Forgive the many questions, but it is a bottomless pit!  So, my skin just won’t absorb oils (especially coconut or olive oil), and since many of the “professional remedies” (particularly for pain) are infused in these oils, I started searching for some way to get my skin to absorb the medicine better and not sit around oily for hours!  Note: all this was before joining this course for what it’s worth.  The search turned up two things (as you can guess from the title) – DMSO and turpentine (not the hardware store kind that is full of terrible chemicals – but the pure gum turpentine that could almost be called “pine tincture” of sorts).  Both, according to my research are safe for internal use, though that is not my intent obviously.  I have experimented with both of these for oily liniments that won’t soak in – and both have worked well for me.  In fact, in my latest experiment I used them both in the liniment with amazing “soaking in” power!  I’m wondering about if/how others have used either of these “tools”.  The only things I’ve used these things in so far are “store bought” liniments for pain, nothing else yet.  Hoping for some input here before including them in anything else.