Satin's Salve #3

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Thought I would share one of my recipes with you all. This is Satin's

Salve #3 - pretty original name, huh? <rofl>

8 oz sweet almond oil

4 oz calendula flowers

4 oz comfrey root

4 oz comfrey leaf

4 oz echinacea

4 oz goldenseal

1/4 cup aloe vera (either skin removed or slit so the " meat " shows)

20 drops lavender essential oil

20 drops pure Vitamin E oil

8 oz cleaned beeswax

Put all herbs in the oil in a double boiler - either steel or glass, no

aluminum or iron. Then cook over low heat all day - I never cook it for

less than 10 hours. Wander through and stir from time to time. You can

add a bit more oil if you need to, but once the herbs are saturated you

usually don't. Just make sure to keep track, as you need the same amount

of beeswax and oil to make the salve come out right.

You can make more by simply multiplying the ingredient amounts - I usually

make " quadruple " batches.

Get a small wine press and line with cheesecloth sack. Put a big bowl in

the sink and put the herbs in the press. Press out as much of the oil as

you can, discard the herbs in the sack. If you need to, wear rubber gloves

- it's hot!

Put the herbal oil back on the double boiler and add beeswax, lavender and

Vitamin E (both are natural preservatives and antibacterial, and the

lavender is an emollient.) Once the beeswax is melted, pour into tins,

jars, whatever you like. Place a clean towel over the open tins and let

cool overnight, then put the lids on. Store! It lasts forever without

going bad, due to the Vitamin E and lavender, as long as you don't leave it

in the sun or let it get warm enough to melt. I even buy the tubs (like

chapstick) and pour it in those to carry in my pocket. It's great for lips!

You can use this on anything - it's exceptionally good for burns of any

kind (including sunburn), rashes, cuts, scrapes, even pimples! BUT - do

not use on a very deep puncture wound UNLESS YOU ARE SURE IT IS CLEAN.

Comfrey will make the skin heal at 3 times the normal rate - ordinarily

excellent, but if the deep puncture is dirty, you can have a serious

infection when the skin closes too fast.

I even use it around my eyes each night. I'm 50 and no crows feet yet.

<grin> I have a huge tin of it in each first aid kit (barn, house, horse

trailer, truck) and keep some in my purse. It is safe for animals, too,

even if they lick it off. It really reduces scarring, as well.

Enjoy!

Satin