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I mix plantain with yarrow and add a few drops of lavender essential oil. Also if you dry the leaves first the moisture level will be lower therefore it will stay good for a lot longer. Good video mate 👍
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Drying herbs certainly helps to conserve them, but while drying, most active ingredients do either decompose or are evaporating with the plant saps themselves. In my opinion it is best to immediately process the freshly harvested or foraged herbs for the best results. :) What are you using the yarrow for? I only use that as an emergency medicine for cuts and comparable injuries, not in ointments though. Cheers!
Rathwulven Bushcraft apologies for the delayed reply, I add yarrow to the salves due to its would healing abilities notably stopping bleeding to help seal the wound and reduce infection chance. Good point on the dried leaves losing some of their effectiveness I mainly use fresh leaves because they are readily available but salves from dried leaves will extend the salves shelf life.
Excellent contribution and great video tutorial of natural remedy I learned to make creams and medicinal oils and also medicinal alcohol and it is the best there is a greeting
Danke für deinen Kommentar, Petra - stimmt schon, aber wer sucht, der findet. :) Hab ja entsprechende Tips auf dem Kanal, schau mal in die Playlists wenn du magst :) LG Ralf
@@AFamilyOutdoors Ah ok, I feel that. Used to volunteer for the fire bregade too and my sister's a nurse, hence the question... Well, I hope for the working days to pass soon :-)
So I needed to make this with comfrey because my son fractured his arm and it will be a week until we get into an orthopedic. It's not bad we went to the ER to make sure. Anyways I have been using essential oils but then decided to do this! I can't find my beeswax and I can't find it at the store. Especially this late at night and I wanted to get going on it. I used lanolin cubes. Is that ok as an emulsifier? Also if I wanted to use essential oils, like a frankincense or helichrysum would I out them in with the herbs or after? I wasn't sure if it changed the oils being warm or hot?
Hi Nancy, thanks for the comment. In order to buy bees wax, it is best to check with your local beekeepers. As far as essential oils go I cannot tell you much as I am solely educated in the field of phytotherapeutic use of plants - so in the scientific field rather than the “alternative” field of medicine. I never tried the lanolin but it should work in my opinion. Did you try that already? If so I am curious about your findings.
Hi there, sorry for the late reply but let me try to help: Depends on why your skin is dry. If it is just due to hydration issues, you simply should drink more water and then look at herbs. Calendula and licorice should work, maybe helychrisum. Otherwise I suggest consulting a dermatologist just to be sure
Great video, Sir! This is exactly the procedure that we’re going to follow for our research experiment but we only have a cooking oil. Although we are able to buy an olive oil, can we use cooking oil instead of olive??
Thanks for the feedback & great question. Never tried olive oil, but from my rather rudimentary understanding of chemistry most compounds like flavonoids, tannins and what not are lipophiles, so "fat-loving". Should work. If you want to get sure, try checking out whether the respective agent in a herb is a lipophile or hydrophile compound.
I found some erodium moschatum, which has styptic properties, and I want to learn how to make an ointment so I can see if I can try capturing those properties.
I am not quite familiar with that particular variety tbh, simply because the Geraniaceae (the family all erodium varieties belong to) are so complex I haven't been able to study them properly... I am curious about your experience, did you already process the plant?
Certainly but depending on the method of conservation, active compounds may have decreased - just keep that in mind. :) If you want, also check out my playlists on herbology by clicking on the channel!
It probably won't smell particularly nice, but I should imagine that would work. Lard is fat after all. Sunflower and linseed oil would work (and smell better) too.
I know poltices can be made from comfry for bruising and whatnot. Would an ointment be doable? I imagine so but would like another opinion. It would be nice for it to have a longer shelf life than a poltice until the comfry can be harvested again.
Hi there, thanks for the comment. Ointments work just as well if not even better, I got a comfrey ID video on my channel, too in which I elaborate a little more on the use of the plant. Make sure to check it out!
Hi April - yes, you can. :) But I would recommend to not use any wax at all. Aloe already contains a rather thick type of sap and you can better pasteurize a glass and fill it with pure aloe sap to use as a remedy. :)
Thank you for your excellent question, Roxanne. Frankly I never used soy wax to make any ointments. I just remember soy wax to be pretty hard, so maybe you can try making some soy butter bar? That is: Like a soap bar. Hope that helps. Otherwise just give it a try, what is the worst that could happen? :) Let me know how it is going, I am really curious.
I see noreason to do this, the wax itself already is a conserving agent. I do have ointments here which are already some 3 years old and still good to use.
Hey Lynn no, in this case I used freshly harvested plants. You can dehydrate plants though - just bear in mind to let them soak in the mix a little longer.
Thanks for your comment, Jay. This is regular bees wax, you can get that at any beekeeper in your area. :) If you got any other question, make sure to reach out ok?
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I like he says "just like so"...reminds of my sweet Africa. 😋
Haha do they speak like that over there? Never had the pleasure of travelling there before.
I mix plantain with yarrow and add a few drops of lavender essential oil. Also if you dry the leaves first the moisture level will be lower therefore it will stay good for a lot longer. Good video mate 👍
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Drying herbs certainly helps to conserve them, but while drying, most active ingredients do either decompose or are evaporating with the plant saps themselves. In my opinion it is best to immediately process the freshly harvested or foraged herbs for the best results. :)
What are you using the yarrow for? I only use that as an emergency medicine for cuts and comparable injuries, not in ointments though.
Cheers!
Rathwulven Bushcraft apologies for the delayed reply, I add yarrow to the salves due to its would healing abilities notably stopping bleeding to help seal the wound and reduce infection chance. Good point on the dried leaves losing some of their effectiveness I mainly use fresh leaves because they are readily available but salves from dried leaves will extend the salves shelf life.
@@albaoutdoors7462 That's the same properties as the erodium moschatum I found in my back yard.
@@albaoutdoors7462 I live in Southern California, so I don't really see any plantago plants out here, but I do see musky storksbill.
Thank you for making this video
Your confidence and ease of production gives me the confidence to try.
Thanks for the feedback - how did it work? Curious about your experience!
Simple, effective, and almost all recources free available in nature.Thanks for sharing Ralf! :-)
Thanks for commenting Bert, glad you enjoyed it!
Really great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to create and explain. Changing the WORLD. Honestly.🤗☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️😆
Hallo mein Guter.
Sehr schöne Vorstellung und sehr interessant !
Schönen Sonntag und liebe Grüße Thom ✌🏼
Danke dir - schön dass du dabei warst. :)
Very clear simple instructions
Thanks for this video. It was very informative.
Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for making and sharing this wonderful video
Cooles Rezept 🙂👍 und man sieht das erste mal das Holzbrettchen 😁✌ meins ist auch noch nicht gebrochen 🙌
Danke - ein Tip: Leinsamenöl drauf, hab ich gemacht und jetzt hälts in Bezug auf Risse
@@RathwulvenBushcraft hab ich schon gemacht 😁✌
@@FOXSCOUTSurvival Whoop whoop
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for sharing
That's exactly what I needed. Thanks and keep posting.
You are very welcome, Maria. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you so much I’m wanting to make ointment with Madeira Vine as I’ve read it’s amazing for burns.
Awesome and simple instructions, so helpful.
Hi Andrea, thanks for the positive feedback :)
Can you tell me a bit more about the Madeira Vine? What is it supposed to do/cure?
Good am sir can I use coconut oil and eucalyptus with menthol leaves thank you waiting for your kind respond
In all honesty I have never tried that - I´d suggest to just experiment with it. I see no reason why coconut oil would not work.
Very interesting. Ill give i try 😊 thank you
Awesome! How did it work out for you?
Excellent contribution and great video tutorial of natural remedy I learned to make creams and medicinal oils and also medicinal alcohol and it is the best there is a greeting
Thanks for your comment and passing by :-)
Hi Ralf, that's a nice simple recipe. But you need a suitable place to harvest the herbs.
Atb Petra
Danke für deinen Kommentar, Petra - stimmt schon, aber wer sucht, der findet. :) Hab ja entsprechende Tips auf dem Kanal, schau mal in die Playlists wenn du magst :)
LG Ralf
He sounds like he knows this! 😁
Ag work but when I get back I will watch this video. Excited for it!
Keep your head up, weekend's around the corner ;-)
Thanks, see ya later!
@@RathwulvenBushcraft not for me I'm at work till the 24th 😞
@@AFamilyOutdoors Ah too bad. What's the occassion? On montage? Or are you serving?
@@RathwulvenBushcraft neither just shift work 24 days on 4 days off.
@@AFamilyOutdoors Ah ok, I feel that. Used to volunteer for the fire bregade too and my sister's a nurse, hence the question... Well, I hope for the working days to pass soon :-)
i love this thank you so much for your time
Thank you Chris, glad you liked it :)
Good day sir can l use eucalyptus oil
Really interesting !! Thank you so much for sharing =D
You're very welcome, Max. Thanks for commenting & all the best!
Very good recipe! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching :-)
So I needed to make this with comfrey because my son fractured his arm and it will be a week until we get into an orthopedic. It's not bad we went to the ER to make sure. Anyways I have been using essential oils but then decided to do this! I can't find my beeswax and I can't find it at the store. Especially this late at night and I wanted to get going on it. I used lanolin cubes. Is that ok as an emulsifier? Also if I wanted to use essential oils, like a frankincense or helichrysum would I out them in with the herbs or after? I wasn't sure if it changed the oils being warm or hot?
Hi Nancy, thanks for the comment. In order to buy bees wax, it is best to check with your local beekeepers. As far as essential oils go I cannot tell you much as I am solely educated in the field of phytotherapeutic use of plants - so in the scientific field rather than the “alternative” field of medicine. I never tried the lanolin but it should work in my opinion. Did you try that already? If so I am curious about your findings.
Hey Nancy, curious for an update on how this worked? Hope your sons fracture healed well? Thanks
For a good ointment consistency how many mL of bee wax and oil can be used?...and after adding that how many grams of ointment we get
Thank you for this very informative video. I will definitely give it a try. Can you recommend a plant for super dry itchy skin please?
Hi there, sorry for the late reply but let me try to help: Depends on why your skin is dry. If it is just due to hydration issues, you simply should drink more water and then look at herbs. Calendula and licorice should work, maybe helychrisum.
Otherwise I suggest consulting a dermatologist just to be sure
thank you so much.
You are welcome, thanks for taking the time to watch & comment.
Great video, Sir! This is exactly the procedure that we’re going to follow for our research experiment but we only have a cooking oil. Although we are able to buy an olive oil, can we use cooking oil instead of olive??
Thanks for the feedback & great question. Never tried olive oil, but from my rather rudimentary understanding of chemistry most compounds like flavonoids, tannins and what not are lipophiles, so "fat-loving". Should work. If you want to get sure, try checking out whether the respective agent in a herb is a lipophile or hydrophile compound.
I found some erodium moschatum, which has styptic properties, and I want to learn how to make an ointment so I can see if I can try capturing those properties.
I am not quite familiar with that particular variety tbh, simply because the Geraniaceae (the family all erodium varieties belong to) are so complex I haven't been able to study them properly...
I am curious about your experience, did you already process the plant?
Excellent video, great way of making an ointment
Can you use dry herbs ?
Certainly but depending on the method of conservation, active compounds may have decreased - just keep that in mind. :)
If you want, also check out my playlists on herbology by clicking on the channel!
Instead of olive oil could you melt lard on low heat add herbs simmer on low for a hour or so then strain and use it as a ointment?
It probably won't smell particularly nice, but I should imagine that would work. Lard is fat after all. Sunflower and linseed oil would work (and smell better) too.
Interesting question - I guess that would stink a lot tbh. Also lard is an animal-based product so more inclined to rot quickly I presume.
What preservative can I use
The oil and wax themselves are the natural preservatives. :)
I know poltices can be made from comfry for bruising and whatnot. Would an ointment be doable? I imagine so but would like another opinion. It would be nice for it to have a longer shelf life than a poltice until the comfry can be harvested again.
Hi there, thanks for the comment. Ointments work just as well if not even better, I got a comfrey ID video on my channel, too in which I elaborate a little more on the use of the plant. Make sure to check it out!
That would be great 👍
Also, if your grocery store sells honey with combs in the jar, keep the comb and melt it.
Can be done, but bear in mind that honey itself is an agent that might interfere with compounds found in certain plants.
@@RathwulvenBushcraft Good to keep in mind.
Can I make aloe vera ointment?
Hi April - yes, you can. :) But I would recommend to not use any wax at all. Aloe already contains a rather thick type of sap and you can better pasteurize a glass and fill it with pure aloe sap to use as a remedy. :)
@Rathwulven Bushcraft, could you please upload this video to tiktok?
I do not run a TikTok account so unfortunately no.
@@RathwulvenBushcraft 😞😥
i want to know if the i can use a leaves extract rather than using the devided leaf itself?
Hi Soleta and thanks for the question - generally yes, if you use pure plant oils which come directly from the plant. :-)
Could you use soy wax if you didn’t have bees? But extra soy
Thank you for your excellent question, Roxanne.
Frankly I never used soy wax to make any ointments. I just remember soy wax to be pretty hard, so maybe you can try making some soy butter bar? That is: Like a soap bar.
Hope that helps. Otherwise just give it a try, what is the worst that could happen? :)
Let me know how it is going, I am really curious.
Can you freeze an ointment to make it last longer?
I see noreason to do this, the wax itself already is a conserving agent. I do have ointments here which are already some 3 years old and still good to use.
Can i use btma50 to replace beeswax?
I am afraid I cannot answer that question - I’d recommend talking to a dermatologist about that substance.
Do you dehydrate the plant first
Hey Lynn
no, in this case I used freshly harvested plants. You can dehydrate plants though - just bear in mind to let them soak in the mix a little longer.
@@RathwulvenBushcraft thanks a bunch 🙂
What's the name of that wax and where to buy that wax?
Thanks for your comment, Jay. This is regular bees wax, you can get that at any beekeeper in your area. :)
If you got any other question, make sure to reach out ok?
Can I make calamansi ointment?
Hi Pia, thanks for commenting. Can you help me out maybe? What is calamansi? Is that a lime (Google says so)?
@@RathwulvenBushcraft yes the extract of lime
Any one tell the name of plant used in this process
Sure - that´s plantain. I got a video on that plant on my channel, make sure to check it out!
What is plant?
Hi there - it is this one: ua-cam.com/video/yWnKML5FVMQ/v-deo.html&
Really great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to create and explain. Changing the WORLD. Honestly.🤗☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️😆
Really great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to create and explain. Changing the WORLD. Honestly.🤗☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️😆