How To Make An Herbal Salve - Comfrey. (Uses For Healing Salves)
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Herbal salves and ointments are wonderful for healing a whole host of aches and pains. Comfrey is known for it's healing properties and has been linked to giving relief to: Arthritis, bruises, sore muscles, joint pain, strains, sprains, gout, and helps to accelerate wound healing.
We show you how to make a comfrey healing salve from olive oil, beeswax and comfrey.
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Thank you for making this helpfulvideo. I’ve used comfrey internally for years with some miraculous results, an absolutely wonderful herb for me to drink as tea, add to my cooking and use on my body. What I understand from the research I’ve found, you would have to ingest an ‘extraordinary’ amount for any possible negative effects and when you look even deeper into it, be aware of who is doing the research and who benefits from the research. Many people are willing to take over the counter and prescription drugs without questioning yet are scared to try something growing in its natural state because of false information … this is my opinion only of course 😊
You're welcome.
I will re-look at the amount of ingested Comfrey that would be harmful.
You’re correct.
I’ve thought the same......👍. Question everything to what the allopathic/ Pharmakeia controlled ones tell us.
Doing one’s own independent research is crucial 💜
I am very new to the medicinal herb world but the people I have spoken regarding Comfrey to seem to be of the same opinion. Yes there is some toxicity there and if you went extremely overboard there might be a negative effect. Everything in moderation
what did you use it for? what did the tea help with?
The only real danger of using comfrey is if used on a puncture wound or a deep wound is that comfrey heals it too fast and IF there is infection down deep it will close up the wound and infection will be trapped. I used comfrey after I dropped a heavy wood cutting board on my big toe. It started turning black right away so I heated water and added comfrey leaf let it steep then applied for 30 minutes, continued doing that for 3 days and the bruising disappeared, swelling went down, felt tons better and I never lost my toe nail.
Big Pharma tried to eradicate comfrey many decades ago but the roots go 10 foot deep so it is nearly impossible to kill off, which means choose where you plant it carefully. What they don't tell you, when warning of the dangers of comfrey is that even Tylenol, if taken against directions, will cause liver damage and if overdosed can cause death. If one uses common sense it is very safe and can heal. The fact that they tried to eradicate it tells me that Comfrey is God's gift for healing but like with any medicine it must be used correctly.
Absolutely agree ❤
I grow a ton of peppermint in my garden (planted a single plant 5 years ago and now its literally everywhere all the time) and use this same method but also throw in a handful of peppermint leaves. Adds a cooling effect to it and it smells great.
Awesome!
Excellent !!!
Blessings +++!!!
Thanks for sharing and teaching us!
My pleasure!
Thank you for this video! 🕊💜
You're welcome
This video is great! Excited to make mine!
Thank you
Thanks for great video! Very easy to do, I will try it.
You’re welcome
I appreciate this very much thanks for sharing .I will be able to make mine for people
You are so welcome
I can’t wait to try this. You have the easiest instructions that I’ve saw on UA-cam. Thank you. God Bless, Carol B
Glad we could help. God bless y’all as well!
Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information
My pleasure
This was so helpful
Awesome!
Best recipe 👍
Thanks so much 😊
You're welcome
Thankyou I’m going to have a go. Have plenty of comfrey in my garden.
Awesome
Looking forward to making this for my daughters eczema flare ups. Thankyou!
You're welcome!
Really great video
Thank you
لقد استفدت منك بشكل سهل جدا لقد شرحتة بشكل مبسط شكرا جزيلا لك ايها الرائع ❤
You're welcome.
Great video!!
Thank you
I am so grateful that I bought and planted two comfrey cuttings last year. Actually I completely forgot about them this year and just recently realized what they were as they grew. Can't wait to make salve. So many uses for comfrey.
It is a great plant to have for sure.
Hello God bless u pleaz can u whrite the Name of ingrédients ??🙏🙏🌺🌺
Thank you for an easy recipe. I can’t wait to try this and will look for many more of your videos like this.
You're welcome.
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Wonderful! Welcome to the channel.
That was easy, thanks for sharing ❤
You’re welcome
Thank you. I add Vitamin E oil to help preserve it longer.
thank you. Good idea.
I've noticed that some of the plants that are the most beneficial seem to have some natural built controls. If nettle leaf didn't have the sting they do they would've been devoured long long ago by beasts of the field because of it's incredible nutritional benefits. I believe the same is with comfrey. It can be used as a salve, for sure. By the way thank you for your video. I'm going to start using the salves like you instructed. But, I feel the same with comfrey. They are so nutritious and healing but if everyone knew that we wouldn't have it's benefits or this video. So, let them say what they will, it's actually protecting the plant so we can have it and those in the future. I used to drink a cup of comfrey tea everyday for about two years. If you take proper amounts it will do wonders for your insides.
How much dried comfrey do you put in a cup for tea ? I am going to try some.
Pharmacy invented story about comfrey be toxic to ingest. As you said in the right amount is safe to drink. Also, plantas are not to be taken for long periods of time.
@@carmenchaux67hello pleaz what is comfrey???
Subbed, thank you
Welcome to the channel.
I like having another way of doing it although I dry mine and the then coffee grinder and actually add the comfrey powder. I do like the idea of adding some essential oils. Thank you
Very cool. That will work too.
I've heard Comfrey has medicinal properties. This is the first video I have seen that shows how to make it useful. Thanks!
Cool. Glad it was helpful. You can use it in a poultice also. We will do a video soon on poultices......plantain, ginger, potato, cayenne, comfrey, etc.
If one doesn't have a dehydrator, can it just be dried by laying it out or hanging like other herbs?
Absolutely. That will work just fine.
Recommend you try heating it up using a crock pot instead of the stove.
Dehydration is far easier for thin leaves by simply leaving them about somewhere on a tray and on a cloth maybe. If you really want to you can hang a bunch up for a couple of days. No need for other equipment.
Either way. Do it how you like.
I would like to see the texture of the finished product
Thanks loved this! By any chance can you tell me the song in the background?
Thank you.
Sorry, I am actually not sure. It is available free on UA-cam for video creators. I just picked something that sounded nice when I was creating the video.
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You can put the leaves in a paper bag and leave them in a hot car for a week or so.works great.
Cool
Great Idea! 👍🏼😃
Wonderful video! How do you clean your bowl? I’ve wondered about this a while.
Thank you. I have a dedicated bowl for this process. I don't ever clean it....lol.
Hello< thank you for the wonderful video on Comfrey!! can i use tried comfrey that i bought at an Herb store they come in a small bag
You're welcome. Glad it was helpful.
If you want to warm it then you can use a yogurt maker to speed the process up just a little bit without worrying about damaging the oil or comfrey.
Funny you added my question too.
I used the instant pot on the yogurt setting and it worked wonderfully. I put in in for only 2 hrs., then turned it off and let it there overnight.
hiya,
great and informaitve video.
any idea as to how much output the 24oz (liquid) + 4oz beeswax produces?
many thanks,
Jamie
The beeswax when weighed is equal to its liquid measurement. So this makes 28oz total. Hope that helps.
Great video!
Increased use of hand sanitizer this year has been rough on hands.
I know it shouldn't be used on deep cuts, but wonder if it'd be useful on dry cracked hands? Would something like this be good for that?
Thank you. Yes, it if very effective at healing deep cracks/cuts. My wife is a nurse and she uses it.
Yes, it’s medicinal properties with oil and bee wax make it a miracle for skin. Just, try to wash your feet with baking soda and lemon, then pass the pómex and rinse. After that dry very well and apply the comfrey salve. It is good for varicose veins too. Of course, you have to use the ribounder properly, or do exercises for legs in order for the varicose veins to be in good shape again.
Yes foot snd hands.
I would suggest that you add you essential oils after the oils and wax have melted and cooled a few minutes, otherwise the oil just
vapouring in the hot mix
Interesting. Thanks.
Yes, that's how/when I was taught to add it too.
This!
Hi there, I was wondering if you used a measuring cup off camera to measure 2 cups of comfrey? Do you crush the comfrey before you measure it? Thanks for a great video.
Thank you. We appreciate it. I did pre-measure that off camera and yes it was crushed.
Hi! Loved the “how to” video! I was wondering if you have or would ever consider using the leaves in a compress or poultice to speed up the healing process?
Thank you. I do use them in those ways also.
I knew someone with a broken bone and laid it on top of the skin, they said it felt better
I made it like a tea and then after it cooled slightly put juicy leaves and cover in Saran wrap, on my knee after knee surgery, my daughter's ankle that was black and blue and twisted and a friend who had a broken leg that healed but never felt better.
All three of us thought it was absolutely amazing the results!
I'm here to figure out how to make the salve now. Just because making fresh comfrey poltices is a bit messy and wish I had something quick and easy to put on sometimes.
Thankyou for an informative video. Just wanted to quickly ask what you used the dry comfrey for? Was the comfrey in the olive oil dried before hand or was it used fresh?
You're welcome. Comfrey has healing properties. We dried it before hand.
He explained the first thing you do is dry the comfrey before using it.
Buen día si podría traducir al español. Gracias.
Gracias! Lo aprecio. Google translate is easy to use.
Hi there I just ran into your Channel today as well my beeswax arrived today. I believe you pronounce salve the L is silent. That could just be a West Coast thing I'm not sure. Great video
I pronounce it the English way. Either is appropriate.
@@CountryLivingExperience 😆
my nostrils are irritated from using a cpap machine. going to try comfrey
Hope it helps
For some reason, I am only getting the audio on this episode-no video, just a black screen. Is anyone else having this issue? I am listening on my iPhone. Thanks for the information.
thanks so much for the video. I'm new to trying to make my own salves. Can I use fresh beeswax from a local apiary? TIA
You're welcome. Yes, fresh beeswax is perfect.
@@CountryLivingExperience ok thanks - I wondered because you said “filtered” when you referred to your beeswax
Hi from the UK Im looking for a salve for sciatica pain will this work.
This may help. Stretching you quad muscles helps the best though. Also releasing tightness in the iliopsoas muscle. I used to have that pain and that relived it.
Thanks for sharing. I was wondering where can one purchase Comfrey?
I originally bought my comfrey roots on Etsy.
Got mine on Etsy!
Wondering how to make a comfrey compress. Kinda like those pain patches. ?
The best would be to grind it up with a touch of a carrier oil like Castor. Then apply it with a piece of gauze and wrap that with kitchen plastic wrap.
How about using a blender to pulverize comfrey leaves into slightly warmed liquid coconut oil. Then simply pour into the salve jar and let the coconut oil resolidify at room temperature.
That’s exactly what I’m going to do. Sooo simple!
I would say (in my very novice herbalist opinion) that infusing the leaves in oil for 1-6 weeks is what pulls the plants properties out.
Can this be done with coconut oil instead of bees wax? Thanks for sharing
You're welcome.
No, sorry, coconut oil would be too unstable and watery. It melts at 75°F.
I have beeswax sheets I can get! Can I use those, would the sheets work just as well as the melts?Thanks in advance :)
Yes absolutely!
I just picked my comfrey and drying it. Can i use a slow cooker on warm with the olive oil? Thank you.
Sure. That would work.
Do you squeeze the leaves to extract as much olive oil as possible?
Would it work to prepare and strain the leaves/oil before melting the wax?
No need to squeeze the leaves mechanically. The juices leach out of the leaves and infuse into the oil well enough.
What about using the instant pot to infuse the oil?
You could.
How much beeswax did you use to the quart of olive oil? Would appreciate more instructions for ingredient quantities.
One dry cup of beeswax to one liquid quart of olive oil as the video shows. Hope this helps.
YOU DON'T NEED TO DRY IT FIRST. YOU. AN SIMPLY PUT THE PLANT MATTER IN JAR, ADD OIL, LET SIT 5-6 WEEKS, STRAIN PLANT MATTER OUT STORE IN DARK COOL LOCATION IN AMBER GLASS BOTTLE.
It is actually recommended to dry herbs before infusing, especially if you want your finished product to have a long(er) shelf-life. If not dried, the water content of the leaves will cause your infusion to spoil quicker.
Can I heat the comfrey and oil in the instant pot on the yogurt setting to speed up the infusion?
I have never done that but it seems like it would be a great step to take as long as it does not get too hot.
Hello, my comfrey oil separated (dark on bottom and lighter on top) how do i get it to merge? thank you!
I have never had that issue. I don't know how to help you.
Some people say that if you use olive oil as the base, it can go rancid during hot weather or if kept in an overly warm room. Have you had any problems with it going off?
I have kept mine in the house at a stable temp. I have had no issues.
I have a question. You showed us the dried comfrey. But I did not see that you put any in the salve. Can you use the dried comfrey in salve and if so, how?
I steeped it in the oil for a few weeks. I mentioned that.
I'm chair bound and can't garden. What can I get to regenerate my hip? I've been refusing surgery for a replacement. Does it come pre-made, where can I buy this? Thanks
You can probably find some on Etsy.com. I don't think there is anything that can regenerate your hip. Surgery may be the only solution for an issue that big.
Sorry for the difficulty that you have. If the hip problem is due to osteoarthritis try taking glucosamine and chondroitin with MSM 500 mg, 8 per day, 4 in the morning and 4 in the evening. It works better if taken with vit. C as well.
I had a really very bad back pain which was diagnosed to be osteoarthritis. I couldn't do anything. The best position was only lying down. The doctor recommend to get cortisone injection which I had to repeat every six weeks. Because I'm a nutritionist I thought I had to feed my body what it needs not those injections...and started taking those supplements. Gradually I felt better and I was able to have some activities including light gardening. Hope this could help you get better. Sure it is better to try alternatives first.
I’ve been using castor oil warm packs for many aches and pains in my body because we refuse to take any medication made by big HARMA.
I am a registered nurse since 1998 and I’m astonished at the big HARMA payments to doctors who continue to push their lies. So much deception in medicine. I’m sorry I became a nurse………..😩
I know. It is very disappointing. My wife is a nurse too.
can I have a written recipe?
How does a person dry them and be sure it's that exact temperature ?
We use a dehydrator. If you don’t have one, just let them air dry for a few weeks.
Just wondering why my comfrey leaves are browning at the edges. I'm a first time grower
It honestly could be many things. If the rest of the leaf is nice and green, I wouldn't worry about it.
Can you use dried comfrey root powder to make a salve?
Yes, absolutely
From what I've read in my encyclopedia of herbal medicine, the LEAVES are what you will mostly want to use to apply to bruises, sprains, etc. The ROOT in the form of a tincture may help with acne.
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Can I use dried comfrey?
Yes, absolutely.
Will lecithin help to infuse, optional or not necessary ?
It is not necessary. This stays perfectly as a solid.
@@CountryLivingExperience .....thank you 🙂
Kinda makes no sense to use it after the fact of a wound. By the time it’s closed up it’s already scarring and the pain isn’t as bad?
I would love to make this salve, I am new to herbal medicine this year as I'm only 17 and I haven't got any comfrey plants as I am trying to find a good spot for a couple so I will have to purchase dried comfrey. Will it matter if the leaves are in tiny pieces instead of large pieces because that is how they are sold near me? and would halving the recipe be ok? thank you (sorry if these are silly q's)
Using the small dried leaf pieces is perfectly fine as well as dividing the recipe in half. Glad you are getting into herbal remedies.
@@CountryLivingExperience thank you so much, knowing my luck it would fail if I hadn’t asked 😂. I’m so excited for my first harvest of herbs/flowers and all the slaves and recipes I can make 😊
Does the salve help osteoporosis?
It helps to relieve some pain and symptoms but does not help with the disease. You will need to build back up your bones with calcium from leafy greens and eliminate dairy from your diet because that is shown to leach calcium from your bones.
Can we use grated beeswax from local bee farm? If so, how much?
Absolutely. Just use the same ratio I did
I have tons of comfrey leaves I just cut them to make a salve but I didnt know I was supposed to dry the leaves first. If I manage to find a way to dry them how long do they need to be in there before I can make the salve ?
We use a dehydrator or just leave them hanging for a week or so inside. Then put them in the oil.
@@CountryLivingExperience oh dear too late! I chopped up the leaves and they're in the Mason jar on the stove now. I added calendula, arnica, and yarrow to grapeseed oil with the comfrey - I did save a bunch of the comfrey leaves that I can hang to dry. I will make another batch after getting more oil.
No worries. It should still work well.
@@CountryLivingExperience I hope so ! I will definitely be trying both ways tho to see which I prefer. Thankyou!
If you chop / cut up the comfrey leaves you can dehydrate them in the sun on a screen or a mesh bag and lie in in a flat shallow cardboard box The sun sort of “ blesses” them before you use it. Sun is quicker that dehydrator and all natural - no equipment or or electricity needed. Also in short: it’s one part beeswax to 4 parts oil.
What are the measurements of oil? :)
Teleka Holbrook 24 ounces
Can you use castor oil instead of olive oil?
No, castor oil has some different properties that are not the best for this salve.
Where do I find comfrey plant like this?
I bought my original root cuttings on Etsy.
@@CountryLivingExperience I live in Canada, province of Alberta.
Can you make this with the comfrey brought from Amazon?
You bought comfrey leaves on Amazon? Dried?
@@CountryLivingExperience I was gonna try to but wanted to make sure I could use them first to make the salve
@@sylviajohnson373 I would buy them off of Etsy instead. It is more authentic there.
@@CountryLivingExperience could you recommend someone please
can a person use castor oil instead of EVOO?
I have never used castor. I think evoo is best in this application.
I heard not to use olive oil as it can go rancid over time. Is this true?
Any oil can go rancid over time.
No i use olive oil it keeps well best to keep in dark bottle or out of light
Where can I get comfrey
We bought ours on Etsy.
Can i use coconut oil instead of olive.
Yes, sure
Yes i found coconut oil to be oily
Just burned my finger with a melting air hose. Instant kung fu artist!!!! Gonna have comfrey available next time. I used running water for 5-7 minutes. Then mustard from the fridge. Ahhhhhhhh. Washed it 2-3 times. Now I’m sitting with a big chunk of aloe Vera I’m growing.
Try some egg white on a burn. Heals it super fast!
Frankincense oil (applied neat if in a hurry!) is my go to for burns.
Can you use soy wax?
I have never used soy wax. I do not know how it would perform.
@@CountryLivingExperience Thank you
You didn't measure out the oil after it had infused. You will never have the same amount since the dry leaves will soak up quite a bit. Always 1oz of beeswax for each cup of oil. If it's not the correct ratio it could be too hard.
It turned out perfect
I am trying to listen to you, and I want to but my ear keeps drawing me to the music. Why play it at the same time? Please, one or the other, in this case, your voice.
Totally agree
Did you know that British English speakers pronounce the “L” in SALVE, but in the correct American dialect the “L” is actually SILENT.
Guess I learned the Brit way. I'll stick with it.
How can the American dialect be correct. You guys came from England. Language doesnt get better, it just changes.
Thank You! At first I didn't know what he was saying.
Potato-PahTAto-who cares lol 🤷♀️(I pronounce the L-am of British heritage)
If you use the ROOTS instead of the LEAVES or a MIX of BOTH, will that also have the same healing properties as using the LEAVES alone???
As far as I know, it is just the leaves.
One week 😮Are you sure . I dont think that is long enough. I was told at least 6 weeks.
Do it however you want.