Go Back
Ever wish you had a standby recipe for any herbal salve? Here is an excellent basic salve recipe to serve as a base to your creative herbal remedies!
Print Recipe
5 from 2 votes

Basic Salve Recipe

Yield: approximately four 2-ounce containers
Author: Devon Young

Ingredients

  • 1 cups base oil blend of your choice I like coconut oil and olive oil here
  • ½ cup dried herb(s) of your choice
  • 2-4 tablespoon beeswax pastilles
  • essential oil of your choice see dilution ratios in post

Instructions

  • Using the one of the infusion methods described in this post, infuse your chosen herbs into the base oils.  After oil is adequately infused, strain through layers of flour sack cloth nestled in a fine mesh sieve, squeezing to extract all the oil.  Compost the spent herbs.
  • Pour infused to a double boiler, add beeswax and warm until completely melted (you may want to experiment with the consistency that you want by adding the lower about of wax and dropping some of the oil/beeswax mixture into a small ramekin, wait for the salve to cool and check the consistency’ add more beeswax if desired.
  • Remove oil/beeswax mixture from heat.  Add essential oils and mix thoroughly.
  • Pour into individual 2-ounce containers (approximate 4) or other similarly sized jars. Allow to cool completely before putting a lid on the container.
  • Use within one year.