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Homemade Sore Muscle Salve

Homemade Muscle Rub with Essential Oils is ideal for rubbing away pain in sore muscles! Made with essential oils and an easy homemade salve base to help ease your pain.
Course DIY & Crafts
Keyword diy salve, essential oils, herbs, homemade salve, lavender, sleep
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Author Savanah

Ingredients

  • 1 cup coconut oil
  • 1 cup almond oil olive oil, or grapeseed oil (whichever you have on hand and prefer)
  • 4 ounces beeswax
  • 15 drops pure rosemary essential oil
  • 15 drops pure marjoram essential oil
  • 10 drops pure lavender essential oil
  • 10 drops pure lemongrass essential oil

Instructions

  • Put your coconut and sweet almond oil into a medium pot on medium heat.
  • Add 2 ounces of beeswax, stirring until completely melted.
  • Prefer the spoon test (see note) and add more as needed
  • Remove from heat & allow to cool slightly.
  • Add your essential oils, stirring well.
  • Pour the mixture into your containers and seal once it has cooled to room temperature.

Notes

The Spoon Test:

Set 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.

How to use Homemade Sore Muscle Salve:

Apply to sore muscles as needed.