It has been such a long time since I have made this stuff, not sure why, it is seriously so easy and takes maybe an hour and a half to put together (most of that time you don't need to do anything!)
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| melting oils |
1.) Melt a half cup coconut oil and a half cup olive oil in a double boiler ( I used a bowl over a pot of boiling water). Add a couple ounces of Vitamin E oil if you have it, but not needed.
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| adding herbs |
2.) Once oils are melted add in 1/2 cup herb blend (in this batch I have equal parts, ST John's wort, calendula, and comfrey to equal 1/2 cup) and let it sit in double boiler (keep water boiling underneath) for 1 hour.
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| grated beeswax |
3.) grate up 3 ounces of beeswax. (You can use beeswax pellets or just a 3 ounce chunk of beeswax not grated, I just found the grated wax melts faster.)
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| straining oil |
4.) Strain the herbs from the oils. Use a cheese cloth, it helps keep the bits of herbs out of the finished salve.
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| melting wax in herb oil |
5.) Put the oil/herb mixture back into a cleaned double boiler, add beeswax. Allow the wax to melt completely.
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| essential oils |
6.) Add your Essential Oils. I used 30 drops of Tea tree and 40 drops of Lavender.
Mix well with wooden spoon.
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| salve before it gets solid |
7.) Pour into either one large tin, or glass jar, or (as I have done) into 2 ounce tins. This makes about 12 ounces of salve.
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| salve after it gets solid |
This stuff works great on dry chapped hands and cracked heels, it is also good on diaper rashes, scrapes, etc... so pretty much anything! And it smells wonderful.
11 comments:
I have been getting my beeswax from a local person who also sells their honey. I also have been able to find it at Natural Grocers and Whole Foods market. Hobby Lobby carries it too! Good luck on your search and your salve looks great!
What a great idea and so simple too!
That looks great, thank you for sharing.
What a great idea! That would make fabulous holiday gifts.
I have a bad problem with chapped hands in the winter and so does my son. It was even worse when we lived in a colder climate. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I'm going to try to get all the ingredients and give it a try! Would also be great gifts in the cute little tins.
i did this when my children were small and we used a lot of salve, now i am lazy (hee hee) and would rather just buy it, do you have an etsy shop? :)
@Lori: no etsy shop... yet. although i have been toying with it. i would to actually love to grow most of the herb i would use.
This looks like a very nice salve. I have all the ingredients.. so I should try your recipe. If you would like, we'd love to have you link this up to our Eco-kids Tuesday liky party. http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/11/friday-afternoons-and-ecos-kids-tuesday.html
Hooray!
I make our lip balm, and I make lotion bars every winter, but I haven't made medicinal salve, though I've been meaning to with our calendula.
Thanks for the recipe!
(Have made lots of lotions and tinctures, just not this salve, I mean.)
Oh, i didn't realize it was so simple to make salves. What a great gift for all my gardening friends, whose hands get so torn up in the rainy, cold weather. Thanks!!
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