How to Make an Herbal Salve
Learn how to make a healing herbal salve. This stuff really works! It is good for cuts, burns, insect bites, rashes and more! We also use it for our livestock.
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Cover the herbs with good quality olive oil (I recommend using organic extra virgin olive oil, which I buy in bulk from Azure Standard). Put a lid on the jar; it should be snug but not tight.
Place a rag on the bottom of your crock pot and set the jar on top of the rag. Fill the crock pot with water, put the lid on and keep on the lowest setting for three days. If the water evaporates, turn the crock pot off and let it cool down before adding more water. NEVER pour water over a hot jar!
If you do not have access to a crock pot, you can alternately fasten a rag or paper towel over the mouth of the jar with a rubber band and set in a sunny window sill for two weeks or longer.
After three days in the crock pot, cool the jar down, then strain out and discard the herbs. At this point, you have an herbal oil full of healing properties. You can use it as is, or proceed to the next step for salve!
You can find tins for salve on Amazon here:
I hope you enjoyed this post! I hope to share a lot more herbal home remedies in the future. Please note that I am not a doctor and cannot give medical advice, I just share what I use for my own family!
-Kait
PS: If you are interested in learning more about herbs and natural healing, my absolute favorite herbal book is Be Your Own Doctor by Rachel Weaver. You can find Be Your Own Doctor and Rachel’s other books here: