I was raised by my Grandparents who were both born 1899 in the Indian Territories. Grandma could take a walk into the meadows or woods and collect everything she needed to make a poultice, salve, tincture, or oils to cure just about anything. Nobody in the family went to a real Doctor unless it was something extremely serious. Grandma could fix what ails ya most every time with her home remedies. Her knowledge of medicinal plants, bark, fungus, and herbs was extraordinary. Rarely a day goes by I don't give myself a good mental ass whoopin for not paying attention to what the dear old girl tried to pass on.
Thank God that someone finally put together an amazing how -to video that shows how to forage and identify the medicinal "weeds" for healing! I've been foraging for wild edible and medicinal plants for over 20 years. But I also know just how much there is to learn; for instance, how to extract pine tar! Keep doing this kind of work Dave!!!
I absolutely love Broad Leaf Plantain for an astringent and drawing, it's also soothing to sore muscles if you put the leaves in hot bathwater. Also you got some really nice looking Burdock by that shed. Excellent video Dave!!
Just for info's sake ( i also make natural salves) For a firm to medium soft salve the "golden ratio" is 1 Oz of beeswax to 1 cup of infused oil. Thanks for vid Dave.
Unfortunately Black Salve is illegal to buy or import in Australia. But there is nothing stopping us from making it. Thank you!! Im a subscriber of your channel now. Stay safe.
I've known about Plantain for years, but because of you, I know how it does what it does. Thank You! You did miss a little thing about macerating the plantain with your teeth though. Only you can use macerated plantain that you chewed. You can not chew plantain for someone else. It's a personal body flora thing. Fantastic video Dave!
😀This is great!! An old Indian woman gave my mom some Black Drawing Salve in the 70's and she always wondered what it was and how to get more!! I'm gonna make her some. She's gonna be so excited!😄 Thank you, sir!! You're awesome!! Newly subbed.👍😁
Dave we greatly appreciate your channel. You inspire many of us young guys to carry on the ways of our forefathers. You are solid man! God bless you brother!
This video just came up in my recommendations so I watched it. I was surprised after researching this weed how many medicinal uses there are. Thanks for sharing this one aspect.
Excellent video. Platago lanceolata (plantian with long thin leaves) can also be used. Instead of pine resin - if you know a bee-keeper - you may be able to use Propolis. This is a resin gathered by the bees from the growing buds of trees. It is a bateriacide, viracide and fungicide. The bees use it in the hive to plug up any little gaps and to keep the hive sanitised. It is a sticky nuisance to the beekeeper and they may make it avaiable to you free of charge as they scrape it off at every hive-inspection. Using Propolis may allow you to skip the pine extraction process and simplifiy making the salve.
Instead of tea tree oil you could use 1% conc of clove oil.Has a stronger antifungal & antibacterial properties than tea tree oil.Very informative vid as always.Thnx.
Awesome; thanks! It's great to see how to make it at a campsite. When I was a kid we used to buy Drawing Salve from Anchor Drugs. That stuff was great and even worked to draw out "water on the knees." I think they used salicylic acid (from white willow bark) in their compound too. There could be some confusion with the name though, with the anti-cancer Black Salve (using Sanguinaria Canadensis), which would NOT be comfortable to use for wounds/bites/stings...and would eat a hole through any cancerous tissue.
My Grandmother got me started with Black Slave or "Drawing salve" as a kindergartner, used as well by vets. It has antibacterial antifungal and antibiotic properties, truly amazing stuff I am totally watching this so I can make my own. Ichthammol ointment is the store bought version of this.
Dave, i've been watching your videos since before Dual Survival. I love your videos, you are a true teacher and have given me so much knowledge for free. Your selflessness is without question. Your passion is contagious and inspiring. Thank you!
Great video, brought back memories of my grandmother making salves, lye soap and other medicinals on their farm. I'm in need of the black drawing salve for a big boil that came to head while riding in the heat this week.
Nice one. I attest to the power of plantain. Made a spit poultice for a bumble bee sting received on my foot while walking in a park last year. Soothed it immediately and had me going again like nothing happened in 10 min or so. Plantain does get drier later in the season so probably best to collect it when it is younger for this application.
I remember my Mum buying a block of something like this called Bates' Salve in Australia 20 or 30 years ago. It came in a waxed paper wrapped bar which we would melt a few drops of it (using a match) on to a bandage to put over a bite or something else. Was only thinking about it a few days ago. Thanks Dave!
*I* didn't know that Black Drawing Salve - which I think you can still buy a version of online - was principally compounded from Plantain - Plantago major!! Very informative: thanks, pal!! ☺️👍
Thank you, Dave. My parents always had a container of black salve when I was growing up and I never really understood the importance of it. My gosh, it lasted forever!
For those asking about Bloodroot, this plant is anti-fungal, however there are mixed reviews of it's true effect on the skin when used topically, and in this video we spoke about using Tea Tree Oil in this Salve, this is a very powerful antifungal and IMO should be used instead of traditional bloodroot if you have it available.
Learned about drawing salve when I homesteaded in Tennessee Appalachians for 10 yrs. I used it on my horse and other animals and myself. It's cheap and works GREAT! Didn't know I could make it myself and am so happy to learn I can do so. Thank you!
Thank you Dave. For showing how. To make black drawing salve. My Grandpa used to make it. When my Mother and her Siblings were little. I guess he learn it from my Great- Grandmother. She was Full Blooded Blackfoot Indian. She also made lye soap. I enjoyed your video very much. You have a lot of knowledge. How people used to make. Different types of Medicine. Have a great day.
What you call "fat wood" is known as "rich pine" here in NC mountains. We use small pieces of it to easily start fires. Black drawing salve (ichthammol ointment at pharmacy) has been a go-to remedy for me for about 45 years. Now I gotta try my hand at making it!
Great video Dave, thanks for sharing this with us. I couldn't help but think that if you mash the plantain in the oil you would get more of the essentials out of it. We make several kinds of salve here and that works for us. I will be trying this out soon. I may have trouble finding plantain here in the Central Valley of CA...
I had an abscessed sweat gland once that formed a golf ball sized lump under the skin. I waited a year or more for it to come to a head. It never did until I bought some black drawing salve and applied it for about a week. The salve did the trick. It literally drew it to the surface and popped and drained. I don't know how this stuff works to draw things out, but I am thankful it does. Thanks for showing how to make such a valuable medicine.
I was really keen to see this video thinking it was the black salve that I know of. The one I know about is made from bloodroot of the euphorbia plant. Its used to kill sarcoids (bleeding warts) that live off flesh below the skin. I used it on my horse and only had to apply it twice for two days each time over two months. Two years later it is still working at slowly killing the sarcoid without the sarcoid realising and making new blood supply connections to the flesh it is living off. Good medicine often takes time to work and we should be patient and respect the power of natural medicine. I'll keep this black salve recipe in mind because it can also form part of my horse medicine box (& for me too). We have plantain growing in Australia. Its always good to be able to positively identify a herb. Not sure about the tree the fatwood comes from though. We have pinus radiata which comes from Canada I think but not sure if that would have the right heartwood. Other than that I would have to raid somebody's garden for a spruce pine since they are grown here as ornamentals or tall hedges!😁🙄
That tiny can of PRID is almost $10 - and I use it a lot for bee stings, splinters, mosquito bites, even a boil on my dog's leg! - it's my go-to! Thanks for making it easy Dave!
Good information. I just started beekeeping and will make some of this to have around for stings. I knew the plantain was good to use on stings but having a salve would be nice too. Thanks for sharing Dave!
I had a thorn in my big toe when I was a kid , it stayed there and would not come out until black salve was put on, then it came out in a day or two, this is great to know what it's made of, thanks.
Great video, Dave! In my part of the country (Indiana) plantain was easily identified by the single, long stem that grew up from the middle of the plant, and had a small oval globe at the top. My grandmother taught me the drawing power of this plant. I think the Rawley/Rawlings (?) salve sold decades ago was much like your black salve. We had a large can of it at home for many years, and it never lost its efficacy.
My Mom used to have a black drawing salve called Wooly (sp?) salve that was a hard wax stick that she would melt on the stove and apply to a bandage for getting splinters out. It smelled like tar, like the ickthiomal salve you can get at the drugstore, but the wooly salve really worked well. Wish we could still find it. I think her piece of it must have been twenty or thirty years old when I was a kid.
Last summer I had a severely abscessed tooth and no chance to get to the dentist. The swelling and pain were bang your head against the wall bad. So I found some narrow leaf plantain, chewed it a bit then held it against the swollen gum. It eliminated the swelling and pain within an hour. Subsequent uses kept the swelling from coming back. It's no substitute for proper dental care but it can tide you over if need be.I found the broadleaf didn't work as well for me. I don't know why.
Black salve is excellent for bursting and draining abcesses. It is hard to find commercialy but is sold in russian neiborhoods behind the counter in small russian drug stores
A medicinal plant series is just what the doctor ordered, pun intended. I'll add this to your "Medicinal trees of the Eastern Woodlands" series,,,,, excellent.
I wonder how well it would be to add comfrey, comfry root, milkweed flower, and nettles to the plantain oil infusion. It might be a pretty great wound healing compound.
I use this all the time for horses and human!! And pine tar is excellent for hooves! I’m definitely making this for family and friends and our horses. I saw the black beauty in the background thank you so very much for this video and please keep sharing this knowledge! Could you explain what “fat wood” is?
Loved the video, informative and well done. From what I understand about extra virgin olive oil, when you heat it up as much as recommended here, it breaks down as it does not hold up well to heat. You are better off just using plain olive oil (which is also much cheaper), or an oil that withstands heat even better such as peanut oil.
Hey Dave nice video, I'm curious about small leaf plantain, and, do you think the pine tar available at tractor supply would work?? It located in the horse medicine area, stuff says its 100% just curious, love ya brother keep up the awesome vids.
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I was raised by my Grandparents who were both born 1899 in the Indian Territories. Grandma could take a walk into the meadows or woods and collect everything she needed to make a poultice, salve, tincture, or oils to cure just about anything. Nobody in the family went to a real Doctor unless it was something extremely serious. Grandma could fix what ails ya most every time with her home remedies. Her knowledge of medicinal plants, bark, fungus, and herbs was extraordinary. Rarely a day goes by I don't give myself a good mental ass whoopin for not paying attention to what the dear old girl tried to pass on.
Thank God that someone finally put together an amazing how -to video that shows how to forage and identify the medicinal "weeds" for healing! I've been foraging for wild edible and medicinal plants for over 20 years. But I also know just how much there is to learn; for instance, how to extract pine tar! Keep doing this kind of work Dave!!!
I absolutely love Broad Leaf Plantain for an astringent and drawing, it's also soothing to sore muscles if you put the leaves in hot bathwater. Also you got some really nice looking Burdock by that shed. Excellent video Dave!!
I have used Black Drawing salve since I was a kid for splinters, abscesses, and a variety of ailments. Always works.
Just for info's sake ( i also make natural salves) For a firm to medium soft salve the "golden ratio" is 1 Oz of beeswax to 1 cup of infused oil. Thanks for vid Dave.
Unfortunately Black Salve is illegal to buy or import in Australia. But there is nothing stopping us from making it. Thank you!! Im a subscriber of your channel now. Stay safe.
I've known about Plantain for years, but because of you, I know how it does what it does. Thank You!
You did miss a little thing about macerating the plantain with your teeth though. Only you can use macerated plantain that you chewed. You can not chew plantain for someone else. It's a personal body flora thing.
Fantastic video Dave!
Lasts a long time too. I have one container that's 20 years old and it's still good.
😀This is great!! An old Indian woman gave my mom some Black Drawing Salve in the 70's and she always wondered what it was and how to get more!! I'm gonna make her some. She's gonna be so excited!😄
Thank you, sir!! You're awesome!! Newly subbed.👍😁
Dave we greatly appreciate your channel. You inspire many of us young guys to carry on the ways of our forefathers. You are solid man! God bless you brother!
This video just came up in my recommendations so I watched it. I was surprised after researching this weed how many medicinal uses there are. Thanks for sharing this one aspect.
Great video: 4hrs of your effort (plus editing) into a nice concise how-to... Thank you!
Excellent video. Platago lanceolata (plantian with long thin leaves) can also be used. Instead of pine resin - if you know a bee-keeper - you may be able to use Propolis. This is a resin gathered by the bees from the growing buds of trees. It is a bateriacide, viracide and fungicide. The bees use it in the hive to plug up any little gaps and to keep the hive sanitised. It is a sticky nuisance to the beekeeper and they may make it avaiable to you free of charge as they scrape it off at every hive-inspection. Using Propolis may allow you to skip the pine extraction process and simplifiy making the salve.
Instead of tea tree oil you could use 1% conc of clove oil.Has a stronger antifungal & antibacterial properties than tea tree oil.Very informative vid as always.Thnx.
Awesome; thanks! It's great to see how to make it at a campsite. When I was a kid we used to buy Drawing Salve from Anchor Drugs. That stuff was great and even worked to draw out "water on the knees." I think they used salicylic acid (from white willow bark) in their compound too. There could be some confusion with the name though, with the anti-cancer Black Salve (using Sanguinaria Canadensis), which would NOT be comfortable to use for wounds/bites/stings...and would eat a hole through any cancerous tissue.
My Grandmother got me started with Black Slave or "Drawing salve" as a kindergartner, used as well by vets. It has antibacterial antifungal and antibiotic properties, truly amazing stuff I am totally watching this so I can make my own. Ichthammol ointment is the store bought version of this.
My Grandmother used to always have Black Salve on hand. It also works great if you have a wound with localize infection.
I love these medicinal videos, it's one area I really need to improve on as a woodsman. Keep up the good work
I never knew that plant could be used like this. Definitely love this kind of wilderness medicine stuff. Keep it up!
Dave, i've been watching your videos since before Dual Survival. I love your videos, you are a true teacher and have given me so much knowledge for free. Your selflessness is without question. Your passion is contagious and inspiring. Thank you!
Intelligent man, you should have your own TV show. Great video thank you.
Great video, brought back memories of my grandmother making salves, lye soap and other medicinals on their farm. I'm in need of the black drawing salve for a big boil that came to head while riding in the heat this week.
Nice one. I attest to the power of plantain. Made a spit poultice for a bumble bee sting received on my foot while walking in a park last year. Soothed it immediately and had me going again like nothing happened in 10 min or so. Plantain does get drier later in the season so probably best to collect it when it is younger for this application.
I remember my Mum buying a block of something like this called Bates' Salve in Australia 20 or 30 years ago. It came in a waxed paper wrapped bar which we would melt a few drops of it (using a match) on to a bandage to put over a bite or something else. Was only thinking about it a few days ago. Thanks Dave!
Always a pleasure when a Dave Canterbury video hits the subbox, thanks for sharing!
*I* didn't know that Black Drawing Salve - which I think you can still buy a version of online - was principally compounded from Plantain - Plantago major!! Very informative: thanks, pal!! ☺️👍
Thank you, Dave. My parents always had a container of black salve when I was growing up and I never really understood the importance of it. My gosh, it lasted forever!
My dad's finally used to use this salve, made with sheep mutton. i never knew what the plant material was. Thanks for sharing the process!
+Tracey Osterlind Same here.
For those asking about Bloodroot, this plant is anti-fungal, however there are mixed reviews of it's true effect on the skin when used topically, and in this video we spoke about using Tea Tree Oil in this Salve, this is a very powerful antifungal and IMO should be used instead of traditional bloodroot if you have it available.
Learned about drawing salve when I homesteaded in Tennessee Appalachians for 10 yrs. I used it on my horse and other animals and myself. It's cheap and works GREAT! Didn't know I could make it myself and am so happy to learn I can do so. Thank you!
FYI to people, don't confuse this with anything with sanguine canadensis and zinc chloride, which are some ingredients you can find on the shelves.
He's the ultimate. What a fantastic video. Thank you!
Thanks brother I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us!
old medicine, THANKS FOR SHOWING US HOW!!! YOU ROCK!!!
Thanks Dave
Thank you Dave. For showing how. To make black drawing salve. My Grandpa used to make it. When my Mother and her Siblings were little. I guess he learn it from my Great- Grandmother. She was Full Blooded Blackfoot Indian. She also made lye soap. I enjoyed your video very much. You have a lot of knowledge. How people used to make. Different types of Medicine. Have a great day.
What you call "fat wood" is known as "rich pine" here in NC mountains. We use small pieces of it to easily start fires. Black drawing salve (ichthammol ointment at pharmacy) has been a go-to remedy for me for about 45 years. Now I gotta try my hand at making it!
I remember my mother putting gthis on "stickers". Still have a blanket from back then with a stain on it from that stuff. LOL.
I remember having this salve in the medicine cabinet as recently as the 1980's. Stinky but great stuff.
Great video Dave, thanks for sharing this with us. I couldn't help but think that if you mash the plantain in the oil you would get more of the essentials out of it. We make several kinds of salve here and that works for us. I will be trying this out soon. I may have trouble finding plantain here in the Central Valley of CA...
I had an abscessed sweat gland once that formed a golf ball sized lump under the skin. I waited a year or more for it to come to a head. It never did until I bought some black drawing salve and applied it for about a week. The salve did the trick. It literally drew it to the surface and popped and drained. I don't know how this stuff works to draw things out, but I am thankful it does. Thanks for showing how to make such a valuable medicine.
Thank you for sharing this precious recipe. Best regards.
I am grateful for this wonderful video.
Thank you
My grandmother made and use this on us and never got the recipe so thanks I'll be making some soon..
I have only known to use plantain mashed up by itself. Works overnight, cleaning up festering infections. Thanks for all your instruction!
I'm really pleased to learn what the black salve is. I worked in a pharmacy in my twenties and people used to come in asking for it.
This was a very cool vid! More of this type of stuff please. Thanks so much. Always learning brother.
Avocado oil the a higher ‘ smoke point ‘ so it’s less likely to burn.
I was really keen to see this video thinking it was the black salve that I know of.
The one I know about is made from bloodroot of the euphorbia plant.
Its used to kill sarcoids (bleeding warts) that live off flesh below the skin.
I used it on my horse and only had to apply it twice for two days each time over two months.
Two years later it is still working at slowly killing the sarcoid without the sarcoid realising and making new blood supply connections to the flesh it is living off.
Good medicine often takes time to work and we should be patient and respect the power of natural medicine.
I'll keep this black salve recipe in mind because it can also form part of my horse medicine box (& for me too).
We have plantain growing in Australia. Its always good to be able to positively identify a herb.
Not sure about the tree the fatwood comes from though.
We have pinus radiata which comes from Canada I think but not sure if that would have the right heartwood.
Other than that I would have to raid somebody's garden for a spruce pine since they are grown here as ornamentals or tall hedges!😁🙄
That tiny can of PRID is almost $10 - and I use it a lot for bee stings, splinters, mosquito bites, even a boil on my dog's leg! - it's my go-to! Thanks for making it easy Dave!
best video yet Dave! as a diabetic I suffer with boils sometimes and I'm very happy to have a natural aid.
I love watching you make your magic and then share it with us. Thank you so much. I will definitely be trying to make this .
I never tire of learning. Very cool video. Thanks Dave.
Supposedly you can add the biochar (charcoal) to compost to improve your garden soil.
what an awesome piece of knowledge you just gave me man!
Good information. I just started beekeeping and will make some of this to have around for stings. I knew the plantain was good to use on stings but having a salve would be nice too. Thanks for sharing Dave!
Thanks, Looks like a cool project. I got to make me some of this to put in my base camp.
I had a thorn in my big toe when I was a kid , it stayed there and would not come out until black salve was put on, then it came out in a day or two, this is great to know what it's made of, thanks.
Would love to see a salve made with animal fat. Thanks again for the great vids Dave!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Excellent and OUTSTANDING video Dave.
Excellent video. I knew nothing about this stuff going into the video, thank you sir.
Great video, Dave! In my part of the country (Indiana) plantain was easily identified by the single, long stem that grew up from the middle of the plant, and had a small oval globe at the top. My grandmother taught me the drawing power of this plant. I think the Rawley/Rawlings (?) salve sold decades ago was much like your black salve. We had a large can of it at home for many years, and it never lost its efficacy.
Happy to see you doing real stuff now. Good leasons
Hey! Thanks so much!!! I have 4 little ones that love making stuff like this and hate those itchy bobo’s. Very appreciated.
I make my own plantain salve . It works great on a lot of skin problems I'm going to have to try making black salve now ! Thanks Dave !
My mom used to use Prid Salve for boils.
My Mom used to have a black drawing salve called Wooly (sp?) salve that was a hard wax stick that she would melt on the stove and apply to a bandage for getting splinters out. It smelled like tar, like the ickthiomal salve you can get at the drugstore, but the wooly salve really worked well. Wish we could still find it. I think her piece of it must have been twenty or thirty years old when I was a kid.
Well learned something new again from you, love it keep them coming dave thanks for all the info you give.
Last summer I had a severely abscessed tooth and no chance to get to the dentist. The swelling and pain were bang your head against the wall bad. So I found some narrow leaf plantain, chewed it a bit then held it against the swollen gum. It eliminated the swelling and pain within an hour. Subsequent uses kept the swelling from coming back. It's no substitute for proper dental care but it can tide you over if need be.I found the broadleaf didn't work as well for me. I don't know why.
That's a beautiful horse you've got.
Very very cool, great video like always Dave.
Love plantain!! Have you tried Usnea tincture?? You should do a video on that lichen. Amazing properties.
Thank you. 😃
Great video, how long would it last in the tin, doesn't need to be refrigerated for storage
Been making it for years - I'd also add Sorrel and bloodroot
Black salve is excellent for bursting and draining abcesses. It is hard to find commercialy but is sold in russian neiborhoods behind the counter in small russian drug stores
made some of my own and will never buy another can it works much quicker and better thanks Dave
Love ichthammol, great stuff, always keep a couple of tubes around, sometimes hard to find.
A medicinal plant series is just what the doctor ordered, pun intended. I'll add this to your "Medicinal trees of the Eastern Woodlands" series,,,,, excellent.
Thankyou so much for sharing your experience and knowledge with us....good life 😊
Amazing...👏 nature is so magical.👌I love ❤ the nature there.
Fascinating video. Thank you❤❤❤
Green leaf plantains are also high in vitamins. Its a super nutritious plant that people treat like a weed. it grows all over North America.
Very cool. We have that plant all over here in Sweden, so I could actually try this myself :) Thanks David!
I wonder how well it would be to add comfrey, comfry root, milkweed flower, and nettles to the plantain oil infusion. It might be a pretty great wound healing compound.
Maybe some ginger too
Excellent video and great information! You should do more on additional medicinal herbs and how to work with them. Thanks for sharing this.
I use this all the time for horses and human!! And pine tar is excellent for hooves! I’m definitely making this for family and friends and our horses. I saw the black beauty in the background thank you so very much for this video and please keep sharing this knowledge! Could you explain what “fat wood” is?
It's call ickthommal! You can still get it at your pharmacy
Awesome video Dave! I can't wait to try this!
Thank you for a great video.
That would be really useful in the bush Dave!!
great job Dave thank you you can also squeeze out the rest of the oil from the plantain the plant is still edible
this technique will certainly be useful when I'm roughing it. thank you
Loved the video, informative and well done. From what I understand about extra virgin olive oil, when you heat it up as much as recommended here, it breaks down as it does not hold up well to heat. You are better off just using plain olive oil (which is also much cheaper), or an oil that withstands heat even better such as peanut oil.
different from the black salve i know of which is extremely caustic and is banned.Honey makes a great drawing salve.
Good vid. I have heard about the salve but did not know what it was.
The over the counter equivalent to this is, ICTHAMMAL OINTMENT.
Hey Dave nice video, I'm curious about small leaf plantain, and, do you think the pine tar available at tractor supply would work?? It located in the horse medicine area, stuff says its 100% just curious, love ya brother keep up the awesome vids.
Hi Dave. What do you use to get rid. Or cure poison ivy oak or sumac? Thank you. God bless❤