Jewelweed Salve Recipe
This jewelweed salve recipe is easy to make and comes in really handy with bug bites and poison ivy. Great to take with you on a camping trip!
Yield: 1 Container
Cost: $5-$10
Equipment
- Old pot or Double Boiler
- Quart Mason Jar
Materials
- Olive Oil
- Fresh Jewelweed
- Beeswax pellets
- Essential Oils optional
- Vitamin E - 2 capsules 180 mg ~ 1/2 teaspoon
- Tin containers
- Lip Balm Containers
Instructions
- Chop up the jewelweed and place it in a mason jar.
- Fill it with olive oil.
- Make a warm jewelweed infusion by gently heating the jar in a bath of simmering water for a few hours.
- Strain the oil by using a coffee filter, napkin, cheesecloth, lor paper towel.
- Use the infused jewelweed oil, combined with beeswax, essential oils (optional), and vitamin E.
- Mix 2 tablespoons of beeswax to 1/2 cup infused oil in a glass jar.
- Heat the jar in a water bath on the stove until the beeswax is dissolved.
- Let cool slightly before adding in your essential oils (about 15 drops), and vitamin E to act as a preservative.
- Stir and pour into the containers.
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