My Healthy Homemade Life

All Purpose Salve with Plantain Herb

Apply salve as needed. Reduces pain and swelling of insect bites and bee stings. Also useful for burns, rashes and wounds. Use as a drawing out salve for splinters and boils. It will help to reduce the itch in poison ivy and poison oak.

CourseHome Remedies

Ingredients

Instructions

Allow your fresh plantain to dry for a few hours until limp. Since water can introduce moisture and bacteria to the salve, I allow my herbs to dry a bit before preparing them with the oil. I also make sure that my glass jar and lid are completely dry.
Chop plantain by hand or in a food processor and place in a dry, half pint glass jar. Cover the herbs with an inch or two of oil, allowing room for the herbs to expand and cover tightly.
Allow your oil mixture to steep for 2 weeks in a warm, sunny spot.
Strain the oil using a cheese-cloth or muslin.
In a double boiler or using a heat safe glass measuring cup in a pan of water, heat 1 cup of the prepared oil and the beeswax until the beeswax is melted. Allow oil to cool slightly before adding Tea Tree essential oil. Pour immediately into tins or small glass jars. Label and date your salve.
Allow salve to cool completely and store in a cool, dark place.

Recipe Notes

Author: jen @ www.myhealthyhomemadelife.com