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MAKING MASSAGE OIL OR SALVE
1. Making a salve might sound difficult, but it isn’t. The thing that takes
the longest is infusing your herbs with oil. The best way to do this is in a
crock pot on very low heat.
2. Stuff a mason jar two-thirds full with herbs.
3. Fill jar with oil of your choice (coconut oil, olive oil, sweet almond oil,
etc.), leaving at least one inch from the top of jar. Screw a lid on tight.
4. Put a wash cloth in the bottom of the crock pot. Put jar in the center of the
pot (on the cloth). Fill the crock pot with water, one inch below top of jar.
5. Keep crock pot on low heat (oil needs to be very hot but not boiling)
for 3 days. Water will evaporate out of the pot, so keep adding water as
needed.
6. As the herbs’ properties release in the oil, the oil will take on more color
and smell like herb oil. With a cheese cloth (a cotton sheet or t-shirt will
work too) strain herb solids out of oil. Now you have an herbally infused
oil. It is great for massage oil!
7. To make the oil into a salve you need beeswax. You need approximately
2 oz of grated beeswax for 8 to 9 oz of infused oil.
9. On low heat, warm oil and beeswax until wax is all melted.
10. Add a drop of vitamin E oil for every ounce of oil. This is a natural preservative.
11. While salve is still hot, pour into your
container (widemouth jar, can, etc.).
12. Let sit overnight or until salve is hard.
13. Screw a lid on tight and label with
name and date. Voila!! You have a
salve!
Tips:
~ If it is too soft for you, reheat it and add
a bit more beeswax. If it is too hard, reheat it and add a touch more oil.
~ Salve is a thick oil that is used for cuts, bites, burns, rashes, boils, massage,
and more. Salves can keep up to five years or more.
~ Keep out of light and extreme heat.
If I get a poisonous bite from a bug, bee, or spider, if there are fresh
plantain leaves around, I grab a few leaves, chew them up and spit them
on the bite. There is nothing faster or that works better to pull poison out.
If you have activated charcoal around, you can mix that in the plantain
chew and give it another boost in pulling out poison. After these
fresh poultices, I continue to use salve until there is no sign of a bite.
For more information on herbs and healthy living go to
BulkHerbStore.com. Sign up for weekly Herb Pearls! You can also
write or call us for a catalog, 26th West 6th Ave Lobelville, TN 37097
or 877-278-4257. Check out our salve mixes: Muscles, Healing touch,
and Arthritics salve.
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