Guest guest Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 HEALING SALVE 3 cups olive oil 1 cup coconut oil 4 Tablesp. comfrey root 4 Tablesp. comfrey leaf 3 Tablesp. yellow dock 3 T. burdock root 4 T. elderflower blossoms 1 T. myrrh gum powder 1 T. goldemseal root powder 4 T. calendula blossoms 4 T. plaintain 2 T. chamomile Beeswax Heat oven to 250 degrees. Place the oils into an ovenproof casserole dish. Add each of the herbs to the oil. Stir well. Place cassererole dish in the oven. Do not cover. After 15 minutes stir mixture. Now you can just leave it and stir about every 30 minutes. Leave in the oven for 2 hours at this temperature. Now turn the oven temperature down to "WARM" and just leave it in the oven overnight if you started it in the evening. Or leave it in the oven for about 8 hours if you are making during the day. Remove from the oven. When the oil is cool enough for you to be able to stick your finger in it and it not feel too hot, then you can start straining it. Take a large piece of cheese cloth and fold it double. Place it into a medium size bowl and carefully begin to pour the herbs and oil into it and twist the cheese cloth and herbs into a ball to squeeae out as much oil as possible. This takes some strong hands so you may be able to get your dh to help. Now pour the oil back into a stainless steel pan and heat up just enough to melt the beeswax you will need to put in. DO NOT LET THE OIL GET TOO HOT OR IT WILL DEVELOP A BURNED SMELL AND RUIN THE HERBS. It is hard to know just how much beeswax to use with each batch. For this recipe, start with 1/4 cup and go from there. After you have the 1/4 beeswax melted in the oil (just set it in the oil and stir (like you do when you are trying to melt ice cubes in water) then test it by putting some of the mixture on a spoon and rubbing an ice cube under the bottom of the spoon until the salve is room temperature--not cold. Is the thickened salve now at the consistency you want? The colder it is, the harder it will get, so let it be just at room temperature to gauge the right feel of it. If you want it to be stiffer, add a little more beeswax and keep testing until it feels right to you. You can usually find beeswax at a good health food store such as Whole Foods Market. To clean up your utensils that you used with the beeswax, just heat them up and wipe very hard and thorough with paper towels. When they "look" clean, use very hot, soapy water and a scrub pad to get off the rest, which isn't very difficult. To store your salves, you can use any kind of container you want. Baby food jars work really well. "A clean house is a sign of a misspent life" -- Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release 11/10/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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