Three
useful salves
Antiseptic
Salve:
Infuse in a double boiler:
10 fl.oz. Sweet Almond (or Grapeseed, or Olive) oil
1 TBS Coconut oil
5 TBS chopped Calendula flowers (fresh or dry)
2 fresh Comfrey leaves, chopped, or 1 tsp. Comfrey Powder (see Comfrey
Leaf Salve, below)
2 TBS chopped Thyme
1 TBS Barberry root powder (or Goldenseal root powder)
1 tsp. Propolis
After at least 30 minutes, strain through a double steel mesh. Return
to the clean double boiler. Add:
1 oz (by weight) beeswax
Allow all ingredients to melt. Pour melted hot salve into a measuring
cup. Add:
60 drops Myrrh essential oil; 2 tsp. Ti Tree oil; 2 tsp. Vitamin
E oil. Stir quickly and well. Bottle.
Comfrey
Leaf Salve:
Prepare “sparkly” Comfrey Powder by taking fresh Comfrey
leaves and about a cup of water, and blending until well pureed.
Strain puree through muslin, and dehydrate in a slow (150 degree)
oven. Scrape the dry residue into a mortar and pestle and grind
well.
Infuse in a double boiler:
10 fl.oz. Sweet Almond (or Grapeseed, or Olive) oil
3 tsp. “sparkly” Comfrey Powder
After 10 minutes or once the oil has turned a deep green color,
strain through a double steel mesh. Return to the clean double boiler.
Add:
1 oz. (by weight) beeswax; 1 tsp. Lanolin
Allow all ingredients to melt. Pour melted hot salve into a measuring
cup. Add:
½ tsp. Evening Primrose seed oil; ¼ tsp. Rosehip seed
oil. Stir quickly and well. Bottle.
Antifungal
Salve:
Infuse in a double boiler:
10 fl.oz. Sweet Almond (or Grapeseed, or Olive) oil
2 TBS. Black Walnut seed hull powder
1 TBS. Usnea lichen, finely chopped
2 TBS. chopped Calendula flowers (fresh or dry)
3 fl.oz. Spilanthes tincture (prepared from fresh Spilanthes only)
After at least 30 minutes, strain through a double steel mesh. Return
to the clean double boiler. Add:
1 oz (by weight) beeswax
Allow all ingredients to melt. Pour melted hot salve into a measuring
cup. Add:
¼ tsp. Vitamin E oil; ¼ tsp. Evening Primrose seed
oil; ¼ tsp. Rosehip seed oil; ½ tsp. Ti Tree oil
Stir quickly and well. Bottle.
