol crystals melt faster when the product is hot so immediately after bringing it down from the fire, add your menthol crystals. It must be noted that, when you add the menthol crystals, it will emit some minty air which you should be aware of.
Add your other ingredients
As indicated, you cannot add the liquid ingredients and some other ingredients while the product is on fire. So when you bring it down from the fire, allow it to cool down and then begin to add oils and other ingredients to the product and stir very well. In our case, we are adding propylene glycol, glycerine, white oil, lavender oil, and peppermint oil to the mixture and then stir very well.
Add color and methyl salicylate
This is not the last thing to add to the product, if you have any other ingredients, you want to add, you can add them after the color and methyl salicylate. Often, people have asked us whether they can add fragrance to their ointment. The answer is yes. But the question will be why would ever want to add fragrance to your ointment. The chemicals used in making ointment like the methyl salicylate has a peculiar smell which you will find in most of the ointment on the market. So in this recipe, add your color and also the methyl salicylate to the mixture and stir very well.
Pour into your containers
Do not let the product dry in the saucepan to make it very difficult to work for you. Immediately after adding the ingredients, pour the product into your containers and allow it to dry in the container to give a shiny nice looking surface.
TAKE HOME
If you follow the process very well, you should be able to prepare the OINTMENT without any problem. Please note that, if you are going to use this product for business, you must get dedicated equipment to do this product. Also, you must have a place to store the ingredients and also keep the final product as most of the ingredients used as the methyl salicylate has a strong and hot smell that affects children and other people in the home.
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