Handmade Hemp Seed Oil Soaps
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Hemp, whose botanical name is Cannabis sativa, has been used by humans for at least 10,000 years. Every part of the plant is useful, it grows in practically any climate, and enriches the poorest of soils. It does not require the heavy use of pesticides and fertilizers, as cotton does, and yields four times the pulp-per-acre of trees. It has played an important role in the evolution of human consciousness: It made humanity’s first sails, our first blue jeans, the paper for the Declaration of Independence, shoes in ancient China, a famous vestment of the Virgin Mary in Mexico, fire hoses in France, and Russian peasants stayed healthy by eating hemp seed butter. Hemp offers healthy alternatives to many of today’s environmentally damaging industries. Today it is being made into food, medicine, fabric, paint, fuel, and even cellulose plastics.
Hemp Seed Oil
Hemp seed oil is pressed from the live seeds
of the plant, Cannabis sativa. 30-40% of the seed is oil, of which 81% is the very healthy poly-unsaturated Essential Fatty Acid known as E.F.A. E.F.A.s are absorbed by the skin, replenishing natural oils that are damaged by sun and air (UV light & oxygen). Hemp seed oil is known as an anti-inflamatory, it fortifies the immune system, and has a fantastic softening effect on the skin.