Nice & Comfrey

Homemade Anti-Bacterial Ointment

 We have made our very own anti-bacterial ointment from all natural ingredients and essential oils.  I like the thought that nothing is being absorbed into our bodies that we cannot recognize.  You can add anything else you would like, but remember to add the essential oils once the mixture has cooled.  Heat compromises the integrity of EOs.  If you search the web you can find a lot of recipes and tips.  This is the one we came up with after trying several different combinations.  (I'm still looking for a whipped body butter that doesn't harden to wax after it cools down - I'm getting closer, but that will be another day.)

If you try it, please post a picture of your product - I would love to see different results and hear your ideas as well!

Here's the system and ratios I used:

Create your anti-bacterial ointment:

I used 3/4 cup of dried calendula flower heads from our garden and steeped in 1 cup Grapeseed oil (grapeseed is less irritating to my husband's skin, but use what works for you - jojoba, olive, etc.) and 1 cup coconut oil for 24 hours on very, very low heat in a crock pot.

Then I strain everything through a vinyl mesh strainer and put the strained calendula oil into a sauce pot.  I heat it up to the low end of medium low and add about 1/2 cup beeswax pellets.  Once those melt, remove from heat and cool slightly.  Remember that heat will compromise the constituents in the essential oils, so cool enough to touch.  Stir in the essential oils you are using - we use melaleuca and lavender - 40 drops each and I like to add 15 drops of wild orange for the scent as well as additional healing properties.

Stir quickly to blend as it will start to set up on you.  Then pour into glass jars - should take four jelly jars.  Then LABEL, LABEL, LABEL!  The reason we make four is because we always give it away as a gift, especially for the Granddaughter's household - Gracie is an up-and-coming Softball player and needs healthy treatment for cuts and scrapes!

I hope you love this as much as my family does - I knew we had a winner when the hubs started worrying that we were getting low!

Have a blessed day,
Dreama

PS - Unless he gets a chainsaw, I'm pretty sure we have plenty for now........