Making homemade garlic oil is very simple! From cooking to ear infections or aches – it’s convenient to have on hand!
- Crush cloves of garlic (how ever much you want to make)
- Cover cloves with olive oil about 1 inch over the garlic
- Let this stand for about 3 days, shaking daily. Don’t leave the garlic in the oil much longer than this.
- Strain the garlic from the oil with a coffee filter, cheesecloth or clean white cotton t-shirt.
- Store oil in a jar
How can you use garlic oil? You can use it in cooking for drizzling or frying. You can also use it for ear aches & infections!
For ear aches and infections:
Warm garlic oil to a comfortable temperature (you want to use warm garlic, but be sure it isn’t too hot!) Place 2-4 drops in the ear 2 or 3 times a day. Lie on your side for 5-10 minutes so the oil doesn’t run
out.
I normally use colloidal silver for my ear infections, but this is a good alternative if I run out; it’s also yummy for cooking! 😉
Enjoy! It’s easy to make homemade oils!
SO good for those ears! and yum on salads. whoda thunk? 🙂 i don’t usually make garlic oil unless i need it for those ears, but i do let garlic steep in warm oil before i cook with it. often!
I love garlic too – I love frying it with onions – and love it for medicinal purposes too! 🙂
I love using garlic and garlic oil in cooking, but I had never heard of it as a remedy for ear infections. I’ll have to try that next time we have one in our house.
It works really well, Amy! 🙂
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hello, i am so glad i found you website,love all the healing remedies,and all the uses of garlic. good to read,not only it taste so good,also has healing power. i am a 69 year old retired female,also suffer from oste, arthritis,and fybromyalgia, allergies to most antobiotics. so i rely on a lot of home remedies. Thanks. Jackie
Best wishes to you! Thanks for stopping by!
How would you make the oil using garlic extract found at a health food store?
I have never tried this and don’t know a certain amount of extract per cup of olive oil. I would personally just experiment according to smell and taste. Best wishes!
Thank you!
How long does the garlic oil keep?
3-5 days in the refrigerator.
But what about botulism? The anaerobic bacterias will thrive in the anaerobic environment, causing a risk of deadly poisoning unless the garlic is heated to at least 200F.
If you heat garlic oil to that temp youll destroy any beneficial properties of the oil ….
I was also wondering how long it keeps as i have read in several places that garlic only can only last a week, can you help with this ? thanks
I would keep it in the refrigerator and use it within 3-5 days.