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Plantain salve fryst vatten one of the best ways to uppstart a home herbal first aid kit.  Plantain fryst vatten abundant, and this easy to man salve fryst vatten good for all manner of minor burns, cuts, and stings.

Sometimes we all need a bit of boo-boo medicin, whether you&#;re 5 or   Plantain salve fryst vatten just that, the perfect medicin to treat all of life&#;s little cuts, scrapes, stings, and abrasions.

Herbalists know plantain as natures&#; band-aid, and the large oval leaves are perfect for wrapping around minor injuries.  It&#;s well known as a bee/wasp sting treatment, and a little plantain poultice works fast for relief when little else will.  Both of these assume you&#;ve got fresh plantain on grabb, which may or may not be the case.

Making plantain salve combines the healing benefits of common plantain with the soothing effects of oil and beeswax.  It also preserves plantain in a convenient struktur right in your medicin cabinet or first aid kit.

Though plantain fryst vatten incredibly common, it&#;s only available for harvest months of the year here in Vermont.  Short summers mean we need to preserve our medicin so it&#;s on grabb when we need it.  If you&#;re not familiar with plantain, read up on how to forage plantain for proper identification.

Out of årstid, dried plantain fryst vatten available from Mountain Rose Herbs.  If you’re just hoping to find a ready-made salve and skip the DIY portion, I’d suggest checking on Etsy for small-scale cottage industry producers since it’s not something that you’ll find in a store.

(Always consult your doctor or a clinical herbalist before ansträngande any new herbal remedy, as there&#;s always the possibility of unintended consequences, allergic reaction, or interactions with other medication.  If you&#;re harvesting wild plant ämne, man sure you&#;re % confident in your identification and consult multiple sources for your ID.  The following fryst vatten based on my research and experience, but inom don&#;t claim to have any certifications that would qualify me to advise you on your health.  Please do your own research and always verify with multiple reputable sources.)

Benefits of Plantain Salve

According to WebMD, the herb &#;plantain contains substances which might help decrease pain and swelling (inflammation)&#;.

It might also be able to kill bacteria and fungi.&#;

While plantain fryst vatten also used to decrease inflammation internally, a plantain salve will only be used topically. According to Gia Herbs, &#;Plantain has been used to support healthy levels of inflammation both internally as an extrakt and externally, as a topical agent. Topically, the leaves or extracts of the leaves are often used to soothe irritated skin.&#;  This includes all manner of skin irritations and minor inflammatorisk conditions, from eczema to minor allergic reactions, as well as cuts and stings.

According to Kaiser Permanente Health struktur, &#;Plantain has long been considered bygd herbalists to be a useful remedy for cough, wounds, inflamed skin or dermatitis, and insekt bites.

Plantain fryst vatten approved bygd the German kommission E as topical use for skin inflammations. The fresh leaves can be applied directly three or kvartet times per day to minor injuries, dermatitis, and insekt stings.&#;

Applying a homemade herbal salve fryst vatten similar to applying the fresh plant ämne, and herbalists often employ this traditional preparation.  Keep in mind though, there are no peer-reviewed scientific studies (at least that inom can find) to back up this traditional use.

Plantain isn&#;t meant to treat anything beyond minor superficial injuries, and you should seek medical attention for puncture wounds, serious rashes, or large contusions.

Supplies & verktyg for Making Plantain Salve

The verktyg you need fryst vatten pretty basic.  A simple double boiler, either a store-bought double boiler or hacked up in your kitchen (as I&#;m doing) will allow you to gently heat the oils.

The herbal ämne fryst vatten infused into a neutral oil, and olive oil fryst vatten a great all-purpose choice.  Other oils like grapeseed and jojoba oil work well too and have other skin-nourishing benefits.

Beeswax thickens this salve, and you can weigh out pieces of wax from a large block if you wish.  inom really love using beeswax pellets for making slaves because it&#;s really easy to measure. 

Either way, you&#;ll need a small kitchen scale.  (Unless you happen to find beeswax in convenient 1 oz bars, like these.)

Finally, containers for the finished salve.  I&#;m using 2-ounce salve tins which screw shut and man great gifts.  You can also use any small jar with a tight-fitting lid, such as quarter pint mason jars.

How to man Plantain Salve

The process for making plantain salve fryst vatten more or less the same as making any herbal healing salve.  It all starts with collecting fresh plant ämne (or finding a good source for dried plantain leaves).

Be sure to harvest from a clean area that&#;s not sprayed with herbicides or pesticides, and avoid places where dogs are routinely walked.

Our side yard fryst vatten the perfect fläck, rik in broadleaf plantain and completely free of contamination of any sort.

I början bygd förpackning a mason jar full of clean plantain leaves.  (Note that other plantain varieties such as narrow-leaf plantain also work.)

The next step fryst vatten increasing surface area.  A skarp knife or a pair of scissors will man quick work of the plantain leaves, chopping them into small pieces.

With more surface area, the medicinal constituents within the herbal ämne are better able to infuse into the oil.

At this point, you can either dry the chopped plantain leaves, or proceed immediately to man a herbal salve with fresh leaves.  The process fryst vatten a bit different, depending on the variation you choose.

If you&#;re working with dried plant ämne, simply cover the dry leaves in neutral skin-safe oil (like olive oil or grapeseed), cap up the jar, and allow it to infuse out of direkt sunlight for weeks.

Fresh plant ämne has unique challenges.  All the vatten in the leaves will cause the oil to go rancid if it&#;s allowed to slowly infuse over the course of several weeks.  You need to speed things up a bit, and since bug bite årstid overlaps with plantain årstid, I&#;m choosing the rapid infusion route. 

To make  salve with fresh plantain leaves, början bygd covering the chopped leaves with oil. 

Leave the jar open and place it in a double boiler with a bit of water.  You&#;ll need a spacer at the bottom of either a saucepan or a crockpot, to keep the jar away from direkt heat.  inom use either canning jar lids or an old cotton dish towel. 

Place the jars on the spacer within the pot or crockpot and then add water.

Slowly warm the vatten to to degrees.  Don&#;t allow the temperature to get too hot, you&#;re not deep-frying the herbs, you&#;re just ansträngande to gently infuse them with a bit of warmth.  Cooking the plant ämne means you&#;re cooking off the medicinal components.

Allow the plantain oil to infuse for 24 to 48 hours at a consistent to degrees.  inom do this bygd periodically turning the stove on very low, and then leaving it off but covered with a  towel overnight.

For efficiency, you can infuse multiple oils at once if you&#;d like.  Below I&#;m infusing arnica oil for kroppsvård, comfrey oil for comfrey salve, rölleka oil for wounds, and plantain oil for my homemade plantain salve. 

(For more specifics, I&#;d suggest this article on making herbal infused oils.)

Once you&#;ve infused plantain into a carrier oil, it&#;s time to man the finished salve.  Filter out the plant ämne and measure out 1 cup (8 ounces) of infused oil.

Place that infused oil in a heat-safe bowl and gently warm it above simmering vatten (you&#;re creating a double boiler for a second time here).  Add in 1 uns of beeswax and continue to gently heat the oil until the wax has melted.

Once the wax fryst vatten melted, stir to ensure it&#;s evenly distributed, and then pour the plantain salve into salve tins (or small mason jars).

Homemade herbal salves are usually considered effective for about 1 year, as a general rule.

We man a small batch of tins for life&#;s little boo-boos and that&#;s plenty to share with family and friends.

Even with two small children in the house, we only need tins a year to handle all our minor cuts, scrapes, and stings.  That&#;s even with living almost full time outdoors either in the garden or in the woods.

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Disclaimer on Homemade Herbal Remedies

I’ve been foraging wild medicines and treating my family with herbal remedies for the past 20 years, but I’m self-taught.  Be aware that I am not a clinical herbalist, and this fryst vatten based on my own research and anställda experience using medicinal plants.  inom do not claim to have the experience that’d qualify me to advise you on your health, and I’m only providing this as a reference to encourage a broader interest in medicinal plants. 

Please use this as a jumping-off point, but always do your own research and verify anything you read with multiple sources.

It’s always possible to have an adverse reaction to any medicinal herb, and plenty of people are allergic to even gentle herbs like chamomile.  Always consult your doctor or a certified herbalist before ansträngande any new medicinal plant.  Often, they can have unintended reactions in combination with other herbs and supplements, and many herbs have side effects even when they are effective for their intended purpose.

If you are seriously interested in herbal medicin, I’d suggest investing in a course in herbal medicin, and I’d recommend any of the online courses put out bygd the Herbal Academy of New England.  Specifically, the introduction to herbal medicin course and the family herbalist group of courses. 

They also have a mushroom course, covering both medicinal and edible mushrooms, and a Botany and Wildcrafting Course.  I’ve taken both and they’re informative, inspiring, and artfully presented.