Medicinal Herbal Salve
"This uses the quick method for infusing the olive or coconut oil. If you want, you can also put the infused oil in the sun for a couple weeks. Or use the crock pot method. I found this somewhere, but like usual, I didn't copy where it was from. So this is someone else's recipe, whose, I don't know. Don't keep the salve in the fridge, or it will harden up and you won't be able to get it out. I used coconut oil because of its healing properties. This salve is great on rashes, cuts, bee/mosquito bites etc. Prep time does not include cooling time."
- Ready In:
- 22mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
1-2 cups
ingredients
- 1 cup dried chamomile
- 1 cup dried plantain
- 1 -2 cup coconut oil (enough to cover the herbs) or 1 -2 cup olive oil (enough to cover the herbs)
- 6 tablespoons beeswax (3 T per cup of oil)
- 1 teaspoon vitamin E (1/2 tsp oil per cup of oil)
- 15 -20 drops lavender oil (or other favorite EO)
directions
- Place herbs and enough oil (make sure coconut oil is melted first) to cover in a sauce pan or pot (preferably not metal); bring to medium heat and simmer (very low) for 20 minutes.
- While simmering oil, in a separate small pot, simmer the beeswax until melted, bringing it to the same temp as the oil/herb mixture.
- Strain the herbs out, then combine the oil and the beeswax.
- Cool and add vitamin E and essential oil(s).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
WI Cheesehead
Watertown, Wisconsin
I am a Christian wife and mother of 3 kids. Since my DH's high cholesterol, we've been eating better. I never used to like cooking. Since eating better, I've liked learning and preparing new recipes. My kids haven't reconciled themselves to the new eating yet. I grind my own grain and make all my own breads.?Working 2 hours a day in the local high school lunch room.??I am homeschooling my high schooler.? ?Also found out 1 child has multiple food allergies (wheat, dairy, tomato, chocolate, etc) and another is gluten sensitive. So, we just started (July 09) eating gluten and dairy free. I've been busy with getting our house market ready, even though it's not the best time for that.?
