THIS is the FIRST time I have heard someone admit this!!! THANK YOU!! I have studied SO hard for 8 years now, all self taught with books and videos and trial n error and there is always this superiority complex I run into with people saying Im not "qualified" to make tinctures / salves or give advice.. This is SO refreshing and wonderful to hear! NOT knocking the courses / teachings at all.. Its just a whole attitude against self taught that is hard to swallow. Bless you!
Love this video! It is so empowering to be able to make our own stuff instead of relying on others. I grow most of my own herbs and make an infused oil of each for later use. So handy!
One of the MOST down to earth, easy to listen to, idea put across easily, fun to watch! Girl you have it all!! Thanks and will watch many more of your vids!
AlhamduliLlah! ✨ Thank you so much for sharing. Struggling with eczema I was constantly thinking about using homemade salves but didn't know that the recipe is already available ❤️💐
I have some calendula infused oil that's ready I think I'll make a salve soon! Thanks for the inspiration Amy! Love this video! I love herbs and can not wait for your book!!!
I’ve always infused my oils by letting the herb infuse in virgin olive oil for 6 weeks, giving it a daily shake. It is a long time, but not if your are making other oils at various times. I used that method because I was concerned about destroying valuable nutrients by using heat. So anyway after the long wait I’d heat up the oil and wax anyway. I totally recommend following this video and not wasting your time like I have been. 👍😀
@@jmcast3195 I always use fresh herbs. They grown profusely in my yard. Not wanting to waste them got me started utilising their properties. I have heard people using dry herb.
You did not waste your time. Your method is exactly how I do it. I've followed Susun Weed's method which is to fill the jar loosely with the herb, then fill the jar with olive oil. I use a butter knife to poke into the mixture to release air pockets. I sit this on a plate on a shelf out of the sun for six weeks. I don't shake it. I don't touch it. After six weeks, I strain the herbs from the oil, melt the beeswax, remove it from heat then add the oil. My favourite is plantain ointment. This is the best thing for cuts. When my kids had the chickenpox, I put this on their sores in the morning and at night. There was no itching and no infection because they weren't scratching. Because this ointment works so well, I know Susun Weed's method works.
When you’re infusing oils it’s actually important to use dried herbs because the fresh herbs have water content that gets mixed in with the carrier oils, which creates an environment for molds and bacteria to grow. The dehydrated herbs still have the properties of the herb and nutrients intact. Fresh herbs are typically best used for things that will be consumed immediately such as teas and decauctions
@@twistedknotz5485, actually, I've use fresh plantain leaves for my plantain ointment. I've been doing it for almost two decades with no issues. The fresh leaves are soaked in olive oil for 6 weeks. I currently have fresh comfrey and yarrow sitting in oil, and I'm not worried. I've learned from Susun Weed who has been doing this for almost as long as I've been alive. I trust her methods and will follow her advice.
I watched your amazing video,and just made my first salve.it turned out great.I used yarrow,and it has so many uses!wounds of course,but also a great lip balm,and even deodorant.it works so much better that the natural deodorants I had been using.I guess because it is so antimicrobial.thanks for the vid.you just opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me!now I want to make salve out of everything.I have some goldenrod sitting in the sun right now☀️
You just lit up my day with your smile! You packed a lot of information in a short video and I can totally appreciate that. Thank you for the brief education and have a wonderful day
This was a great video. Thank you for your simple, easy to follow instructions and tips! This Grandma is delighted to have found you here. I'm subscribed!
I have just started making sales this yr. I found jewelweed, yarrow, and plantain on our land. Make salve out of each for specific needs. I also learned that lemon balm is good for cold sores so made lip balm bc hubs gets them w a cold. You just infuse oil . its is addictive.
Fantastic! I am going to be making a comfrey salve and was trying to figure out a faster way to get the infused oil and I am going to use the oven method. Thank you so much!
Great vid. Inspired me to swotch it up abit i used infused nettle oil in higher concentrate and whipped it up in tallow body butter. But some vanilla essential oil in for scent
I love your videos thank you! I’m just a little bit confused about why sunlight is good for herbal infusions and other time it diminishes the herb? Would you be able to make a video about that? Thanks
Totally binge watching your videos lol. But I’m not sure if anyone has shared this tip with you I picked it up from a soap maker. When adding oils from one jar to another if you pour it down a chopstick it doesn’t run down the jar 🙂🙂🙂
What a great video. A question by adding vitamin E would that make these last longer than a year ??. I have just found your video a few days ago an you have some great content . I am hoping to find more time to get around to watching all your videos. THANKS
I use lavender for antibiotic wound healing. It is also a topical analgesic and will heal burns and take the sting out of bug bites. You could make a salve but I just use it straight. For an extra antiseptic kick, I’ll use it with tea tree. I cured cellulitis on my leg that I gave myself by scratching a bug bite with my garden gloves without thinking, along with Epsom salts baths, though I would have gone to the hospital if it didn’t improve in a few days. I’m not stupid…
Hello If you 'ré in a hot sunny location, you can put your jars of oil, herbs and beeswax in your closed car on the front. You will have to wrap your jar in a fine Black cloth as light is not good for plant molécules. Thank you for your work 💜
Great video thanks for sharing I'll try the oven method me being too impatient to wait a month lol. I did notice your ceramic oven top around the ring around the heat elements, did you know you can scrape with a sharp razor oven scraper it brings it back to new and won't damage your ceramic top. I was a little scared of damaging mine when someone told me how to do it but yeah it's a great neat way of getting that off. I leave mine warm a little washing detergent then scrape away.
I've been using my own homemade face cream for three years now. I got the recipe from an old lady who, when she died in her late eighties, had a skin like fine china. I'm now 65 and I have a pretty good skin - _I_ think😃.
Hi Jessica - how did I miss your request? OK. You need an equal quantity (I use 500gm pots and it makes a _lot_ of cream which is super for gifts if you can get cute pots from your local thrift store. OK - one measure of Ingram's Camphor Cream (do _not_ use some cheap shit!). One measure of Aqueous Cream (a good brand is Spar) Try to get a white fragrance free cream. Lastly, a good quality bag balm or milking salve. Getting every last drop out of the pots might be difficult if they have 'shoulders' and the Ingram's pot is a devil because it has a kink near the bottom. A small spatula is useful and you may need a _clean_ finger. A cake mixer and large bowl is useful. When you have all three ingredients fully mixed mix in between 60mls to a hundred mls of either Bio Tissue Oil or Almond Oil. Argon oil is good but _awfully_ expensive. Mix that in well and repot into your original three pots. Washed, of course.
Hi your video is great. Im just wondering if you use 300 degrees farenheit or celcius in preheating your oven? I live in the Philippines and we usually use celcius here. So i dont know which is which. Thanks
Sunlight breaks down oils and makes them go rancid more quickly. Wouldn't putting it in cabinet be a better idea? Same with putting it in the oven; some oils break down at 300 degrees.
Live your videos! Happy to have found you on here. Wondering if you might have a recommendation on ratios of oils when making a facial oil serum? I’m wanting to use organic EVOO and also jojoba oil. I was thinking 2:1, jojoba:EVOO? Also, I’m wanting to infuse meadowsweet and comfrey dry herbs in these carriers. Would you recommend infusion in one or the other, or one in each, of those two carriers?
I looked for seeds to grow Chamomile. Would you recommend or Roman or German. I'm new to this! Thanks! Can't wait to grow (and collect seeds) and infuse, then make salves!
The milk from dandelion stems will remove warts. Just squeeze the milk out of a freshly picked dandelion, apply daily. I was taught this by an elderly Hungarian woman who knew Old World medicine.
Does sunlight affect the extraction? In the past, extraction container was put in the dark (i have an herb instruction book from 1900) but i know through practice that most substances require a tweak from basic extraction rules. Does the sunlight extraction depend on the extract substrate, i.e. oil vs. Alcohol vs. Vinegar?
Is this salve good for boils? A lady we knew when I was young used to make a homemade salve to draw out infections and I would love to have a recipe like hers. It was sort of orange in color but it didn't smell too great. It was shiny and sticky in the cup she used to store it in, almost a cross between honey and glue. You had to take a little out on the end of a butter knife and "work" it in the palm of your hand until it turned milky in color, then apply it to a cloth and secure it over the boil. It worked like magic. By the next morning the infection/puss was running out. Does anyone have any idea how to make it or where I can find a recipe for it? I have searched all over. Thank you!
I’m finding this video. Very interesting. Just wanted to say thank you for making it. But I do have one question… You’re the first person I’ve heard who says put it in a sunny area for the next few weeks when most people say a dark and dry area. Is there a difference?
Thanks for your video.Hi don’t no if you can help me .I make salve and add vitamin E ,tea tree ,turmeric oil ,jojoba oil love to no how much I can sell it for it’s a 2 oz jar and some in tins too
I went to school for this and am really wishing now I hadn't spent all the money and just watched you video's 😅
THIS is the FIRST time I have heard someone admit this!!! THANK YOU!! I have studied SO hard for 8 years now, all self taught with books and videos and trial n error and there is always this superiority complex I run into with people saying Im not "qualified" to make tinctures / salves or give advice.. This is SO refreshing and wonderful to hear! NOT knocking the courses / teachings at all.. Its just a whole attitude against self taught that is hard to swallow. Bless you!
I was considering going to an herbal school but now seeing this comment....
Check out the channel She is of the Woods. I've learned so much from there
Me too!
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Love this video! It is so empowering to be able to make our own stuff instead of relying on others. I grow most of my own herbs and make an infused oil of each for later use. So handy!
So easy to understand and follow. Not over talking, just saying as it is. With measurements and instructions, thank you xx
Omg, this looks SO easy! I had nooo idea that it was so simple to throw an herbal salve together - will definitely be giving this a try!
One of the MOST down to earth, easy to listen to, idea put across easily, fun to watch! Girl you have it all!! Thanks and will watch many more of your vids!
this video is great! I have a rose bush in the front of my yard and ive been searching for a video to make a rose oil/salve!
thank you so much!
The second you start talking I felt this comfort 😊💓Hiiii, I love your vibe 🤩🌿
AlhamduliLlah! ✨ Thank you so much for sharing. Struggling with eczema I was constantly thinking about using homemade salves but didn't know that the recipe is already available ❤️💐
I have some calendula infused oil that's ready I think I'll make a salve soon! Thanks for the inspiration Amy! Love this video! I love herbs and can not wait for your book!!!
thanks for this...love your gentle energy :) im gunna make some new creams/salves this yr for menopause symptoms !!
Very good! You got to the point quickly! and not to much waffle ! Others are soooo long and could do it in half the time! Drives me nuts!
Thanks! I had no clue there was ways to speed up the process with an oven!
I’ve always infused my oils by letting the herb infuse in virgin olive oil for 6 weeks, giving it a daily shake. It is a long time, but not if your are making other oils at various times. I used that method because I was concerned about destroying valuable nutrients by using heat. So anyway after the long wait I’d heat up the oil and wax anyway. I totally recommend following this video and not wasting your time like I have been. 👍😀
Do you use dried herbs or can they be fresh?
@@jmcast3195 I always use fresh herbs. They grown profusely in my yard. Not wanting to waste them got me started utilising their properties. I have heard people using dry herb.
You did not waste your time. Your method is exactly how I do it. I've followed Susun Weed's method which is to fill the jar loosely with the herb, then fill the jar with olive oil. I use a butter knife to poke into the mixture to release air pockets. I sit this on a plate on a shelf out of the sun for six weeks. I don't shake it. I don't touch it. After six weeks, I strain the herbs from the oil, melt the beeswax, remove it from heat then add the oil.
My favourite is plantain ointment. This is the best thing for cuts. When my kids had the chickenpox, I put this on their sores in the morning and at night. There was no itching and no infection because they weren't scratching. Because this ointment works so well, I know Susun Weed's method works.
When you’re infusing oils it’s actually important to use dried herbs because the fresh herbs have water content that gets mixed in with the carrier oils, which creates an environment for molds and bacteria to grow. The dehydrated herbs still have the properties of the herb and nutrients intact. Fresh herbs are typically best used for things that will be consumed immediately such as teas and decauctions
@@twistedknotz5485, actually, I've use fresh plantain leaves for my plantain ointment. I've been doing it for almost two decades with no issues. The fresh leaves are soaked in olive oil for 6 weeks. I currently have fresh comfrey and yarrow sitting in oil, and I'm not worried. I've learned from Susun Weed who has been doing this for almost as long as I've been alive. I trust her methods and will follow her advice.
I watched your amazing video,and just made my first salve.it turned out great.I used yarrow,and it has so many uses!wounds of course,but also a great lip balm,and even deodorant.it works so much better that the natural deodorants I had been using.I guess because it is so antimicrobial.thanks for the vid.you just opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me!now I want to make salve out of everything.I have some goldenrod sitting in the sun right now☀️
You just lit up my day with your smile!
You packed a lot of information in a short video and I can totally appreciate that. Thank you for the brief education and have a wonderful day
This was a great video. Thank you for your simple, easy to follow instructions and tips! This Grandma is delighted to have found you here. I'm subscribed!
I'd love to make salves. Such a great tutorial. I just love your channel!
3:00. Your oven idea is awesome!! I don’t have a crockpot but this is better.
Really great video! What would you say the ratio of beeswax to oil is for the salve to harden?
This was super helpful for a beginner. Thanks Amy 😊
I have just started making sales this yr. I found jewelweed, yarrow, and plantain on our land. Make salve out of each for specific needs. I also learned that lemon balm is good for cold sores so made lip balm bc hubs gets them w a cold. You just infuse oil . its is addictive.
We love yarrow! Dandelion makes a good salve to if you have any. It's good for soreness.
I just planted some lemon balm, thanks for the great information, my daughter and granddaughter both suffer from cold sores.
@@cindyp.9030 tamanu oil is great for cold sores! I use it on top of everything else and it really works. Just add few drops to the lemon balm salve.
Fantastic! I am going to be making a comfrey salve and was trying to figure out a faster way to get the infused oil and I am going to use the oven method. Thank you so much!
I adore you ! Just found you randomly and wow so informative. Thank you . From southern Ontario Canada!!! Shared with friends ❤️
Great vid. Inspired me to swotch it up abit i used infused nettle oil in higher concentrate and whipped it up in tallow body butter. But some vanilla essential oil in for scent
love this recipe. I use it to make all my herbal salves
I love your videos thank you! I’m just a little bit confused about why sunlight is good for herbal infusions and other time it diminishes the herb? Would you be able to make a video about that? Thanks
Totally binge watching your videos lol. But I’m not sure if anyone has shared this tip with you I picked it up from a soap maker. When adding oils from one jar to another if you pour it down a chopstick it doesn’t run down the jar 🙂🙂🙂
Hello, I just stumbled across your videos and wondered if you have a salve recipe for extreme ezcma?
Thank you for a fabulous video. My confidence is feeling better. Very clear on how to.
Thank you for the video. Very organized and easy to understand. I can't wait till spring to start making some herbal infused oil.
Straight to the point. I love it.
This is great information! I have a Levo2 to infuse my oils since I only make small batches 🤩 Thanks for sharing!
I have a LEVO as well, I love it!
that was nice! to see the melting process of the bee's wax🙌🏾 thanks for sharing!
In love with your channel, this was so inspiring and showed me how easy it is to make salves!
Thank you Amy.
Good video. I'm making black drawing salve soon and I appreciate the help.
Great video! I like the size of your tins. What size is it and where do you buy your tins?
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing
New subscriber. Great video. Excellent teacher. Thanks
No nonsense great rrecipe and info, thanks I learned a lot from you.
Thanks very much God bless you
Great video
What a great video. A question by adding vitamin E would that make these last longer than a year ??. I have just found your video a few days ago an you have some great content . I am hoping to find more time to get around to watching all your videos. THANKS
Love your videos!
What is a good herb (or herbs) to replace antibiotic ointment? We go through a lot and I’d like to make my own to use.
I use lavender for antibiotic wound healing. It is also a topical analgesic and will heal burns and take the sting out of bug bites. You could make a salve but I just use it straight. For an extra antiseptic kick, I’ll use it with tea tree. I cured cellulitis on my leg that I gave myself by scratching a bug bite with my garden gloves without thinking, along with Epsom salts baths, though I would have gone to the hospital if it didn’t improve in a few days. I’m not stupid…
Great video. I want to try this for sure!
Hello
If you 'ré in a hot sunny location, you can put your jars of oil, herbs and beeswax in your closed car on the front. You will have to wrap your jar in a fine Black cloth as light is not good for plant molécules.
Thank you for your work 💜
Great video. Thanks.
Awesome tutorial! Thank you for sharing!
Great video thanks for sharing I'll try the oven method me being too impatient to wait a month lol. I did notice your ceramic oven top around the ring around the heat elements, did you know you can scrape with a sharp razor oven scraper it brings it back to new and won't damage your ceramic top. I was a little scared of damaging mine when someone told me how to do it but yeah it's a great neat way of getting that off. I leave mine warm a little washing detergent then scrape away.
Super helpful! Thanks for the video!
I am going to have to try this for sure. Thank you!
Awesome 👏🏻 Much love 💗
Great and informative video. Can you infuse the herbs and oil using a crockpot?
You can put a canning jar ring in the pot under the jar to be double safe :)
you can!
Awesome video! FYI, looks like your link to ‘Become a Master Herbalist’ may have a bug. It gives me a warning about the site.
I think lavender and camomile would be outstanding!
Best salve I've found: one part spruce or pine sap. One part beeswax. Two parts olive oil. Melt together and pour in a tin or tiny Ball jar. Done.
Awesome video😊 👏🏾what do you use your salve for?
Great video I can’t wait to make one thank you
Great idea! I will put this on my to do list!
Thank you!
Can you do it with dried calendula leaves or do they have to be fresh when you make the oil mixture?
also, could you do this with goldenrod?
Amy please tell me where to best get the bags of herbs I see on your video😫
An you please explain again the oven option ? How long and what temperature ?
I've been using my own homemade face cream for three years now. I got the recipe from an old lady who, when she died in her late eighties, had a skin like fine china. I'm now 65 and I have a pretty good skin - _I_ think😃.
Please share the recipe.. I want to make it too
Hi Jessica - how did I miss your request? OK. You need an equal quantity (I use 500gm pots and it makes a _lot_ of cream which is super for gifts if you can get cute pots from your local thrift store. OK - one measure of Ingram's Camphor Cream (do _not_ use some cheap shit!). One measure of Aqueous Cream (a good brand is Spar) Try to get a white fragrance free cream. Lastly, a good quality bag balm or milking salve. Getting every last drop out of the pots might be difficult if they have 'shoulders' and the Ingram's pot is a devil because it has a kink near the bottom. A small spatula is useful and you may need a _clean_ finger. A cake mixer and large bowl is useful. When you have all three ingredients fully mixed mix in between 60mls to a hundred mls of either Bio Tissue Oil or Almond Oil. Argon oil is good but _awfully_ expensive. Mix that in well and repot into your original three pots. Washed, of course.
amy do you have a herbal capsule recipe for neuropthy pain
Thank you so much!!
Thanks
Have you done anything with a cold press?
hi Love your videos do you recommend olive oil or coconut oil as a base?
Thank you for this video full of information. And your voice is really pleasant, I'm fan of you :-)
Thanks 🙏🏽
Hi your video is great. Im just wondering if you use 300 degrees farenheit or celcius in preheating your oven? I live in the Philippines and we usually use celcius here. So i dont know which is which. Thanks
Farenheit :)
I love this 😀 ❤
I loveee this!
Where did you fine your ingredients and recipes
Great video Amy! So informative, definitely gave me the info I needed :)
Sunlight breaks down oils and makes them go rancid more quickly. Wouldn't putting it in cabinet be a better idea? Same with putting it in the oven; some oils break down at 300 degrees.
the heat is what causes the oil to infuse quicker. It's just a carrier, it has no effect on the medicinal properties of the herb.
Do you happen to have a recipe for a DMSO cream?
Live your videos! Happy to have found you on here. Wondering if you might have a recommendation on ratios of oils when making a facial oil serum? I’m wanting to use organic EVOO and also jojoba oil. I was thinking 2:1, jojoba:EVOO? Also, I’m wanting to infuse meadowsweet and comfrey dry herbs in these carriers. Would you recommend infusion in one or the other, or one in each, of those two carriers?
I looked for seeds to grow Chamomile. Would you recommend or Roman or German. I'm new to this! Thanks! Can't wait to grow (and collect seeds) and infuse, then make salves!
this is so crazty
If I do the oven infusion should the jar have the lid on while in oven? Thank you.
Good morning. Thank you for your expertise. 🪻🌷🌻🍀🌞
Thank you for this! 💞
Where can I get some of this ?
Great video Miss Amy! One question...does it matter what you stir with??! Wood/metal/plastic??!
doesnt really matter!
Amy, what are the used FOR this salve...
Can I use any kind of oil for this? like coconut oil instead?
Do I dry the comfrey before I put it in the oil
Hi Amy, can the herbs be fresh? If not, how to you dry them in the oven. What temperature and how long?
Great! Thank you. Do you have a salve recipe for moles and wart removal?
The milk from dandelion stems will remove warts. Just squeeze the milk out of a freshly picked dandelion, apply daily. I was taught this by an elderly Hungarian woman who knew Old World medicine.
I think I just bought your book?!
Where do you get your arnica from?
Does sunlight affect the extraction? In the past, extraction container was put in the dark (i have an herb instruction book from 1900) but i know through practice that most substances require a tweak from basic extraction rules. Does the sunlight extraction depend on the extract substrate, i.e. oil vs. Alcohol vs. Vinegar?
Can you list the ingredients you used and how much is needed?
1part herbs 4 parts oil for infusing. On the scale, oils and beeswax should be 6ozs. Beeswax about 1.5 ozs. Adapt to your preference.
Where do you purchase your herbs?
When heating the jars in the oven , are the lids on or off You demos are simple and easy thank you sooo much
When she pulled it out of the oven it looked like they were with lids off
No lids :)
Is this salve good for boils? A lady we knew when I was young used to make a homemade salve to draw out infections and I would love to have a recipe like hers. It was sort of orange in color but it didn't smell too great. It was shiny and sticky in the cup she used to store it in, almost a cross between honey and glue. You had to take a little out on the end of a butter knife and "work" it in the palm of your hand until it turned milky in color, then apply it to a cloth and secure it over the boil. It worked like magic. By the next morning the infection/puss was running out. Does anyone have any idea how to make it or where I can find a recipe for it? I have searched all over. Thank you!
Sounds a lot like a drawing salve. I have a recipe for that in my book. Or pine tar salve might work similarly.
I’m finding this video. Very interesting. Just wanted to say thank you for making it. But I do have one question… You’re the first person I’ve heard who says put it in a sunny area for the next few weeks when most people say a dark and dry area. Is there a difference?
if you're infusing oils, they go into the sun. If you're making tinctures, tinctures go into dark areas.
@@TheFewellHomestead ohhh. Got it. Thank you. I’m new at doing this and I appreciate your help.
Thanks for your video.Hi don’t no if you can help me .I make salve and add vitamin E ,tea tree ,turmeric oil ,jojoba oil love to no how much I can sell it for it’s a 2 oz jar and some in tins too