You can make your own healing ointment using olive oil, beeswax, and essential oils.
After a minor cut, healing ointment is often used to form a protective layer over the skin. While many household medicine cabinets contain some kind of store-bought ointment, you can easily make homemade healing ointment using simple ingredients. Homemade healing ointments last for months without the harmful chemicals usually found in store-bought ointments.
Traditionally, ointments are made from animal fat, but today's homemade ointments are made from beeswax and oil with added herbs and essential oils that aid the healing process. Herbs like comfrey and chamomile are used to promote cell growth, treating everything from minor cuts and abrasions, to stings, bites, anal itching and eczema.
Instructions
Making Homemade Healing Ointment
1. The olive oil should be at room temperature when added to the base mixture.
Fill the lower part of your double saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Add ¼ cup of beeswax to the upper part of the saucepan. Once the wax has melted, reduce the heat and add 1 cup of olive oil, creating the base for your healing ointment. This will yield 1 cup of ointment.
2. Comfrey is used in homemade healing ointments because it promotes fast healing.
Combine 1/2 ounce of dried chamomile and 1/2 ounce of comfrey. Add the dried herbs to the base mixture and heat on low for approximately two hours.
3. Fit a piece of muslin fabric around the rim of a bowl, using a large rubber band to hold it in place. Pour the mixture into the bowl.
4. Rubber gloves will protect your hands, as the ointment will still be hot.
Put on rubber gloves. Remove the rubber band from the muslin fabric and begin to squeeze the mixture through the muslin into the bowl.
5. Tea tree essential oil is a natural anti-septic.
Add 1 teaspoon of tea tree oil to the base mixture. Do not add tea tree oil to mixture until it has been removed from the stove and transferred into the bowl. Exposure to heat will cause the tea tree oil to evaporate. Tea tree oil is important for homemade healing ointment because it is a natural antiseptic.
6. Transfer the ointment into the storage jars while it is still warm. Allow the ointment to fully cool before putting the lids on the jars to avoid condensation. Explicitly label your ointment jars so they aren't mistaken for food and store them in the refrigerator once the ointment has reached room temperature.
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