Spicy Pain Salve Recipe
This DIY salve recipe features pain-blocking cayenne, warming ginger, plus herbs to help your aches and pains.
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Servings: 4 ounces
Ingredients
For the oil infusion:
- 1/4 cup dried arnica
- 1 tbsp dried dandelion flowers, or more arnica
- 1 tbsp dried comfrey root or leaf
- 1 tsp cayenne powder
- 1 tbsp ginger powder
- 1 tsp myrrh powder (optional)
- 1 cup oil of choice (rice bran, sweet almond, sunflower, etc)
For the salve:
- 3.5 oz (100 g) infused oil, from above (or abt 1/2 cup)
- 0.5 oz (14 g) beeswax pastilles (or abt 2 loosely filled tbsp)
- 48 drops cypress essential oil (2% dilution rate)
Instructions
To infuse the oil:
- Combine the herbs and oil in a heat-safe jar, adding a little extra oil if needed to make sure the herbs stay covered.
- Place the jar of oil/herbs down into a small saucepan containing a few inches of water. (Enough water to cover a good portion of the jar sides, but not too much so it starts to float.)
- Heat the pan over a burner set to low to medium-low heat for 2 hours.
- The water should be warm enough to indirectly heat the oil, but if it starts simmering and bubbling, it's too hot and should be turned down.
- After around 2 hours, remove from heat, cool to room temperature, and cap with a lid.
- For a more effective infusion, place the jar in a sunny window for 2 weeks before straining and using.
To make the salve:
- Weigh out infused oil & beeswax into a heat-safe container such as a mason jar.
- Set the jar in a small pot of water on a stove top burner set low to medium-low, and allow to slowly melt together.
- Once completely melted, remove the jar from the pot.
- Add the cypress essential oil, then pour into tins or jars.
- Let cool, cap, and label.
- Store in a cool dry place; shelf life is around 9+ months.