High John The Conquerer Oil

[Tana]

How did you go with this? Any luck with the food colouring?

Haven't ordered the jojoba oil yet.
I will report about the process.

[stephyjh]

I've had a little trouble with food colouring to colour oil, because it is water based. But I have heard that if you heat it in the microwave for about a minute, you can mix in the colouring a drop at a time. I haven't tried it yet.

Or you could use oil based food colouring but I have no idea how easy that is to find.

Candy colors are oil-based so as not to cause chocolate to sieze up. Any baking supply or gourmet food store would have them, as well as most craft stores.

[ccam]

I managed to get some genuine High John root which is a bit difficult over here. Like it is difficult to find real Hoodoo products.

Now I am about to start my own stuff because of this.

The recipe for High John Oil seems rather simple.
Crush the root, put in Oil (I'll use Jojoba for the longest shelf life I think, suggested were also sunflower and peanut oil) and expose to sunlight for 7 days. Strain, bottle - done.

Any other recipes you are familiar with?

That sounds about right. You can even take some of the slices of the root and leave it in the oil. Since it won't be exposed to oxygen, it won't rot. Also on a side note since you said you had trouble finding the root, it's actually the root of the morning glory plant which is what we call it here in South Georgia. It's also known as bindweed and hedge bindweed. I don't know if that helps any, but I hope it does.