Does anyone have a good tried and true recipe for an everyday salve? Looking for one that helps heal Mikes hands,they have cuts(he's a machinist) and the cold air has made them split. Also I'm very interested in other salve recipes, just getting into herbal med and the like and want good recipes people I trust have used! Thanks Sandy

-- Anonymous, February 28, 2002

Answers

I have a good recipe for Goldenseal Salve that I have made and used for many years, everyone really likes it that I give it to.

Equal parts coconut oil, cocoa butter, sweet almond oil and beeswax, fiddle with the exact amoount of beeswax to regulate the consistency of the finished product. You can melt these items CAREFULLY in the microwave if you wish, using pyrex.

Add goldenseal tincture, burdock root tincture, chamomile tincture, calendula tincture, chickweed tincture and a small amount of borax (like a quarter teaspoon or so, depends of total amount being made) and stir well and pour into jars. You can add a bit of liquid lecithin to help emulsify the ingredients even further if desired.

The exact, no guessing recipe is posted over at CS in the archives under Health or Herbals, I think. I will there and look.

-- Anonymous, February 28, 2002

In CS archives, it is under "Health", about 2/3 of the way down the column as "Here's the Goldenseal salve recipe...".

There is also a recipe for lip balm as well.

If I where as skilled at HTML as Joy and the other computer savvy folks I could provide a "link" for you, but I'm a computer "doofus" :- ). Sorry.

-- Anonymous, February 28, 2002

Annie......I just cut and pasted it here. Hope that was o.k.

This recipe for Goldenseal Salve heals most any skin affliction, or injury, especially after surgery or stiches, the recipe can be doubled, tripled, to suit your needs. All measurements are by weight, not volume. You can use powdered herbs instead of tinctures, 1 0 size capsule = 1 ml. tincture, but I prefer the results with tinctures. Goldenseal Salve 1 oz. beeswax (unfiltered) 1 oz. coconut oil 1 oz. cocoa butter 2 oz. olive oil ( use more or less to adjust the desired firmness of the salve) 1/2 teaspoon liquid lecithin Heat the above to 160 degrees F., remove from the heat, and add the following:

2 1000mg. capsules natural(d-alpha) Vitamin E, pierce capsules and squeeze out contents 4 ml. goldenseal tincture 2 ml. chickweed tincture 2 ml. burdock root tincture 2 ml. chamomile ticture Stir slowly until mixture cools enough that all ingrediants will remain suspended evenly, then pour into desired containers. Keeps indefinetly, improves with age.

Simple Lip Balm Recipe

2 oz. beeswax 2 oz. coconut oil 2 oz. cocoa butter 3 oz. sweet almond oil OR olive oil (adjust the oil to desired firmness of product) 2 teaspoons Aloe Vera extract 2 1000mg. natural (d-alpha) Vitamin E capsules, pierced and squeezed out

Heat the above to 160 degrees F., then add any essential oil flavor you desire, usually 1 teaspoon is enough.

Popular flavors of essential oils are: Anise Sweet Orange Sassafras Peppermint Rosemary

All ingrediants above can be purchased from Lorann Oils, 1-888-456- 7266, www.lorannoils.com . Ask for the wholesale catalog, much cheaper than the retail catalog. They ship within a week from MI, very nice people, no mimimum order required. Annie in SE OH.

-- Annie Miller (annie@1st.net), November 12, 2000

-- Anonymous, February 28, 2002

Thank you!! Will be trying this weekend. I did look over on CS but must have over looked it.

-- Anonymous, February 28, 2002

Thank you soooo much Diane!!!! One of these days I'll learn how to do these things without messing up the computer, I attempt to do things then can't figure out what I did, wrong or otherwise, and can't get the stuff back the way I want it :-)!!!

-- Anonymous, March 01, 2002