How to make herbal salves with herb infused oils
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2021
- Herbal salves are one of my absolute favorite home remedies and skin care products to make. They are super simple to create once you have completed making a herb infused oil. In this video I am making a first aid salve which will be used on minor cuts, bug bites, burns, rashes, acne and other types of minor skin irritations. The recipe I used for this salve is one that can be used for any type of salve you plan to make!
Instructional videos on making herb infused oils:
1. Alcohol intermediary method: (my favorite for making oils that go into salves) • How to make herb infus...
2. Folk method: • How to make a herb inf...
Directions for making a salve:
1. Clean and sterilize any jars/utensils you will be using in the process. Make sure everything is completely dry before use.
2. Melt your beeswax on low in a bane marie and add in your herb infused oils. For a small batch for personal use I recommend 1 ounce of beeswax to 4 ounces of you herb infused oils. ( I recommend making your salve in a container with a spout. This makes pouring it more precise and less messy. )
3. Once all of the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together and melted it is time to pour your salve into containers. (Before pouring you can choose to add in some essential oils)
4. Let your salves harden in place and completely solidify.
5. Put on lids, label and store in a cool & dark place.
My first aid salve recipe follows all of these steps and the ingredients are: 1 ounce of beeswax, 2 ounces of yarrow & plantain infused olive oil and 2 ounces of self heal infused coconut oil.
Thanks for watching and happy crafting! For any questions feel free to ask in the comments below.
lol, 'Herboratory' I'm definitely using that.
Yes! Do it!
Well thank you for having a video that's only 4 minutes I appreciate that
I discovered your videos partly because my 10 year granddaughter loves studying plants. We've found plantain & self-heal all around our area. Plus, I'm a beekeeper so we're going to learn to make salves.
So glad to hear! They are wonderful plants. When I first started making salves I would add honey in them and they turned out great! Not only can you use the wax but perhaps look into adding some honey into your salves. When you use the right proportions it isn't sticky or messy like you'd think.
That’s beautiful! The world needs more natural healers! So glad she has you to encourage that!
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That title though 🤣I'm tempted to use that haha. Thank you! I really appreciate it.
I've wanted to make a salve for so long! Thank you for sharing!!!
This is great remedies.
Thank you, this was very helpful & came out great on first try!
Glad to hear! 😁
thanks for tips to make herbal salves more power
Great video!! Thank you 😊
It turned out such a pretty color too 😃
Yes! I love the bright green color of it!
Thank you! I'm gonna make one with purple dead nettle.
Thank you loved it
Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing this great video, completed watching, Stay Blessed
Thank you and you as well!
Hello. I just found your video. In your opinion what is the best oils to use for homemade stabs? Like coconut oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil? I've been making my homemade creams for over a year now and I've used a different oils, but I'm not sure what is the best oil. Or does it vary versus the type of lotion you're making?
You said the coconut is infused too, what kind of herb? Will this salve cause outbreak of acne? Coconut is very greasy. This is a great video with subtitles❤
Thanks! I rendered down some beeswax from a chunk of honeycomb I bought from the grocery. Not much, I just have enough for like one or two small salves, but making some today nevertheless! I'm also going to add cacao butter to one of them to stretch it, plus to get that Vitamin E addition that it provides.
That’s awesome! Very cool that you rendered it yourself. Hope it all went well 🌿😊💚
Good day. I enjoyed you video which was easy to follow and very calming. If I only have oil that's not infused, dried ground herbs and bees wax, how would I make the salve. (p.s. I have plantain leaf herb) Thank you for any info you can offer.
You would first infuse the herbs into the oil with whatever method you prefer. There are a few different ways to do that including the folk method, warm infusion methods or alcohol intermediary method. Once you have a finished infused oil you will strain the herbs from the oil and then follow the steps in this video to make it into a salve. There are a lot of great step by step guides on the internet for making the infused oil and I also have two videos on this channel about the folk method and alcohol intermediary method. Hope this helps!
@@SmallSeeds thank you for you detailed response. I will check out you two videos. Do you happen to know the name of them or part of so I can put it in the search bar? Thanks again!
Great video :) get some labels that you can print on :)
What does the plantain yarrow blend do
Love these videos. What do you use to steralize the jars?
Thank you! I’ve been using the boiling method after washing them with soap and water. I’ve been looking into possibly soaking or spraying them in an alcohol solution after washing with soap and water and then letting them air dry. I’m hoping this will work out so I don’t have to boil the jars every time.
I just wash and put in oven at very high heat. To sterilise
@@cosmichearts3349 The lids, too?
Very cool. Now all you have to do is wait for a cut, rash or zit lol. Thanks for sharing 👍
Haha! There is never a shortage of small cuts on my hands from gardening so it will be well used. Thanks!
@@SmallSeeds I'd buy one of those if you ever sell any.
@@VirginiaFruitGrower not at the moment! I'd like to have a seperate area set up one day for making things to sell. In the meantime though when I make the next batch I'd love to just send one your way to try out!
@@SmallSeeds I'd love that! Thank you!
Do you have a recipe for poppy seed ointment for use on wounds, cuts and scrapes ?
Sorry, I don’t but that sounds very interesting!
Any advice on what the average shelf life for one of these salves would be?
It all depends on the oils you use for infusing and what method you make your infused oil with. For this specific salve I like to use them within a year to make sure I’m always using a “fresh” salve. I would say a year is a good estimate for the shelf life. I’ve never had one go bad within a year. They will last even longer if you add essential oils or vitamin e oil. Hope this helps!
New Sub and enjoyed this video dear! 😉
Thank you very much!! 😊
What part of the plantain, yarrow, and Self-heal did you use? And was it narrow or broad leaf plantain?
Thank you for the lovely video!
I use the leaves of broad leaf plantain, and both the flowers and leaves of yarrow and self heal 😊
Alternative to bees wax?
Carnauba wax is a vegan alternative. I have never used it myself so the ratios may be different depending on how hard the wax is.
I find the coconut oil makes the salves greasy.
Sis, please translate the video into Indonesian so we can understand what you mean 🙏
Hello! Thank you for suggesting this. Do you mean for subtitles? I will look into doing this and try to get it going for all videos.
Please don’t use coconut oil in salve for acne prone skin. Coconut oil actually clogs pores 😢😢