Ointment (Salve)
By: Narda
August 12. 2021
STEP BY STEP
Make an ointment (salve) using infused oil:
To make four ounces, you will need:
- 4 1-Oz or 8 ½-Oz sterilized ointment containers
- 4 ounces cold herb-infused oil
- ¾ ounces of beeswax (you may substitute ¼ with cocoa or shea butter)
- ¼ teaspoon vitamin E (acting as natural preservative)
- Tea tree, lavender or myrrh essential oils no more than 2 drops each
What you need to do:
- Melt the beeswax and let it cool a bit
- If substituting part of the beeswax, with cocoa or Shea butter, wait until it has cooled
- Using an eggbeater, mix well
- Add vitamin E, keep mixing
- Add essential oils, one at a time
- Myrrh increases the anti-fungal, anti-biotic, and skin-soothing properties of your salve
Make an ointment using dry herbs:
You will need:
- ¼ cup of beeswax or un-petroleum jelly
- ¼ cup dried herbs, very finely chopped
- Double boiler or two pots that could go one inside the other (if using un-petroleum jelly)
- One heavy bottom stainless steel pot if using beeswax
- Sieve
What you will need to do:
- If using un-petroleum jelly, set up the double boiler, add the jelly to the pot on top, let it melt
- If using beeswax, melt it in the heavy bottom stainless steel beeswax
- Add herbs
- Let it simmer on low heat for 30 to 40 minutes
- Strain the mixture
- Pour into sterilized glass jar and let it cool
Extra tips
- Ointments are for external use only
- They are used mainly on the skin, sometimes on the eyes
- Do not put on eyes, unless specifically recommended
- Ointments are used to insure full absorption of the active medicament
- Some of the conditions that are treated with ointments include: Burns, abrasions, cuts, bites, bruises and hemorrhoids
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