had you used the whole package of cloves you might have gotten two phases in the first place without the need for ether extraction. Instead of ether you could have used warm coconut oil and then used this for an antiinflammatory and fragrant ointment.
just for my understanding, we're extracting with a solvant, ok. but what if we keep the initial emulsion (water+eugenol=...) and let the water evaporate? would it be the same result? (apart it's probably taking much more time?). thx in advance
