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Comfrey Salve Recipe

Author: Kami McBride

Equipment

  • Double boiler or 2 stainless steel pots
  • Measuring cup
  • Spatula
  • Salve container(s)
  • Label

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp grated beeswax or beeswax pearls
  • 2 tbsp comfrey-infused oil*

Instructions

  • Grate the beeswax with a cheese grater, using the medium-sized holes, or purchase beeswax already formed into small pearls.
  • Put water in the bottom pot of your double boiler, then put on the top pot and bring the water to a boil. If you don’t have a double boiler, improvise! Put water in a pot and then put a slightly smaller pot on top.
  • Measure your beeswax. Beeswax pearls are denser than grated beeswax, so if I’m using grated beeswax, I measure a heaping tablespoon. If I’m working with beeswax pearls, I use a scant tablespoon. Generally, my recipes are made for home-grated beeswax, so just use a little less if you’re going to use the prepared beeswax pearls.
  • Put the beeswax in the upper pot and melt it.
  • Slowly add the comfrey-infused oil a little at a time until the oil and beeswax melt together.
  • Remove the pot from the heat as soon as everything is melted together. Make sure that you do not overheat the oil. The oil should never be too hot to put your finger into.
  • While the mixture is still hot, pour it from the pot into a measuring cup.
  • From the measuring cup, pour the mixture into salve containers.
  • Let the salve jar sit on the counter until the salve has hardened, then put the lid on the container.
  • Take a moment to think about what you will use this healing skin salve for. Think about whom you might give it and how it could help them. This is called adding love and best wishes to your salve. The extra added ingredient that heals. You can’t buy that in the store.

Notes

Storage: Store your homemade salve in a cool, dark place. It should last for about a year.
* Learn to make the potent oil I use in this comfrey salve recipe in my online course, Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils. Whether you’re just starting your herbal journey or you’re already making herbal oils and salves, this course distills my decades of experience making herbal oils to help you make the highest quality infused oils possible.
* If you aren’t going to make your own comfrey infused oil, you can purchase comfrey oil here.