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Red Clover Salve Recipe

Materials

  • 1/4 cup calendula flowers
  • 1/4 cup red clover flowers
  • 1/4 cup comfrey leaves
  • 2/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon  beeswax

Instructions

  • Place the herbs in glass jar and cover with the 2/3 cup olive oil.
  • Sit the jar in a 250° oven for 2 hours to allow the herbs to infuse the oil. Your kitchen will smell wonderfully, by the way.
  • Allow to cool, then strain the herbs into another glass jar, using an old cloth or cheesecloth. Squeeze gently to extract all the infused oil from herbs.
  • The herbs can then be tossed in your compost, or you don’t feel comfortable with oil in your compost, toss in the garbage.
  • Add the tablespoon of beeswax, and place back in the warm oven.
  • Allow the wax to melt in completely and stir.
  • Once stirred, allow to cool completely.

Notes

  • All the herbs used are dried herbs, which is very important, because water in the fresh flowers could lead to mold in your salve.
  • Label with all the ingredients used, date made and when you would expect this to “expire”. I used the expiration date on the olive oil as my guideline.