hawgrider
04-07-2015, 05:51 AM
Make your own skin irritation salve with spruce tips. This salve is great for rashes and cold sores and some folks even find it relieves eczema. If you can’t find spruce tips in your area you can just add spruce essential oil to your oil by adding 10 drops of spruce essential oil to 1 cup of coconut oil. I don’t even add the beeswax, I just keep the salve in the fridge and it stays solid but you can just use a clean teaspoon to scoop some out. It will liquify as you rub it onto your warm skin. It smells very nice and as stated in the article you can add wintergreen for a congested chest rub. Nuggle Mama shares the instructions in a guest post by Jen Wadleigh.
http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/spruce-salve-for-skin-irritations/
Making a Salve: Making salve seems daunting at first, but it’s actually really easy! To make salve, you are melting oil into beeswax, and letting it cool – about 2 tablespoons of beeswax to a cup of oil. To test how the salve will come out, drip a little onto a cold plate and see how it firms up. Adjust to the right consistency by adding either more oil for a softer salve, or more beeswax for a harder one.
From there you can get fancy by trying different kinds of oils. I mainly use grape seed oil, or extra virgin olive oil, but you can try any kind of oil you find! I love to use apricot or almond oil for diaper rash salve.
Once the beeswax has melted into the oil and you take it off the heat, you can add essential oils, for their healing properties, or simply for the scent. I love lavender and tea tree oil together. I use that for diaper rash salve, and winter skin issues, and have a friend who swears by it for her daughters eczema.
http://nugglemama.ca/2013/06/spruce-tip-salve-recipe/
http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/spruce-salve-for-skin-irritations/
Making a Salve: Making salve seems daunting at first, but it’s actually really easy! To make salve, you are melting oil into beeswax, and letting it cool – about 2 tablespoons of beeswax to a cup of oil. To test how the salve will come out, drip a little onto a cold plate and see how it firms up. Adjust to the right consistency by adding either more oil for a softer salve, or more beeswax for a harder one.
From there you can get fancy by trying different kinds of oils. I mainly use grape seed oil, or extra virgin olive oil, but you can try any kind of oil you find! I love to use apricot or almond oil for diaper rash salve.
Once the beeswax has melted into the oil and you take it off the heat, you can add essential oils, for their healing properties, or simply for the scent. I love lavender and tea tree oil together. I use that for diaper rash salve, and winter skin issues, and have a friend who swears by it for her daughters eczema.
http://nugglemama.ca/2013/06/spruce-tip-salve-recipe/