Always consult your physician if you have high blood pressure, are pregnant

or have other medical concerns before using essential oils or herbs.

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SIMPLE RECIPE FOR NON-PETROLEUM JELLY

1/2 oz Beeswax

2 oz. Sweet Almond Oil or olive oil

Melt together in the top of a double boiler. Beat with a hand mixer until creamy. Pour out into a sterilized glass container with a screw-on top and allow to set up. Makes 1/2 cup. Add less beeswax is you prefer more of an ointment consistency or more if you prefer a firmer texture.

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ALL-PURPOSE SALVE

This multipurpose salve provides relief to sore muscles, reduces inflammation, heals scrapes, relieves minor burns, and even provides a measure of protections from biting insects. Excellent chest rub to break up congestion. Mix into your favorite salve base or use the recipe for non-petroleum jelly listed on this page.

1 part Plaintain Leaf (topically healing and soothing)

1 part Lavender Buds (antiseptic, topically healing, pain relieving, repels insects)

1 part Peppermint Leaf (cooling, anti-spasmodic, and pain relieving)

1 part Thyme Leaf (antiseptic and anti fungal, increases blood flow to the area, healing and astringent)

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HEALING HERB SALVE

1 oz dried Comfrey Leaves

1 oz dried Calendula Flowers

2 cups olive oil

1 oz Beeswax

4 drops Tea Tree EO

4 drops Lavender EO

1 400 vitamin E

Heat herbs in olive oil over low heat for about 5 hours. Do not let the oil boil or bubble. A Crock-Pot or the lowest temperature setting on a range should be suitable for heating this mixture. (If the lowest setting is too hot, turn off the heat once it has warmed the oil…it should keep warm for at least and hour….then repeat the process twice.) After cooking, strain out the herbs while oil is still warm. Place 1 1/4 cups of the herb oil in a pan, add beeswax and heat just enough to melt the wax. Add essential oil and stir. Finally, pour the salve into wide mouthed jars. Store at room temperature. Use for minor scrapes and cuts, to protect and promote healing.

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SUMMER SALVE RECIPE

1 part Lavender Buds

1 part Peppermint Leaves

Steep in 3 ounces of Sunflower Oil for 45 minutes. Strain. Try using coffee filters to squeeze out every drop of oil.

Melt 2 ounces of Cocoa Butter or coconut oil in microwave, then add 1 ounce of Beeswax and melt together.

Add strained sunflower oil and mix together. After it has cooled slightly, add 1-2 teaspoons lavender and/or peppermint essential oil. Lavender is healing, and peppermint is cooling.

Pour into container and let harden. Add more oil if you wish it to be more of a lotion. Just remelt and add.

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• Adele Dawson’s ‘Boiling Oil’ Method of Making Salves
• Basics for Making Herbal Tinctures, Salves and Oils
• Directions for Making Salve - Includes 7 recipes.
• Herbal Salve Recipes
• Herbal Salve Recipes
• Herbal Salve Recipes
• How-To: Ointments & Salves
• Kalyx: About Our Herbs - How to make an infusion, decoction, water-based extract, alcohol-based extract (tincture), and salve.
• Ointments & Salves
• Salve/Cream Magick
• Skin balms, salves and ointments

Infusions - The weakest of preparations, infusions are useful for hydrating the skin. Steep 1 ounce of herb leaves or flowers in 1 pint of simmering (200F) water for about 5 minutes. Do not boil. Let cool to room temperature. Soak a washcloth in some of the liquid, then apply it to the skin. You may also use an infusion as a toner, soother, or astringent.

Decoctions - A decoction is used to same way as an infusion, but is more potent. Boil 1 ounce of the chopped, dried bark, chopped roots, and/or seeds of an herb in 1 pint of boiling water for at least 15 minutes and as long as 24 hours (bark, roots, and seeds require a longer boiling time to release their active constituents).

Macerations - Like decoctions, macerations are concentrated, potent herbal preparations. Fill a sterilized jar with crushed herbs, dried or fresh, using 1 ounce of herb for every pint of liquid. Cover with vegetable oil, cider vinegar, and rubbing alcohol or grain alcohol such as vodka. Cover the jar and let the mixture stand for two weeks; shake the jar daily.

Strain the liquid into a sterilized bottle, cap, and store in the refrigerator. Warm to room temperature before using. Oil macerations may be used as massage treatments; vinegars as toners, hair rinses, or in foot soaks; and alcohols, as toners, astringents, antiseptics, or cleansers. Macerations will keep in the refrigerator for as long as two months.

Poultices - These draw out impurities from the pores. Place a handful of herbs in a cup and moisten them with water heated to about 200F. Allow them to cool enough so they won’t burn your skin, then wrap them in cheesecloth or muslin. Apply the poultice to the skin; remove it when cool.