Medicinal Herbal Salve

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried chamomile
• 1 cup dried plantain
• 1 -2 cup coconut oil (enough to cover the herbs) or 1 -2 cup olive oil (enough to cover the herbs)
• 6 tablespoons beeswax (3 t per cup of oil)
• 1 teaspoon vitamin e (1/2 tsp oil per cup of oil)
• 15 -20 drops lavender oil (or other favorite eo)

Recipe

• 1 place herbs and enough oil (make sure coconut oil is melted first) to cover in a sauce pan or pot (preferably not metal); bring to medium heat and simmer (very low) for 20 minutes.
• 2 while simmering oil, in a separate small pot, simmer the beeswax until melted, bringing it to the same temp as the oil/herb mixture.
• 3 strain the herbs out, then combine the oil and the beeswax.
• 4 cool and add vitamin e and essential oil(s).