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All about Hydrosols ll Natuur

So we start with the basics. What is a hydrosol? The word HYDROSOL is formed from the combination of two words "hydro" meaning water and "sol" meaning solution. Hydrosols may also be called hydrolats, hydrolates, distillates, flower waters, and most commonly floral waters. Hydrosols are the pure and natural waters that are produced during the steam distillation of plant materials such as leaves, flowers, peels, berries, wood, stems and roots. They are produced during the same distillation process that also extracts the essential oils. Just like essential oils, there are many factors that can affect the quality of a hydrosol. These factors include: when the plant is harvested, the yearly changes in weather, how much plant material vs water goes into the still, which parts of the plant are used, the heat of the distillation, the length of the distillation process, the type of still use, and so on. Again, although an essential oil and a hydrosol are both products of plant distillation, the essential oil is the very concentrated oil from distillation and the hydrosol is the water-based byproduct of the distillation process with very small amount of essential oil suspended within it. Essential oils and hydrosols have been distilled for thousands of years. It is interesting to note that the primary focus of ancient distillers was the hydrosols rather than the essential oils. When essential oils gained popularity in the late 1700s hydrosols were discarded in the western world. They were seen as an unwanted byproduct, the simple leftovers, from the distillation of essential oils. Hydrosols are intensely aromatic, and share some of the healing properties of essential oils. THE Hydrosols are around 30 times stronger than herbal teas, and gentler than essential oils. They can be used for health, skincare, perfumery, and to enhance food and drinks. Examples of some hydrosols which we can use for our skin are - rose water, lavender water, chamomile water, jasmine water, sandalwood water, kesar hydrosol, tea tree hydrosol etc. I have numerous hydrosols and I use them extensively in summer months. And you must try these out too! Experiment with a few and see what works best for your skin!