Oct 27, 2007 Posted in From the Garden, Recipes

Comfrey Salve

 

Comfrey is a beautiful plant with large furry leaves and beautiful lavender flowers. It can be dried as a tea or made into a soothing salve with only a small investment of time. Although, it is a couple processes that need a few weeks.

Gather clean, healthy leaves after the plant has finished blooming. Pack them in a wide mouth 2 quart jar. Fill the jar with olive oil and cover. Keep out of direct sunlight and occasionally tip the jar upside down and then upright again.

After a few weeks the oil will become very dark green. Strain the oil into the top of a double boiler. Put water in the bottom of the double boiler and heat. Add some drops of your favorite fragrant oils like rosemary, lavender or both as the mixture is heating. Add about a teaspoon of vitamin E oil. Add beeswax piece by piece until the texture hardens on a testing spoon. Pour into small, clean jars and wait until cooled to put lids on the jars.