Can you use a steam humidifier for distilling essential oils?

Question

i was looking around for ways to extract essential oils, and then i thought, if you made a place to store the herbs and a snake where you could cool down the liquid then couldn't you use a humidifier for distillation?

Answer 1

I do not think this would work.  If you email me I will arrange to send you picture of steam distillation.

I am an aromatherapist who has written courses

  G

Answer 2

It won't work.  Even it if did would you be saving money? Probably not to get, in some cases, just a small amount of oil take pounds upon pounds of a particular product.  Taking in your time and effort would it be worth it?

Answer 3

The liquid that you contain and cool is the steam. If you can capture the steam I suppose that you could end with something neat.  Humidifiers don't heat the entire reservoir of water, only the water between the elements is heated to steam. To produce any essential oil you need to process bushels and bushels of plant material.