Homemade Healing Salve
This healing salve is so easy to make and great for small cuts, scrapes, and scratches! It uses a combo of essential oils and herbs to promote healing and soothe sore skin.
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut oil
- 1 cup almond oil
- 1 oz of each dried comfrey leaves
- 1 oz dried calendula
- 1 oz dried lavender flowers
- 2-4 oz beeswax
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoon witch hazel
- 20-30 drops essential oils I like using equal amounts of lavender, tea tree, and lemon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170 degrees.
- Combine coconut oil, almond oil, comfrey, calendula, and lavender in an oven safe dish.
- Place in oven for 2-4 hours. The longer, the better. You can also do this in a crockpot set on warm!
- Strain the oil using cheesecloth to remove the herbs. Make sure to squeeze all the oil you can out of the herbs!
- Discard your herbs & pour the strained oil into a medium pot on medium heat.
- Stir in the honey until completely combined.
- Add 2 ounces of beeswax, stirring until completely melted.
- Perform the spoon test (see note) and add more beeswax as needed.
- Remove from heat & allow to cool slightly.
- Add your witch hazel & essential oils, stirring well.
- Pour the mixture into your containers and seal once it has cooled to room temperature.
Notes
Prefer to use the stovetop? Cook oils & herbs on low for 30 minutes, then start with step 4.
Beeswax spoon test: Lay out a piece of wax paper. Dip a spoon into your oil/beeswax mixture and lay on the wax paper. Give it a few minutes to cool and check the consistency. Add more beeswax and recheck as needed until you reach the desired consistency.
Note from my mom: I make mine a little thinner in the winter and a little thicker in the summer, to account for differences in storage & shipping temperatures.