Making my healing salve

Monday August 16, 2021  While sitting on the deck yesterday watching the animals, I got a nasty wasp sting on my arm. OUCH!! I could feel the pain starting to radiate out and I raced for my last tin of Yaya’s healing salve. I made this a few years ago and sold most of it in Yaya’s Yarn Barn. Thank goodness I had one tin left because it stopped the pain almost instantly.  The only problem is that last tin is almost empty and I’ve decided that more of that salve must be on my urgent to do list. It’s really amazing stuff and I’ll let you know when I have it available in the on line store. It takes 6 weeks for the herbs to infuse the oil so it wont be immediately. Here are the ingredient that I’ll soak in olive oil starting today:

• Calendula Flowers. This is one of the best herbs to use when attempting to treat ailments of the skin – such as cuts, burns, inflammation, bruises, minor open wounds, scrapes. Phytochemicals that are present in this flower work hard against bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
• Plantain. Plantain is an awesome plant and it’s actually a common weed that grows nearly everywhere. It has incredible medicinal properties and can heal a variety of different skin issues such as: eczema, psoriasis, bee stings, insect bites, poison ivy.  The alpacas also love to it eat it when they find it in the pasture.
• St. John’s Wort. The “feel good” herb is often known for it’s use in treating mild depression; however, when St. John’s wort is used topically it is wonderful in homemade salves for the treatment of bruises, wounds, and especially good for treating sunburn.
• Goldenseal Root.  The active constituents of the herb are some of the most potent natural antimicrobial agents found in nature. It’s broad-spectrum healing properties – anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, antibiotic, and anti-viral. 
• Olive Leaf. Olive leaf may be one of the richest natural antiviral compounds ever! I love it for it’s skin-loving qualities and benefits in healing eczema.
• Comfrey Root + Leaves. Encourages the reproduction of cells therefore working to support the mending of sprains, bruises, swellings, burns and sores.
• Pine Resin. The resin was gathered in Boulder Utah by my son and daughter in law. Pine resin carries incredible healing properties of antibacterial, antiviral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial. And it smells so good!
• Then I’ll add some local organic raw honey, organic beeswax, Vitamin E and  a few essential oils. I use frankincense, copaiba and lavender essential oils, also carrot seed oil.

This is seriously good stuff and works on so many different skin issues. That why I called it Yaya’s All Purpose Healing Salve.

(Fire update? It’s still smokey here but I think they are starting to contain it. Evacuations are still in place so it’s still a concern.)

Photo of the day:  The jar of herbs soaking from the last batch:

The tins will look like this when ready: