Disposable syringe, 20 ml, with a 37 mm cannula and a blunt needle

On dosing oils, liquids and drops

Do you recognise this?

• Dropper bottles that produce nothing.
• Oils where you are told to take exactly 100 drops "or about 1 teaspoon", which is highly imprecise and especially problematic with a slightly shaky hand.
• Measuring pipettes that are supposed to contain exactly 1 ml but have no graduation mark.

Here is one possible solution to the problem — simply measure it with a syringe!

The material is food-grade, so suitable for dietary supplements in the form of liquids or oils.

The very small syringes allow measurement in 0.1 ml increments.
Here is a help for conversion:

A drop of water is approximately 0.05 ml or 0.05 g (i.e. 50 mg).

Oil has a different density and dripping behaviour to water. Therefore:

A drop of oil is approximately 0.04 ml or 0.035 g (i.e. 35 mg).

The larger syringes are suitable to replace the measures "tablespoon" or "teaspoon".

"1 tablespoon" corresponds to an amount of 15 ml, "1 teaspoon" corresponds to 5 ml.

If some has already been taken from the jar and the liquid level has dropped, the long blunt stainless-steel syringe tip can be attached to get it out more easily.
This is explicitly not suitable for medical purposes, as it is blunt.
Therefore we do not sell the product as a "medical device" but merely as a technical aid for measuring oils or liquids.

Although the syringes are offered as disposable syringes, it is recommended to reuse them for reasons of economy. If you want to measure liquids such as herbal drops, rinse the syringe with clean water after use and dry it. Also, a syringe that has already been used and is to be reused and still contains water residues from the last cleaning should be rinsed with clean water before reuse.

After measuring oils, the syringe should be rinsed with a liquid that can dissolve oil. This can be pure alcohol; if you don't have that at home and you happen to enjoy strong spirits, it can also be a small measure of schnapps or another high‑proof spirit.

The limit of usability is reached when the syringe can no longer be easily pulled back.

The idea of using a syringe as a dosing aid occurred to us ourselves when taking our own medicines or dietary supplements for the same reason — extremely impractical dosing instructions for drops and oils.
It is therefore experimental and we accept no liability for the application of this idea. That is the responsibility of each individual.

Durable PET material, reusable, easy to wash. The syringes have an adapter onto which the needle can simply be pushed. This allows easy cleaning of the cannula. The plungers can be pressed easily. The material is food-grade.

Please note our order limit

These syringes are intended as a dosing aid for our products. That is why we offer them so cheaply. After customers, e.g. from cosmetics companies, ordered them by the dozen — which was not the purpose of this offer and the low price — we have limited the sale to a maximum of one syringe per order.

Important note: The syringes were probably originally medical syringes; they are individually hygienically sealed and carry an expiry date for medical devices. This expired in 2025; we received the goods already like that. However, the expiry date is irrelevant because this is now explicitly a technical item for DIY projects or measuring liquids, and therefore the expiry date is not a reason for complaint.

Product safety

This is a high-quality product Made in Germany by

B. Braun SE
Carl-Braun-Straße 1
34212 Melsungen
Tel. +49-(0) 56 61-71-0