Have not used antibiotic ointment for years😱‼️I am a Registered Nurse many years and support herbal medicinals. I use Calendula Cream, Silver drops, silver gel and Manuka Honey bandages….kudos to you for promoting the herbal alternative👏🏼💚💙!!!
Traditional fabric bandages are problematic; they soak up medicine and stick to the wound as it scabs over. A more functional concept is to use at least 6 mil clear flexible polypropylene. I buy 48" rolls for many purposes. Cut useable sizes. Sterilize in alcohol or bleach and when dry store in good lid container. I apply salve of Manukian honey, she's butter and other herbs onto the polypropylene and then directly onto the wound. It is held in place with compression wrap or packaging roll film with tape securing the wrap. All of the salve is in direct contact with no pad absorption and no sticking to wound.
When making herbal oils, it's best to use fully dried herbs. It isn't just mold that you need to worry about, there are some bacteria that can taint the oil if there's any water. Even the small amount in wilted herbs. Also, letting the oil steep for ~6-8 weeks is better than letting it steep over heat for a few hours.
Totally agree. I know it sounds counter-intuitive to people but you don't want your medicine contaminated with bacteria and you certainly don't want it to mold in the container. My comfrey salve sits for a month to "percolate" and draw out all the medicine from the root. You get more potency if you give it time.
@@charmc4152 I would say it's negligible. Also, dried herbs take up less space than raw, so you're probably going to get more potency because you will be using more herbs i.e. half cup raw herb is less herbs than a half cup dried. Only time I use raw is if I'm going to ingest it immediately.
@@charmc4152 Drying most foods seems to concentrate nutrients; also all those illustrations you see of apothecary and herbal shops have bunches of dried herbs everywhere. As long as the drying process doesn't involve too high a heat, there should be minimal losses. Lavender sachets contain dried lavender flower heads, and retain their aroma for ages, for example.
My grand father was right off a reservation and we grew up learning about these plants. Yarrow root has so many uses. Along with plantain(pigears),and comfrey. We make salves and tea. Be careful if you are planning to process your own yarrow root the numbing effect can be so effective that you might cut yourself and not realize it if doing bulk harvesting. Pretty handy that the plant also stops bleeding lol
yarrow leaf infusion saved my anemic kittens a few times. I'd give it to them, and their noses and mouths would turn pink again and they'd regain their energy. Wild turkey mushroom did nothing to help my pets. Wish it did, because I had plenty in my woods.
I read the book EXTRA VIRGINITY and I learned about the counterfeiting of imported extra virgin olive oil, EVOO. I later learned 80% imported was counterfeit. I looked for our Olive Oil and found several growers in the USA and ordered oil from Georgia. Very GOOD !!!
@By the piece Is there any chance you could share where you’re getting your olive oil from? I’ve been getting from Sams club because there was nothing else .. I’d be most grateful!
I made my first antibiotic salve today with yarrow, chamomile, comfrey, and calendula. I had made the oil 2 months ago and finally made my salve! So excited to finally use my medicinal herbs.
A jar of Calendula petals covered in olive oil for 4 weeks is so healing for the dry wart type sores I get on my skin now and then. The oil goes a beautiful yellow and lasts well in a dark cupboard. Best to grow your own flowers organically.
For a decade we have used this: mix a couple of oregano oil capsuls with Coconut oil about 1/2 cup total. Keeps forever, kills anything. Heat the coconut oil slightly, mix in the oregano oil, pour off into small salve or plastic screw top container for travel.
The comfrey root is what contains allantoin, which is the cell regenerator. The leaves are for pain relief and work great. I make a comfrey salve with leaf and root and I can't even say how many people use it now. One guy at church went in for back surgery and the dr cut a nerve and he's been on opiates for years, until I offered him a jar of my salve. No more opiates and he smiles all the time. Works like a miracle and is my favorite herb. Yarrow is great as well. Herbs are so much fun to work with.
Everything I've researched about comfrey says that allantoin is also in the leaves but at a lesser strength. I've been making and using comfrey leaf salve for a couple or so years and am convinced of it's cell regeneration abilities. Such an amazing plant ❤
gretchen, will you please share how you make your salve? I have such bad back pain and even after two surgeries, and I don't want to be on opiates. Thank you, in advance, for your reply, Cats
@@carolynfulton4060 I shared a link but it disappeared so I guess I'm not allowed to do that. Carolyn gave the basic directions I use here in this video. Rain Country channel, and She is of the Woods channel both share good directions. Also I saw a commenter here share directions. ❤
I made this for my 10-year-old granddaughter. I used Yarrow, rosemary, oregano, thyme, and sage. My granddaughter has severe eczema on the tops of her hands. in late fall and winter every year knuckles are dry, cracked and painfully bleeding. Her mother has tried every lotion recommended by their pediatrician, and nothing has worked. The required handwashing and sanitizer that she has to use at school makes it so much worse. She started using this homemade lotion in early fall before it got cold outside. She uses it at least once a day and tries to use it at bedtime and before going to school in the morning. So far she is showing no signs of the eczema on her hands. She says “look Nana! My hands are still good!” This treatment has been a miracle for her. I thank you for sharing this recipe and showing how easy it was to make.
Hi Carolyn, you’re living the best life! I’m so grateful that you share your wonderful knowledge and show us what can happen when a husband and wife live out the Biblical plan for marriage and family. Despite my most determined and stubborn efforts for 35 years, God has instructed me to a much different life, and I’m starting to embrace the change rather than fight and resent it. I’m in a massive transition, and the challenges are greater than anything I’ve ever had. God’s got my back, I have a newly developing attitude of anticipation and I try hard to let go of what I wanted for my life and be content wherever I am. Still, you are a beautiful example of how I wished my life to look. God bless you, Josh, your family, your church, and your community!🙏
I watched 15min of this vid and just had to SUB! I love the simple, no-nonsense, honest and easy way she explains and discusses options- it made me feel like i was having a conversation w/her bcs she was answering questions my mind was asking at every step!! So excited about this channel!! ❤️❤️❤️
@@HomesteadingFamily -Why wouldn't you want to use comfry for puncture wounds? Just wondering. I have some deep puncture wounds from a cat attack. Continual salt soaks reversed the red streaks & infection but the punctures are taking a long time to close up. His incisor sank deep into the back of my wrist & it's still unusable. I wouldn't want to use any of this if it would not be good. Please let me know. Thanks.
@brendaann727 I have heard that comfrey heals the deep wound too fast. Because of this, the infection can be closed up inside & not be allowed to drain out.
@@renamaemcdonald2075 - Thanks for the explaination. A similiar thing can happen when you try to treat skin cancer from the outside. The skin heals but the cancer goes deeper in. My horse had skin cancer & topical things were only minimally effective. It worked much better to change her diet to get to the source of the problem . With my cat punctures, I just kept on with the salt soaks, but when I did an anti-bacterial cruciferous diet for 3 days, I'm very happy to say that the source of the infection was finally healed. 🕊
My family used lanolin on cuts, scrapes, and chapped skin. It has anti fungal, anti bacterial, and anti viral properties. It’s also wonderful in the healing process, sometimes no scar at all. It might be missing the anti inflammatory component and maybe not pain relief.
❤ Thank you! Am a country gal who lived off the grind and learned how important this idem is.. loved how you show us how to make this..Christy from Colville, Wa..😊
Great video, thank you! A French press is a great way to squeeze everything out. I do that for my elderberry syrup and then (usually) follow up with a cheesecloth.
Please look into adding the plantain herb (either broad leaf or narrow leaf) into your salve. Plantain has wonderful analgesic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, antimicrobial, properties as well as a wonderful drawing herb. Excellent for stings, bites, cuts, burns, etc. Don't get me started on the benefits if taken internally =D
Totally agree!! Love plantain plus heal-all. The husks of plantain is where Serutan came from. Definitely a must for mosquito bites and the swelling. Amazingly fast-acting. I just find a good leaf and chew into a poultice in emergencies. The salve is so nice.
Thank you, I just added some plantain leaves to my salve oil and am letting it go another month, so it'll be 2 months for the original 3 herbs in this recipe and a month for the plantain, to make a super-healing salve for me and my family! So grateful you brought this to my awareness!
For those allergic ro plantain are there alternatives? We have a glut of licorice root, some comfrey, elderberry, rosemary, calendula and catnip. Some oregano too.
You always do such a great job in making sure that everything is explained in everyday words that can be understood. Thank you for all you teach us. Blessings to all always 🥰
Comfrey is the best thing I've found. This looks like a good way to put it up for winter. I usually use it fresh. Just throw some in a blender with just enough water to make a paste. A little mint added gives a cooling effect and is great for burns.
Oh my goodness it looks like you live in paradise…absolutely incredibly beautiful that image with water running in the foreground flowers blooming along the drive and Madonna and child…thank you for the balm I make a similar one …so amazing the gifts the dear lord has blessed us with…thank you for sharing …
Thank you so much for the Farmhouse Teas website recommendation! I ordered essential oils and the couple of herbs that I don't already grow myself for this salve recipe, along with some kombucha flavoring (which my husband really likes), and I was so surprised when my order arrived - The box my order came in was thoughtfully designed, the items were placed carefully in the box, and it contained so many free samples! The box even smelled fabulous before it was even opened. The items themselves are top quality and look/smell so fresh. I was so impressed that I took time to leave a good review on their site, and then I received a "thank you for your review" card along with more samples in the mail a few days later. Top notch company!
Been making a bum balm with dried calenduela flowers, dried lavender flowers or EO oil depending on whats available, olive oil, bees wax, shea butter after warmed to melt, adding vitamin EI whip them up with a mixer. It takes a bit, but it whips up to a thick cream. Have made it for last two babies of my six babies and thus far three grandbabies, zero problems of diaper rash, and use it also for chapped cheeks and lips from wind and sun exposure. Great for hands, elbows, knees feet as well.
Love these herbs and have made salve many times, but I always let the plant material dry completely before steeping. The only thing missing from a dried plant is the water content, which I prefer not to have in anything oil based in order to reduce the risk of mold and spoilage. Fill the jar to the absolute top with the oil for steeping, to prevent oxidation (again, to prevent mold). Steep in a dark cabinet 4-6 weeks and you will have a lovely potent oil for all uses...These are indeed wonderful and far preferable to over the counter ointments.
As a pharmacist, this is very interesting to watch. It reminded me a lot of my compounding training. If anyone's wondering why you don't measure the plants going into the oil but do measure the oil, beeswax, and all the rest later, the reason is that not all plants are the same. Even different parts of the plant or crops from year to year may have very different concentrations of the organic components you're trying to extract into the oil. It doesn't do a whole lot of good to try and measure it unless you've got all of the equipment on the back end to monitor those concentrations through to the final product. This is homemade, not FDA regulated. But, you do want the control over the texture of the salve, so you need to ensure the right amount of your beeswax relative to the other oils you're adding, so that stuff must be weighed and measured. If you get too much oil and not enough beeswax, it'll be more liquidy than you want at room temperature. I'll reserve commentary on the effectiveness of this stuff. Too many components, not enough time to do it properly, and I'm not trying to shill for any one product, let alone any of the Pharma companies. They couldn't pay me enough to sell my integrity like that. However, Neosporin (or generic triple antibiotic) is great stuff. Use it when you need it (like healing a dirty wound after you clean it). It works very well, so don't be afraid of it, even if you prefer this type of salve for routine scrapes and minor stuff like that.
I think effectiveness would depend on the person, the wound, etc. I make my own salve with different herbs than what she's using here but I believe the effectiveness of the oils and waxes would still be there sans herbs. Coconut oil, olive oil and beeswax have wonderful antiseptic, cleansing and healing properties. My salve worked on my daughter's poison ivy rash better in 12 hours overnight than 2 days of the steroid stuff her Dad got her from the doctor. My personal experience has been my salve works better than the antibiotic ointment and has the added benefit of being good for my skin 😁
@@LGAussieyes, it will because there's nothing organic in it. Only organic material will decompose. The types of medicines that lose their effectiveness, however, will be labeled as such because they'll oxidize over time. Meaning they are less effective over time when exposed to air, even if they're not opened. Few packaging methods are truly vacuum sealed.
Wonderful recipe! Thank you so much for sharing this! I think it is so important that we know and teach these skills…especially these days with supply chain issues and it’s so much better for us :) blessings to you and your family ☀️
What wonderful comments. AND YOU Carolyn are a NATURAL at this! Great explaining, timing, delivery and just lovely to watch and listen to. Just a fyi: I use blue painters tape on the jar it's self to write ingredients. Directions.
Just tried this today… well month and a week ago. Today was the mixing part into wax… can’t wait to try. Ty.. I used chamomile,yarrow, almond oil, calendula since that’s all I have. I have bought company seeds for next year planting season
I love videos like this. I started growing some herbs a few years ago maining for spices. I am leaning more about tentures and salves. I am also learning more about foraging. I made my first salve - Dandelion Salve. This weekend, I am making Plaintain Salve. I have to add this to my list. Thank you for sharing.
Mixing herbs for the same purpose is very good. I'm just starting to think this way. I have COPD, for example, and when starting out I did my tinctures separately; I'm mixing my herbs now that are good for the lungs instead of having separate tinctures to take. This way, I'm also getting less alcohol and more potent tinctures. We grow slow and then take off running when the time is right 😊
@@woodsie5796 Hello, I have COPD as well. I’ve read where Mullein herb is good for this, but what do you use, and if you don’t mind, the recipe for it? Thank you. I just found this channel and subscribed as I want to learn the best and safest way to make tinctures and salves.
I wish it was so easy to grow whete i am in the uk. I did manage to make dandelion flower salve for my arthritis and sore muscles from fibromyalgia and ot works sooo well. My neighbour lives it too. I have saved some yarrow from pots and put them in the ground and they're doing so well. I also have lambs ear which is great for scraps and cuts. Thank you for your content ❤❤
I made this a few months ago and have given it almost all away because it has worked so well for friends and family on their random pains throughout their body. I haven’t even used it for cuts. It’s all been pain that they had under the skin.
This is amazing! I have started to look into herbs for healing to put in my garden. This video is just what I needed! I have actually recently become allergic to all forms of chemical antibiotic ointments. I have extremely sensitive skin and the only thing I have found recently that has worked is colloidal silver in pure aloe vera. I think this herb salve is just what I need. Really thankful to you for sharing your knowledge!
To make cleanup a bit easier, I just add the wax and oil to each sterilized mason jar, cover tightly, then I place a folded terry cloth or cotton dish towel in the bottom of the crock pot, set the jars in, cover them with water, and turn the crock pot on low until the wax melts. Then I remove the jars, open them and add the essential oils and vitamin E and give each one a good shake to blend.💜
The Comfrey will pretty much grow anywhere! I let it grow in the corners of my garden and by my grow boxs so they get good watering. They also are a great Bee attractor to the garden. Myn have a small colony of Bumblebee's that stay around my garden each year.
congrats on the new little one. love to see big families. o had 16 pregnancies in 18 years. it was not easy and took a lot of work but i wouldn’t change it for the works! also a suburban homesteader , and herbalist of 40 years.
I make a version of this for my business. People LOVE it. They use it on their face, burns, cracked hands... THANK YOU for telling me about bee balm. Mine is crazy huge and I dry it for tea but now will add it to the balm also.
Thank you!! Thank you!! I have been slowly learning better ways to help my family with ailments and to heal my husband's and my health issues. I truly appreciate your sharing of such wisdom. I hope that you will continue to educate all of us.
Oh thank you. I've got my dandelion oil in the cupboard, and beeswax already on my to-order list. Gonna make salve this year! Plus i have bee balm, yarrow & calendula in my garden. So excited!
Try to get your beeswax from a beekeeper who does it without chemicals. I know some guys put things in their wax and honey you don't want in your salve. There are good guys and bad guys in the business. Better trust an old beekeeper from a village than some shop from internet. True story Some beekeepers worked with a guy from a very big company. He sells beeswax candles and all kinds of beeswax articles. They gave him their pure beeswax and he melted it and made pressed plates from the bees wax. So the bees could nist on the prepared wax plates. Then the bees were dieing in summer. Nobody knew why. The beekeepers were desperate. They sprayed medication, nothing saved them. Big loss. No bees, no honey, no wax, no business. Then someone tested the beeswax. They all had given their pure wax and they paid to get those pure pressed plates. Turned out the big company guy was greedy and filthy. He bought some cheap wax from China and mixed it with the pure wax. The chemicals and artificial flavor and artificial coloring killed the bees. The greedy guy had sold the pure wax from the beekeepers for very high prices to some cosmetic company. They did testing in their own laboratory so he could not betray them. The beekeepers got the fake wax plates which smelled and looked okay but killed the bees. . My family has some beekeepers. We bought the special equipment and one room in the house for wax. The melting and cooking and pressing needs to be done in winter. It is a hell of hard work and it is a sticky mess but it is pure and honest. The beekeepers bring their wax and they get their own wax in pressed plates as it should be. Of course they have to pay something. Find someone honest to get good pure beeswax. Chew it. They taste very different, colour is very different from every beekeeper.
Comfrey is so good! I make and sell pain salve and that along with peppermint oil are the go to herbs. Helps so much with pain. I finally have my medicinal garden where I can now make the antibiotic ointment. I also use wild plantain as an itch/rash/bug bite remedy and works like a charm. I love herbs so much!
I just found you. I'm also in north idaho and I've been hunting for channels close to me that I can rely on for advice relevant to my area. I'm so glad I found you.
I recently had a knee replacement and I rubbed comfrey salve on it twice a day and within two weeks I was walking around as if nothing happened The doctors released from physical therapy after 8 weeks of the surgery
On an adventure in Israel many years ago, I toured an olive tree farm. One great tip that I learned was how to know if you are purchasing pure Olive Oil. So many brands claim this, but they cut the olive oil with other oils to make more of a profit. So how do you know if you are purchasing 100% pure olive oil? If you are in a store when purchasing, bury that bottle of olive oil somewhere in a refrigerated section for about 20 minutes. If it is indeed pure olive oil, it will begin to look 'cloudy'. If it does not turn cloudy, then it is cut with another oil(s). Brilliant little gem of knowledge!
@Homesteading Family Happy to share. Here is another incredible gem that I learned from my much loved mother-in-law 30+ years ago. You can instantly remove any fruit based stain instantly, right before your very eyes. And yes. That would include red wine! Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc. Just pour boiling water over that stain. Based on the circumstances, sometimes I put a pot of water on the stove to boil and plunge the fabric right into the pot, like a kitchen towel that has been well saturated with berry juice. Works evertime! 👊
Hello, thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills with me. I'm just beginning! Can't wait to see your other videos. Making my own is something I've always wanted to learn about and do. 🥰😘
This is great just got comfrey going this year and a few others. Do you have a recipe for a peppermint foot cream? Would love to try for hot achy feet. Thanks for your great videos would love a mountain ish homestead! ❤
Yarrow is also great for insect bites. I recommend completely drying all the herbs so there is no chance of moisture in them before adding oil to them.
I am taking Yarrow for my anxiety and negative thinking, because i suspect those feelings are due to some kind of stomach and intestines pains. Stress and wrong food like gluten and seeds cooking oils probably trigger the pains, which in term causes me worrying and feeling bad. I find castor oil, feverfew, butterbur, pau d'arco, slippery elm, all helps to neutralize the discomfort. I need to alter them every few days. Need to try comfrey soon
Thanks so much for making this video! I am horribly allergic to both petroleum jelly and triple antibiotic ointment, and I have been struggling to figure out what to use instead.
Topical silver gel or spray is extremely effective and not only is good as an antibiotic, silver is effective on burn wounds to heal also most people don't know. Silver is so effective it was what was used to disinfect a plane during the ebola scare when those handful of ebola patients were flown to the usa. results rna silver is probably the best, they also used to make hospital sterilization silver products which was what was used on that plane. Also iodine is extremely effective and you can buy clear iodine that does not stain the skin nowadays too.
Thank you, this is amazing! I just wanted to let people know to keep teatree oil away from your pets as the smallest amount is highly toxic, I found out the hard way, luckily my fur baby survived after several days in hospital 🌼
I love this lifestyle, so much Oxygen around you, and you have such great knowledge about herbal and plant medicine. So glad I ran into your channel today. This is so exciting! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I'm a retired midwife and I'd much rather use natural products like these than petrochemical based ones. Beautiful baby... ☺️💜
I love the way you explain things. These days I don't even count the drops or weigh my beads. Once you know what you're doing... It's like brushing your teeth. lol😁
Just an FYI for folks. Be careful using tea tree essential oil around pets. I used some on a dog once, which is fine. But my tiny cat who is in love with my German shepherd rubbed on him and licked her paws. Unbeknownst to me at the time, tea tree is toxic to cats and there is no antidote. Fortunately, I was able to nurse her through it but it took about two weeks to get her out of the woods. She very nearly died.
@@beatcat1265 Although products containing low concentrations of tea tree oil are not expected to be a problem in pets, the use of pure tea tree oil directly on the skin is potentially very serious in pets and should never be used. Exposure may cause ataxia, salivation, lethargy, coma and tremor.there are products made with lower levels that are fine and safe on dogs. I would not is straight tea tree essential oil though, even diluted Ina carrier oil. And no amount is safe around cats at all. Even if it is used on another pet in the same household.
@@beatcat1265Never use the pure oil on yourself or on the dog. Teatree oil is way too strong and the smell indicates how little you need to still have the power of it. Take a small brown glass bottle from pharmacy, 20 ml or 30 ml. Put in one drop of teatree oil. Fill the bottle with some neutral oil like coconut oil or olive oil or almond oil. This mix you may put on your skin for pimples or anything. For your dog take one drop of the mix in a tablespoon of neutral oil, stir well and then apply on your dog.
Really great video !!! I am excited to learn more about using herbs for making salves and tinctures. Thanks for sharing. I do have to say though that the reason your essential oils are cheaper is that they aren't 100% pure. I have a plant therapy bottle of cinnamon that is not safe for internal use. This is usually a sign of something else being added. Please keep making these amazing videos !!!
When my SIL returned from Iraq, my daughter used comfrey to treat a resistance leishmaniasis, skin disorder. She has used healthy herbs since she was 17. She has teenage children , they would put herbs in their bathwater since very small. She uses herbs and herbal teas.
Helichrysum italicum is clear w no perceptible odor. Is very good at healing burns........i only use the italicum variety on wounds and burns. U can place directly on a bleeding wound that has been washed and the bleeding will stop too.. .....👋🏻☺️
Thank you so much for making this easy to follow, informative video! It was so calming and for someone who wants to be more connected to nature, this is just what i needed for an antibiotic replacement
Please please PLEASE don't toss out your triple antibiotic ointment! It's almost always available for purchase, it's in a very easy to use container and it's stable for a very long time. Perfect for minor emergencies if you aren't home with your personal medicine cabinet. That being said I'm also big on home remedies but they take time to plan, grow, collect, prepare and store. When I was young I'd get ear infections every single time I had a cold so I ended up taking a lot of antibiotics to deal with that. As an adult I still get ear infections but I wanted to avoid over use of antibiotics so I made myself some mullein flower oil. That stuff is A-MA-ZING. I put some 5-8 drops of mullein oil in the ear that I can feel that stuffy light pain starting in just before bed along with a bit of cotton to keep the pillow clean and by morning everything is fine except for the oily ear, I'd much rather have a yucky oil feel then a raging ear ache! As a kid I don't recall ever receiving anything for the ear ache pain so this stuff just about blew my mind at how fast it treated the infection and the pain all in one night. Very rarely have I had to use it second night. I'll still have my cold but the oil staves off the ear infection. If you want to make your own oil you will need as many mullein flowers (Verbascum thapsus) as you can pick from plants that are not growing by a highway and basically follow the directions in this video to make your own oil. Since I use mine in my ears I don't add it to beeswax but I imagine the flowers can be added to the salve mix demonstrated here. I store my oil in a dark medicine dropper jar and I keep it out of light and it's good for a few years. I usually remake my oil every third year but I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted longer. As with all things home made please make sure you test the plants to make sure you aren't allergic and don't force your home remedies on other people without permission. My spouse won't use my oils and salves and I respect that.
@@teresacorona502 Nope, there is just too much liability associated with selling home remedies. If I had a neighbor or friend that was interested in trying my stuff then I'd be okay with gifting a sample and teaching them how to make it but I'd never accept money for it. I'd also make it plain as day that it might not work and there can be health risks while using it the same as using stuff from big pharma. It's still free to teach people about these recipes and I feel it's very important to keep folk remedies remembered. In my opinion it's best practice to make it yourself after researching as much as you can.
Iʼm nit groeing Bee Balm yet, but guess what Iʼll be planting today? But your idea to groe comfrey right under the fruit tree for the comfrey leaf compost is such a great idea!!!! Lol Donʼt take this the wrong way, but youʼre so knowledgable & crafty & motherly. Iʼm 57 but will you adopt me? Lol
Wait, you say "sav" for salve?! Is that how you say it in the USA?! Here in the UK we say it as it sounds - "sal-vv"!😄 I love your videos, you explain everything really well but without droning on for ages, lol! Thank you, really appreciate you taking the time and with such a young bubba!!😊
Have you ever use tallow with an infused oil to make a balm? I’m just curious the difference in using that as a vase as opposed to the beeswax. I’ve been using tallow lotion and love it.
May I ask what tallow lotion you use? Depending on where you live & what animal it's from, the tallow may or may not be enough to get the mostly-solid ointment consistency you want in a balm. But, tallow does make an excellent fat to directly infuse the herbs in straight, so long as the fat is warm enough to stay liquid, no additional plant oils needed. Actually, tallow salves were common before the oil press was widespread Whatever the fat medium may be, I've found that beeswax, though traditional, is simply too waxy for me to enjoy my remedies, so I like to thicken with Cetyl Alcohol. Cetyl Alcohol is a dirt cheap & readily available thickening moisturizer that isn't drying like volatile alcohols, it's a fatty substance found in many animal fats including ours (cetyl indicating whale, and yes, whale fat salves & candles were a thing too once upon a time), and yet feels so much lighter & less greasy than true oils & fats, gives oils a silky slippy feel, and thickens like a dream. It comes in white pellets that you use exactly like you would beeswax
Have not used antibiotic ointment for years😱‼️I am a Registered Nurse many years and support herbal medicinals. I use Calendula Cream, Silver drops, silver gel and Manuka Honey bandages….kudos to you for promoting the herbal alternative👏🏼💚💙!!!
Traditional fabric bandages are problematic; they soak up medicine and stick to the wound as it scabs over. A more functional concept is to use at least 6 mil clear flexible polypropylene. I buy 48" rolls for many purposes. Cut useable sizes. Sterilize in alcohol or bleach and when dry store in good lid container. I apply salve of Manukian honey, she's butter and other herbs onto the polypropylene and then directly onto the wound. It is held in place with compression wrap or packaging roll film with tape securing the wrap. All of the salve is in direct contact with no pad absorption and no sticking to wound.
Brilliant! Never thought if that. Thank you for posting!! 🥰🥰👃✌️🇨🇦@MakerBoyOldBoy
Apothocary roses??? Which roses can you use for rose hips? Can any rose be used?
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Nurse here also!
When making herbal oils, it's best to use fully dried herbs. It isn't just mold that you need to worry about, there are some bacteria that can taint the oil if there's any water. Even the small amount in wilted herbs. Also, letting the oil steep for ~6-8 weeks is better than letting it steep over heat for a few hours.
I can see your point, but wouldn't you lose some of the beneficial oils from the plants by letting them completely dry out?
Totally agree. I know it sounds counter-intuitive to people but you don't want your medicine contaminated with bacteria and you certainly don't want it to mold in the container. My comfrey salve sits for a month to "percolate" and draw out all the medicine from the root. You get more potency if you give it time.
@@charmc4152 I would say it's negligible. Also, dried herbs take up less space than raw, so you're probably going to get more potency because you will be using more herbs i.e. half cup raw herb is less herbs than a half cup dried. Only time I use raw is if I'm going to ingest it immediately.
@@charmc4152 Drying most foods seems to concentrate nutrients; also all those illustrations you see of apothecary and herbal shops have bunches of dried herbs everywhere. As long as the drying process doesn't involve too high a heat, there should be minimal losses. Lavender sachets contain dried lavender flower heads, and retain their aroma for ages, for example.
@@gretchenhaugen7303 Thank you for responding. 👍
I'm benefitting from all the comments from experienced herbalists - wow - so much good advice. RUclips is a curse AND a blessing.
I 💯 agree!
My grand father was right off a reservation and we grew up learning about these plants. Yarrow root has so many uses. Along with plantain(pigears),and comfrey. We make salves and tea. Be careful if you are planning to process your own yarrow root the numbing effect can be so effective that you might cut yourself and not realize it if doing bulk harvesting. Pretty handy that the plant also stops bleeding lol
yarrow leaf infusion saved my anemic kittens a few times. I'd give it to them, and their noses and mouths would turn pink again and they'd regain their energy. Wild turkey mushroom did nothing to help my pets. Wish it did, because I had plenty in my woods.
I read the book EXTRA VIRGINITY and I learned about the counterfeiting of imported extra virgin olive oil, EVOO. I later learned 80% imported was counterfeit. I looked for our Olive Oil and found several growers in the USA and ordered oil from Georgia. Very GOOD !!!
@By the piece
Is there any chance you could share where you’re getting your olive oil from? I’ve been getting from Sams club because there was nothing else .. I’d be most grateful!
Where in Ga do you get your olive oil could you send me a link to where I can buy this oil
Will you please share where you ordered the olive oil from? TIA
I am also interested in getting the real deal instead of the counterfeit, please & thank u!!
Wow, 80% fraudulent! Had no idea. Thank you for sharing such much needed and important information.
I made my first antibiotic salve today with yarrow, chamomile, comfrey, and calendula. I had made the oil 2 months ago and finally made my salve! So excited to finally use my medicinal herbs.
Wonderful!
That's awesome 👍
Is it possible to use this for mursa?
That's the same recipe I use. 👍
A jar of Calendula petals covered in olive oil for 4 weeks is so healing for the dry wart type sores I get on my skin now and then. The oil goes a beautiful yellow and lasts well in a dark cupboard. Best to grow your own flowers organically.
For a decade we have used this: mix a couple of oregano oil capsuls with Coconut oil about 1/2 cup total. Keeps forever, kills anything. Heat the coconut oil slightly, mix in the oregano oil, pour off into small salve or plastic screw top container for travel.
I love this! Thank you!
What do you use it for ? You say it kills everything
Carolyn, I have all of the seeds mentioned. Thank you so much for giving us a printable recipe. Your baby is beautiful.
The comfrey root is what contains allantoin, which is the cell regenerator. The leaves are for pain relief and work great. I make a comfrey salve with leaf and root and I can't even say how many people use it now. One guy at church went in for back surgery and the dr cut a nerve and he's been on opiates for years, until I offered him a jar of my salve. No more opiates and he smiles all the time. Works like a miracle and is my favorite herb. Yarrow is great as well. Herbs are so much fun to work with.
Everything I've researched about comfrey says that allantoin is also in the leaves but at a lesser strength. I've been making and using comfrey leaf salve for a couple or so years and am convinced of it's cell regeneration abilities. Such an amazing plant ❤
gretchen, will you please share how you make your salve? I have such bad back pain and even after two surgeries, and I don't want to be on opiates. Thank you, in advance, for your reply, Cats
@@catsebn927 Me, too!
@@linda51464 could you share your recipe or direct us to it, please😊
@@carolynfulton4060 I shared a link but it disappeared so I guess I'm not allowed to do that. Carolyn gave the basic directions I use here in this video. Rain Country channel, and She is of the Woods channel both share good directions. Also I saw a commenter here share directions. ❤
This women is a wealth of knowledge. I am so glad I came across your videos
I made this for my 10-year-old granddaughter. I used Yarrow, rosemary, oregano, thyme, and sage. My granddaughter has severe eczema on the tops of her hands. in late fall and winter every year knuckles are dry, cracked and painfully bleeding. Her mother has tried every lotion recommended by their pediatrician, and nothing has worked. The required handwashing and sanitizer that she has to use at school makes it so much worse. She started using this homemade lotion in early fall before it got cold outside. She uses it at least once a day and tries to use it at bedtime and before going to school in the morning. So far she is showing no signs of the eczema on her hands. She says “look Nana! My hands are still good!” This treatment has been a miracle for her. I thank you for sharing this recipe and showing how easy it was to make.
Hi Carolyn, you’re living the best life! I’m so grateful that you share your wonderful knowledge and show us what can happen when a husband and wife live out the Biblical plan for marriage and family. Despite my most determined and stubborn efforts for 35 years, God has instructed me to a much different life, and I’m starting to embrace the change rather than fight and resent it. I’m in a massive transition, and the challenges are greater than anything I’ve ever had. God’s got my back, I have a newly developing attitude of anticipation and I try hard to let go of what I wanted for my life and be content wherever I am. Still, you are a beautiful example of how I wished my life to look. God bless you, Josh, your family, your church, and your community!🙏
I watched 15min of this vid and just had to SUB! I love the simple, no-nonsense, honest and easy way she explains and discusses options- it made me feel like i was having a conversation w/her bcs she was answering questions my mind was asking at every step!! So excited about this channel!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for watching!
@@HomesteadingFamily -Why wouldn't you want to use comfry for puncture wounds? Just wondering. I have some deep puncture wounds from a cat attack. Continual salt soaks reversed the red streaks & infection but the punctures are taking a long time to close up. His incisor sank deep into the back of my wrist & it's still unusable. I wouldn't want to use any of this if it would not be good. Please let me know. Thanks.
@@HomesteadingFamilyhi I’m excited to make an herbal oil infusion but am uneasy about this whole botulism thing. How do you avoid it. Thank you!
@brendaann727 I have heard that comfrey heals the deep wound too fast. Because of this, the infection can be closed up inside & not be allowed to drain out.
@@renamaemcdonald2075 - Thanks for the explaination. A similiar thing can happen when you try to treat skin cancer from the outside. The skin heals but the cancer goes deeper in. My horse had skin cancer & topical things were only minimally effective. It worked much better to change her diet to get to the source of the problem .
With my cat punctures, I just kept on with the salt soaks, but when I did an anti-bacterial cruciferous diet for 3 days, I'm very happy to say that the source of the infection was finally healed. 🕊
My family used lanolin on cuts, scrapes, and chapped skin. It has anti fungal, anti bacterial, and anti viral properties. It’s also wonderful in the healing process, sometimes no scar at all. It might be missing the anti inflammatory component and maybe not pain relief.
I heard Lanolin is full of residual pesticides in the sheep’s lanolin wool- from the sheep getting dipped to control diseases.
Thank you for making herbal remedies seem so easy and not intimidating!
❤ Thank you! Am a country gal who lived off the grind and learned how important this idem is.. loved how you show us how to make this..Christy from Colville, Wa..😊
I have been preparing herbal remedies myself and the comfry has been my personal favorite. Being a homesteader is brilliant.
Great video, thank you! A French press is a great way to squeeze everything out. I do that for my elderberry syrup and then (usually) follow up with a cheesecloth.
Thank you, great idea!❤❤❤
Please look into adding the plantain herb (either broad leaf or narrow leaf) into your salve. Plantain has wonderful analgesic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, antimicrobial, properties as well as a wonderful drawing herb. Excellent for stings, bites, cuts, burns, etc. Don't get me started on the benefits if taken internally =D
Totally agree!! Love plantain plus heal-all. The husks of plantain is where Serutan came from. Definitely a must for mosquito bites and the swelling. Amazingly fast-acting. I just find a good leaf and chew into a poultice in emergencies. The salve is so nice.
Thank you, I just added some plantain leaves to my salve oil and am letting it go another month, so it'll be 2 months for the original 3 herbs in this recipe and a month for the plantain, to make a super-healing salve for me and my family! So grateful you brought this to my awareness!
@@eileenpatterson6937 It is my pleasure, it is an amazing herb that grows literally everywhere. Enjoy!
Oh, interesting, internally? I must look this up. Thankyou
For those allergic ro plantain are there alternatives? We have a glut of licorice root, some comfrey, elderberry, rosemary, calendula and catnip. Some oregano too.
You always do such a great job in making sure that everything is explained in everyday words that can be understood. Thank you for all you teach us. Blessings to all always 🥰
Comfrey is the best thing I've found.
This looks like a good way to put it up for winter. I usually use it fresh. Just throw some in a blender with just enough water to make a paste. A little mint added gives a cooling effect and is great for burns.
You have a delightful calm about. Can't believe I watched it all, and even rewound a couple of details.
Oh my goodness it looks like you live in paradise…absolutely incredibly beautiful that image with water running in the foreground flowers blooming along the drive and Madonna and child…thank you for the balm I make a similar one …so amazing the gifts the dear lord has blessed us with…thank you for sharing …
Thank you so much for the Farmhouse Teas website recommendation! I ordered essential oils and the couple of herbs that I don't already grow myself for this salve recipe, along with some kombucha flavoring (which my husband really likes), and I was so surprised when my order arrived - The box my order came in was thoughtfully designed, the items were placed carefully in the box, and it contained so many free samples! The box even smelled fabulous before it was even opened. The items themselves are top quality and look/smell so fresh. I was so impressed that I took time to leave a good review on their site, and then I received a "thank you for your review" card along with more samples in the mail a few days later. Top notch company!
Going to try and will surely mention this channel with my order! Thank you for sharing your experience!
These are the kinds of videos I just love. Teaching useful things. Thank you! Congrats on the new baby!
Been making a bum balm with dried calenduela flowers, dried lavender flowers or EO oil depending on whats available, olive oil, bees wax, shea butter after warmed to melt, adding vitamin EI whip them up with a mixer. It takes a bit, but it whips up to a thick cream.
Have made it for last two babies of my six babies and thus far three grandbabies, zero problems of diaper rash, and use it also for chapped cheeks and lips from wind and sun exposure.
Great for hands, elbows, knees feet as well.
Would love your recipe 😊
Love these herbs and have made salve many times, but I always let the plant material dry completely before steeping. The only thing missing from a dried plant is the water content, which I prefer not to have in anything oil based in order to reduce the risk of mold and spoilage. Fill the jar to the absolute top with the oil for steeping, to prevent oxidation (again, to prevent mold). Steep in a dark cabinet 4-6 weeks and you will have a lovely potent oil for all uses...These are indeed wonderful and far preferable to over the counter ointments.
I agree.
As a pharmacist, this is very interesting to watch. It reminded me a lot of my compounding training. If anyone's wondering why you don't measure the plants going into the oil but do measure the oil, beeswax, and all the rest later, the reason is that not all plants are the same. Even different parts of the plant or crops from year to year may have very different concentrations of the organic components you're trying to extract into the oil. It doesn't do a whole lot of good to try and measure it unless you've got all of the equipment on the back end to monitor those concentrations through to the final product. This is homemade, not FDA regulated. But, you do want the control over the texture of the salve, so you need to ensure the right amount of your beeswax relative to the other oils you're adding, so that stuff must be weighed and measured. If you get too much oil and not enough beeswax, it'll be more liquidy than you want at room temperature. I'll reserve commentary on the effectiveness of this stuff. Too many components, not enough time to do it properly, and I'm not trying to shill for any one product, let alone any of the Pharma companies. They couldn't pay me enough to sell my integrity like that. However, Neosporin (or generic triple antibiotic) is great stuff. Use it when you need it (like healing a dirty wound after you clean it). It works very well, so don't be afraid of it, even if you prefer this type of salve for routine scrapes and minor stuff like that.
Shill lol. Neosporin should be taken off the shelf
I think effectiveness would depend on the person, the wound, etc. I make my own salve with different herbs than what she's using here but I believe the effectiveness of the oils and waxes would still be there sans herbs. Coconut oil, olive oil and beeswax have wonderful antiseptic, cleansing and healing properties. My salve worked on my daughter's poison ivy rash better in 12 hours overnight than 2 days of the steroid stuff her Dad got her from the doctor.
My personal experience has been my salve works better than the antibiotic ointment and has the added benefit of being good for my skin 😁
of course nature has less side effects, too! Love salves etc!!
I have neosporin from 2020 unopened. Will it still work?
@@LGAussieyes, it will because there's nothing organic in it. Only organic material will decompose. The types of medicines that lose their effectiveness, however, will be labeled as such because they'll oxidize over time. Meaning they are less effective over time when exposed to air, even if they're not opened. Few packaging methods are truly vacuum sealed.
I had no idea that I was going to love this,, but I did,, really appreciate it
I make mine with long and broadleaf plantain /lavender herbs. I will have to try this one next. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful recipe! Thank you so much for sharing this! I think it is so important that we know and teach these skills…especially these days with supply chain issues and it’s so much better for us :) blessings to you and your family ☀️
What wonderful comments. AND YOU Carolyn are a NATURAL at this! Great explaining, timing, delivery and just lovely to watch and listen to. Just a fyi: I use blue painters tape on the jar it's self to write ingredients. Directions.
Just tried this today… well month and a week ago. Today was the mixing part into wax… can’t wait to try. Ty.. I used chamomile,yarrow, almond oil, calendula since that’s all I have. I have bought company seeds for next year planting season
I love videos like this. I started growing some herbs a few years ago maining for spices. I am leaning more about tentures and salves. I am also learning more about foraging. I made my first salve - Dandelion Salve. This weekend, I am making Plaintain Salve. I have to add this to my list. Thank you for sharing.
Mixing herbs for the same purpose is very good. I'm just starting to think this way. I have COPD, for example, and when starting out I did my tinctures separately; I'm mixing my herbs now that are good for the lungs instead of having separate tinctures to take. This way, I'm also getting less alcohol and more potent tinctures. We grow slow and then take off running when the time is right 😊
I've been saving dandelions to do the same thing!! Where did you find your info for salve?
@@se5594rain country had a video, I think
@@se5594 i tried saving dandelions and they turn to white seed. Is this still good to use?
@@woodsie5796 Hello, I have COPD as well. I’ve read where Mullein herb is good for this, but what do you use, and if you don’t mind, the recipe for it? Thank you. I just found this channel and subscribed as I want to learn the best and safest way to make tinctures and salves.
I wish it was so easy to grow whete i am in the uk. I did manage to make dandelion flower salve for my arthritis and sore muscles from fibromyalgia and ot works sooo well. My neighbour lives it too.
I have saved some yarrow from pots and put them in the ground and they're doing so well. I also have lambs ear which is great for scraps and cuts. Thank you for your content ❤❤
I made this a few months ago and have given it almost all away because it has worked so well for friends and family on their random pains throughout their body. I haven’t even used it for cuts. It’s all been pain that they had under the skin.
This is amazing! I have started to look into herbs for healing to put in my garden.
This video is just what I needed! I have actually recently become allergic to all forms of chemical antibiotic ointments. I have extremely sensitive skin and the only thing I have found recently that has worked is colloidal silver in pure aloe vera. I think this herb salve is just what I need. Really thankful to you for sharing your knowledge!
I am definitely making this recipe. Thank you for the free printable download and supply resources. You are doing a great job.
To make cleanup a bit easier, I just add the wax and oil to each sterilized mason jar, cover tightly, then I place a folded terry cloth or cotton dish towel in the bottom of the crock pot, set the jars in, cover them with water, and turn the crock pot on low until the wax melts. Then I remove the jars, open them and add the essential oils and vitamin E and give each one a good shake to blend.💜
You are so precious, especially with your little baby ❤ thank you for all of your knowledge, and talent.
The Comfrey will pretty much grow anywhere! I let it grow in the corners of my garden and by my grow boxs so they get good watering. They also are a great Bee attractor to the garden. Myn have a small colony of Bumblebee's that stay around my garden each year.
are they a spreader or do they stay where put?
congrats on the new little one. love to see
big families. o had 16 pregnancies in 18 years. it was not easy and took a lot of work but i wouldn’t change it for the works! also a suburban homesteader , and herbalist of 40 years.
I make a version of this for my business. People LOVE it. They use it on their face, burns, cracked hands... THANK YOU for telling me about bee balm. Mine is crazy huge and I dry it for tea but now will add it to the balm also.
Tea tree is extremely good for burns. Loving your chanel. Thank you so much. From South Africa
Thank you!! Thank you!! I have been slowly learning better ways to help my family with ailments and to heal my husband's and my health issues. I truly appreciate your sharing of such wisdom. I hope that you will continue to educate all of us.
Oh thank you. I've got my dandelion oil in the cupboard, and beeswax already on my to-order list. Gonna make salve this year! Plus i have bee balm, yarrow & calendula in my garden. So excited!
Some gave me some danlion what slave said it was good for pain did nothing.
Try to get your beeswax from a beekeeper who does it without chemicals.
I know some guys put things in their wax and honey you don't want in your salve.
There are good guys and bad guys in the business.
Better trust an old beekeeper from a village than some shop from internet.
True story
Some beekeepers worked with a guy from a very big company. He sells beeswax candles and all kinds of beeswax articles.
They gave him their pure beeswax and he melted it and made pressed plates from the bees wax.
So the bees could nist on the prepared wax plates.
Then the bees were dieing in summer. Nobody knew why. The beekeepers were desperate. They sprayed medication, nothing saved them.
Big loss.
No bees, no honey, no wax, no business.
Then someone tested the beeswax. They all had given their pure wax and they paid to get those pure pressed plates.
Turned out the big company guy was greedy and filthy.
He bought some cheap wax from China and mixed it with the pure wax. The chemicals and artificial flavor and artificial coloring killed the bees.
The greedy guy had sold the pure wax from the beekeepers for very high prices to some cosmetic company. They did testing in their own laboratory so he could not betray them.
The beekeepers got the fake wax plates which smelled and looked okay but killed the bees.
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My family has some beekeepers.
We bought the special equipment and one room in the house for wax.
The melting and cooking and pressing needs to be done in winter.
It is a hell of hard work and it is a sticky mess but it is pure and honest.
The beekeepers bring their wax and they get their own wax in pressed plates as it should be.
Of course they have to pay something.
Find someone honest to get good pure beeswax.
Chew it.
They taste very different, colour is very different from every beekeeper.
@@doroparker1702 😱😠 how people are so cruel to make more money!!!!!!!!!! And the cosmetic company are using contaminated wax and is a big health risk.
Bay laurel is one of my favorites to use in a soothing salve. Wonderful presentation! Your garden is amazing.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful salve recipe! Baby looks like he’s really growing fast (precious 💗). Blessings to all 🤗💜🇨🇦
Congratulations on your new baby! Missed you guys. Glad to see you back. Thank you for the recipe
Priceless info. God has put everything we need in our environment. Beautiful
Comfrey is so good! I make and sell pain salve and that along with peppermint oil are the go to herbs. Helps so much with pain. I finally have my medicinal garden where I can now make the antibiotic ointment. I also use wild plantain as an itch/rash/bug bite remedy and works like a charm. I love herbs so much!
I make my own anti inflammatory rub. I use 8 teaspoons olive oil and 2 teaspoons of Lavender oil.
I just found you. I'm also in north idaho and I've been hunting for channels close to me that I can rely on for advice relevant to my area. I'm so glad I found you.
Welcome!
You're such an amazing woman with a wealth of knowledge! I absolutely LOVE your videos! 💪🏽💞💪🏽🧠🙏🏽
I recently had a knee replacement and I rubbed comfrey salve on it twice a day and within two weeks I was walking around as if nothing happened
The doctors released from physical therapy after 8 weeks of the surgery
That is amazing!
When I make my salve I also use plantain, calendula and chickweed in the infusion.
Great video! I've been doing this for years and it is absolutely the best alternative to chemical meds.
On an adventure in Israel many years ago, I toured an olive tree farm. One great tip that I learned was how to know if you are purchasing pure Olive Oil. So many brands claim this, but they cut the olive oil with other oils to make more of a profit. So how do you know if you are purchasing 100% pure olive oil? If you are in a store when purchasing, bury that bottle of olive oil somewhere in a refrigerated section for about 20 minutes. If it is indeed pure olive oil, it will begin to look 'cloudy'. If it does not turn cloudy, then it is cut with another oil(s). Brilliant little gem of knowledge!
Good to know!
@Homesteading Family Happy to share. Here is another incredible gem that I learned from my much loved mother-in-law 30+ years ago. You can instantly remove any fruit based stain instantly, right before your very eyes. And yes. That would include red wine! Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc. Just pour boiling water over that stain. Based on the circumstances, sometimes I put a pot of water on the stove to boil and plunge the fabric right into the pot, like a kitchen towel that has been well saturated with berry juice. Works evertime! 👊
Mine gets floating in my root cellar. 60* year round. 😊
Hello, thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills with me. I'm just beginning! Can't wait to see your other videos. Making my own is something I've always wanted to learn about and do. 🥰😘
Your a beautiful mother enjoy your time with them they grow up fast🙂👣
Very helpful video. We too, live in North Idaho. Good to know these herbs grow here.
Lemon balm is another wonderful herb..
I’m loving these new herbal remedy videos. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!
This is great just got comfrey going this year and a few others. Do you have a recipe for a peppermint foot cream? Would love to try for hot achy feet. Thanks for your great videos would love a mountain ish homestead! ❤
I “worry” for nothing, because I cast all my cares upon the Lord- I highly recommend it..
God provides. So that's why he gave you herbs.
That is so awesome, the bible tells us, God made these plants,herbs,ect for our use.
I have these herbs planted and I bought a small label maker that Bluetooths to my phone, works great
I use local, raw honey and a BandAid or bandage. That's it! It's the best antibiotic in the world.
I❤ your kitchen.
Great tips and advice in the comments but this is a very good video. Clear sequential info and beautiful presentation Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Yarrow is also great for insect bites. I recommend completely drying all the herbs so there is no chance of moisture in them before adding oil to them.
Thank you ..I have learned so much from your lessons..my herbs are still a work in progress...keep up the great work!
I am taking Yarrow for my anxiety and negative thinking, because i suspect those feelings are due to some kind of stomach and intestines pains. Stress and wrong food like gluten and seeds cooking oils probably trigger the pains, which in term causes me worrying and feeling bad.
I find castor oil, feverfew, butterbur, pau d'arco, slippery elm, all helps to neutralize the discomfort. I need to alter them every few days.
Need to try comfrey soon
Thanks so much for making this video! I am horribly allergic to both petroleum jelly and triple antibiotic ointment, and I have been struggling to figure out what to use instead.
Topical silver gel or spray is extremely effective and not only is good as an antibiotic, silver is effective on burn wounds to heal also most people don't know. Silver is so effective it was what was used to disinfect a plane during the ebola scare when those handful of ebola patients were flown to the usa. results rna silver is probably the best, they also used to make hospital sterilization silver products which was what was used on that plane. Also iodine is extremely effective and you can buy clear iodine that does not stain the skin nowadays too.
terrible petroleum products aren't meant for our skin anyway. blessings in endeavouring to go natural!
beautiful place....ive made all kinds of creams, tinctures...etc. so fun
Good news for being able to plant under my little apple tree. It’s an old apple tree and a wonderful apple tree. Now comfry will be there.
Thank you, this is amazing! I just wanted to let people know to keep teatree oil away from your pets as the smallest amount is highly toxic, I found out the hard way, luckily my fur baby survived after several days in hospital 🌼
Silver wound gel is my new go to for cuts. It really helps heal faster.
Nothing in a medical kit is more valuable than Neosporin. Going to watch your video now.
I love this lifestyle, so much Oxygen around you, and you have such great knowledge about herbal and plant medicine. So glad I ran into your channel today. This is so exciting! Thank you so much!
Carolyn: Sage is very antibiotic and olive oil is both anti-fungal and antibiotic.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I'm a retired midwife and I'd much rather use natural products like these than petrochemical based ones. Beautiful baby... ☺️💜
Glad it was helpful!
I love the way you explain things. These days I don't even count the drops or weigh my beads. Once you know what you're doing... It's like brushing your teeth. lol😁
I’m allergic to antibiotic ointment so this will definitely help. Thank you 🙏 ❤
Just an FYI for folks. Be careful using tea tree essential oil around pets. I used some on a dog once, which is fine. But my tiny cat who is in love with my German shepherd rubbed on him and licked her paws. Unbeknownst to me at the time, tea tree is toxic to cats and there is no antidote. Fortunately, I was able to nurse her through it but it took about two weeks to get her out of the woods. She very nearly died.
So it's ok to use on dogs? I thought it wasn't!
My dog has an irritation I wanted to use it on.
@@beatcat1265 Although products containing low concentrations of tea tree oil are not expected to be a problem in pets, the use of pure tea tree oil directly on the skin is potentially very serious in pets and should never be used. Exposure may cause ataxia, salivation, lethargy, coma and tremor.there are products made with lower levels that are fine and safe on dogs. I would not is straight tea tree essential oil though, even diluted Ina carrier oil. And no amount is safe around cats at all. Even if it is used on another pet in the same household.
@@constancehiggins9768 ok thanks so much! I won't use it
@@beatcat1265Never use the pure oil on yourself or on the dog.
Teatree oil is way too strong and the smell indicates how little you need to still have the power of it.
Take a small brown glass bottle from pharmacy, 20 ml or 30 ml.
Put in one drop of teatree oil.
Fill the bottle with some neutral oil like coconut oil or olive oil or almond oil.
This mix you may put on your skin for pimples or anything.
For your dog take one drop of the mix in a tablespoon of neutral oil, stir well and then apply on your dog.
@@doroparker1702 I've used it on myself for years without any issues. I'll dilute for an animal but continue using as always for myself
Comfrey roots cooked in milk also speeds up the healing of broken bones, if applied as wet pack. its truly amazing, what this plant is able to.
I love this
Your baby is so precious, Blessings 😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amazing! Thank you for sharing this video on nature's antibiotic ointment. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!
Wonderful! ❤ thankyou
Really great video !!! I am excited to learn more about using herbs for making salves and tinctures. Thanks for sharing. I do have to say though that the reason your essential oils are cheaper is that they aren't 100% pure. I have a plant therapy bottle of cinnamon that is not safe for internal use. This is usually a sign of something else being added. Please keep making these amazing videos !!!
When my SIL returned from Iraq, my daughter used comfrey to treat a resistance leishmaniasis, skin disorder. She has used healthy herbs since she was 17. She has teenage children , they would put herbs in their bathwater since very small. She uses herbs and herbal teas.
Helichrysum italicum is clear w no perceptible odor. Is very good at healing burns........i only use the italicum variety on wounds and burns.
U can place directly on a bleeding wound that has been washed and the bleeding will stop too.. .....👋🏻☺️
Geranium also works well for this.
Plantain is a good wild herb for salves if you don't grow any of your own.
Carolyn , thank you so very much for this video !! I hope you continue Thea herbal videos !!
Your baby is so precious!! I just became a first time grandma yesterday! I’m so excited to see my grandchild !!😊😊❤️❤️
Thank you for this amazing recipe! Just what I was looking for. 😊
Thank you so much for making this easy to follow, informative video! It was so calming and for someone who wants to be more connected to nature, this is just what i needed for an antibiotic replacement
so nice to see a moma and a little babe.thanks for the info . ❤I know that I should pay attention to this knowledge.
Please please PLEASE don't toss out your triple antibiotic ointment! It's almost always available for purchase, it's in a very easy to use container and it's stable for a very long time. Perfect for minor emergencies if you aren't home with your personal medicine cabinet.
That being said I'm also big on home remedies but they take time to plan, grow, collect, prepare and store.
When I was young I'd get ear infections every single time I had a cold so I ended up taking a lot of antibiotics to deal with that. As an adult I still get ear infections but I wanted to avoid over use of antibiotics so I made myself some mullein flower oil. That stuff is A-MA-ZING. I put some 5-8 drops of mullein oil in the ear that I can feel that stuffy light pain starting in just before bed along with a bit of cotton to keep the pillow clean and by morning everything is fine except for the oily ear, I'd much rather have a yucky oil feel then a raging ear ache! As a kid I don't recall ever receiving anything for the ear ache pain so this stuff just about blew my mind at how fast it treated the infection and the pain all in one night. Very rarely have I had to use it second night. I'll still have my cold but the oil staves off the ear infection.
If you want to make your own oil you will need as many mullein flowers (Verbascum thapsus) as you can pick from plants that are not growing by a highway and basically follow the directions in this video to make your own oil. Since I use mine in my ears I don't add it to beeswax but I imagine the flowers can be added to the salve mix demonstrated here. I store my oil in a dark medicine dropper jar and I keep it out of light and it's good for a few years. I usually remake my oil every third year but I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted longer.
As with all things home made please make sure you test the plants to make sure you aren't allergic and don't force your home remedies on other people without permission. My spouse won't use my oils and salves and I respect that.
Do you sale this oils
@@teresacorona502 Nope, there is just too much liability associated with selling home remedies. If I had a neighbor or friend that was interested in trying my stuff then I'd be okay with gifting a sample and teaching them how to make it but I'd never accept money for it. I'd also make it plain as day that it might not work and there can be health risks while using it the same as using stuff from big pharma. It's still free to teach people about these recipes and I feel it's very important to keep folk remedies remembered. In my opinion it's best practice to make it yourself after researching as much as you can.
How sad for your spouse :(
I had ear infections from drinking milk. Not raw milk. But pasteurized.
Maybe this helps to know.
Thank U for your recipe! Love the natural stuff!!!!
Iʼm nit groeing Bee Balm yet, but guess what Iʼll be planting today? But your idea to groe comfrey right under the fruit tree for the comfrey leaf compost is such a great idea!!!! Lol Donʼt take this the wrong way, but youʼre so knowledgable & crafty & motherly. Iʼm 57 but will you adopt me? Lol
Wait, you say "sav" for salve?! Is that how you say it in the USA?! Here in the UK we say it as it sounds - "sal-vv"!😄
I love your videos, you explain everything really well but without droning on for ages, lol! Thank you, really appreciate you taking the time and with such a young bubba!!😊
Yes, at least in most of USA, we say "sav" omitting the L sound. Interesting the differences in pronunciation of words based on locations.
Have you ever use tallow with an infused oil to make a balm? I’m just curious the difference in using that as a vase as opposed to the beeswax. I’ve been using tallow lotion and love it.
May I ask what tallow lotion you use?
Depending on where you live & what animal it's from, the tallow may or may not be enough to get the mostly-solid ointment consistency you want in a balm. But, tallow does make an excellent fat to directly infuse the herbs in straight, so long as the fat is warm enough to stay liquid, no additional plant oils needed. Actually, tallow salves were common before the oil press was widespread
Whatever the fat medium may be, I've found that beeswax, though traditional, is simply too waxy for me to enjoy my remedies, so I like to thicken with Cetyl Alcohol. Cetyl Alcohol is a dirt cheap & readily available thickening moisturizer that isn't drying like volatile alcohols, it's a fatty substance found in many animal fats including ours (cetyl indicating whale, and yes, whale fat salves & candles were a thing too once upon a time), and yet feels so much lighter & less greasy than true oils & fats, gives oils a silky slippy feel, and thickens like a dream. It comes in white pellets that you use exactly like you would beeswax