Pine Resin Salve (3 Recipes)
Learn how to make pine resin oil and use it to create: a first aid salve, a decongestant balm, and a sore muscle rub!
Print
Pin
Servings: 2 ounces
Equipment
- a half pint canning jar, for infusing
- a flat metal canning lid, to cover the infusing jar
- small saucepan with several inches of water, to create a double boiler effect
- a stainless steel or heatproof strainer
- a half pint canning jar, for making the salve
- a 2 ounce tin or jar, to store your salve
Ingredients
For the Infused Oil
- 1+ TBSP crushed pine resin
- 1/4+ cup oil of your choice
For the Basic Salve
- 1.55 oz pine resin infused oil
- 0.25 oz grated beeswax or pastilles
For the Decongestant Balm
- 1.55 oz pine resin infused oil (can use half of this as mullein or bee balm infused oil instead)
- 0.25 oz grated beeswax or pastilles
- Essential Oil: 16 drops eucalyptus, 5 drops peppermint, 2 drops white camphor (or rosemary)
For the Sore Muscle Rub
- 1.55 oz pine resin infused oil (can add a pinch of ground cayenne and/or ginger to the infusion, if you'd like a boosted effect)
- 0.25 oz grated beeswax or pastilles
- Essential Oil: 24 drops cypress (or juniper berry, or cedarwood Himalayan), 1 drop clove
Instructions
To Make the Infused Oil
- Place the pine resin is a canning jar, or other heatproof container.
- Add the oil and stir a few times.
- Cover the jar loosely with a flat metal canning lid.
- Set the jar down into a saucepan filled with several inches of water.
- You want the water to come up the sides of the jar, but not so much that the jar floats.
- Place the pan over a medium-low burner and heat for 2 to 4 hours.
- Stir every so often, scraping along the bottom of the jar, to help keep the pine resin from settling in a single clump.
- Keep a close eye during infusing time and don’t let the water in the pan dry out.
- After the resin has had time to infuse into the oil, remove from heat and strain the oil through a fine mesh sieve into a jar, while it’s still hot.
To Make the Basic Salve, Decongestant Balm, and Sore Muscle Rub
- Weigh the infused oil into a heatproof container, such as a half-pint canning jar.
- Weigh the beeswax and add it to the jar.
- Place the jar down into a small saucepan filled with several inches of water, forming a makeshift double boiler.
- Place the pan over medium to medium-low heat.
- Heat until the wax melts, then remove the pan from the burner.
- Add the desired drops of essential oils to the melted beeswax and oil mixture.
- Pour into a two ounce tin or glass jar.
Notes
Resin to Oil Ratio for the Infused Oil: How much resin and oil you use, will depend on how much resin you’ve collected, and how strong you want your oil to be. For most skincare applications, you can use roughly 3 to 4 times as much oil as crushed resin. That would equate to 1 tablespoon resin for about 1/4 cup of oil. (If you don't have enough resin, use a higher ratio, such as 1/2 tablespoon resin for 1/4 cup of oil.)