This stuff really works! It is good for cuts, burns, insect bites, rashes and more.
Fill a jar half way with dried plantain, comfrey, yarrow, echinacea, chamomile and rosemary. The plantain is the most important ingredient. Cover the herbs with olive oil. Fasten a rag or paper towel over the mouth of the jar with a rubber band and set in a sunny window sill for two weeks or longer.
Strain out the herbs and discard. Warm the oil in a saucepan with about 2 oz of beeswax for every cup of oil. When the beeswax is melted, remove from heat. At this point, you can add a few drops of vitamin E oil or grapeseed oil, which both act as natural preservatives. Pour the salve into tins or shallow containers and leave the lids off until set.
The salve will keep for years. I carry a small tin in my purse and keep jars all over the house and in the horse trailer. It makes a fantastic gift, and it is so much fun to see the surprise on friend's faces when they discover that my "herbal concoctions" really do work!
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