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Summer Salve Recipe
 
 
This herbal salve is a must have here during the summer when we're dealing with poison ivy and bites or stings. We use it year round for burns, scrapes, and boo-boos of any kind. This recipe yields about 1½ cups of salve, but you can scale it up to make larger batches.
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups almond oil or oil blend- you can use olive oil, coconut oil, etc.
  • 2 tablespoons dried plantain leaf
  • 2 tablespoons dried comfrey leaf or root
  • 2 tablespoons dried burdock root
  • ¼ to ⅓ cup beeswax pellets
  • 1 teaspoon vitamin E oil, optional preservative
  • 20 drops lavender oil, optional
Instructions
  1. Place herbs and oil into container of your choice to create an infused oil. You can heat the oil and herbs in a pot on very low heat for 3 hours, cold infuse them for one month in a quart canning jar, or use a crock pot or bottle warmer to steep the herbs for 4 days to extract the herbs. (see blog post for additional details)
  2. Once oil is fully infused, strain off herbs into a glass measuring cup. Place a strainer lined with fabric and a paper towel over the measuring cup and pour your herbal oil into the strainer.
  3. Gather up the fabric and twist and squeeze the herbs to extract every last drop of oil you can.
  4. Check the measurement of your oil. For every cup of oil you'll add 3-4 tablespoons of beeswax pellets. For every ¼ cup of oil, you'll add 1 tablespoon of beeswax.
  5. Add your strained oil to a small pot on the stovetop and add in beeswax. Heat over low heat, stirring until it's fully melted. I like to test the texture by placing a spoon into the freezer to firm it up quickly. If your salve is too soft, you can add more wax. If it's too hard, you can add a little plain oil.
  6. Remove pot from heat, and allow to cool down enough to add essential oils.
  7. Stir in lavender essential oil and vitamin E oil as a preservative.
  8. Pour into clean dry jars, and allow to cool.
Notes
Recipe by Gwen's Nest at https://gwens-nest.com/herbal-salve-recipes/