How to Make Natural Herbal Salves

By making your own salves you can use for many irritations. Natural remedies will have antibacterial properties.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Dark bottles
• Olive oil
• Bees Wax
• Evening primrose oil, witch hazel
• Aloe Vera
• Comfrey
• Calendula
• Comfrey leaf
• St. john's wort
• essential oil (optional)
• Cheese cloth
• Cooking Pot

1. 
   Evening Primrose Oil

   Place 1 part Calendula, 1 part comfrey leaf, and 1 part St. John's wort in a large pot, slow cooker or crock pot. Cover herbs with oil to be covered by inch of oil. Heat until oil shimmers.
   Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours.
   Remove from heat and let cool.
   Pour mixture through cheese cloth and discard solids.

2. 
   Chamomile

   Add 2 -4 parts beeswax or cocoa butter and heat to melt.
   Test a little with a spoon to see if it is thick enough.
   It should be thick enough to stand the spoon up.
   Mix in essential oils.
   Store in tins or jars.

3. 
   Witch Hazel

   To cure Inflammation and itching use Evening primrose oil, licorice, or chamomile.

4. 
   Aloe Plant

   To cure Hemorrhoids add Witch Hazel or Horse Chestnut to your mixture.

5. To help with scrapes and burns add Aloe Vera or Calendula to your salve mix.

6. To relieve stings or bites add Comfrey or Calendula to the mix.

7. To help with acne add Calendula or Witch Hazel to your salve.

Tips & Warnings

• You can make any kind of mixture with the basic salve recipe.

[kristara]

on 5/9/2009 Great recipes for natural herbal salves. 5*