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This moisturizing salve is perfect for soothing dry cracked skin, helping sore and painful muscles, and makes a great lip balm! 

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The first step in making dandelion salve is to make dandelion infused oil. You can learn how to do that here! https://thesproutinghomestead.com/dandelion-infused-oil/

Dandelion Salve Recipe

Shelf life of salves is at least 9 months to a year.

Making this dandelion salve incredibly easy once your dandelion infused oil ready.

First you will need to warm the oil in a double boiler. You can create a double boiler by putting a small heat safe bowl or a glass Pyrex measuring cup over a pot with about an inch of simmering water. Just make sure the water isn’t directly touching the bowl. 

Put the dandelion oil, beeswax and shea butter into the small bowl or glass measuring cup, and heat until everything completely dissolves stirring occasionally. 

Add 10-15 drops of essential oils if you’d like, lavender, orange, and eucalyptus are my favourite. 

Carefully pour the warm mixture into small jars or tins, working quickly as it cools fast. Let sit until the salve sets up completely.

This recipe makes about 12 ounces of salve, or six 2 ounce tins. I used these metal 2 ounce tins.

How to use Dandelion Salve 

Dandelions have pain-relieving properties. The salve can simply be rubbed into sore and tense muscles or joints.

Helpful for cuts, scrapes, minor burns, sunburns, bug bites, or skin irritation, apply salve to the injury. It will help the wound heal and also nourish and moisturize the skin. 

Use it as an under eye cream, lip balm, cuticle oil, for dry cracked skin. 

These also make great gifts!

Dandelion Salve

You can use those bright yellow weeds growing in your backyard to make a dandelion salve. Its moisturizing and great for sore muscles, achy and arthritic joints, and dry cracked skin.

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Servings 12 Ounces

Ingredients

  

• 1 Cup Dandelion infused oil
• 1 Oz Shea Butter (Refined)
• 1 Oz Beeswax
• 10-15 Drops Essential Oils Lavender, orange

Instructions

 

Dandelion oil

• Put the dried dandelion flowers into a jar of any size (you can make as much or as little as you want) and cover them with the carrier oil of your choice.
• If you use coconut oil, it's helpful to melt it first, or use the hot extraction method. Let your dandelion oil sit in a dark place for 2-3 weeks, but not too much longer than that as it can spoil pretty quickly.
• Strain out the flowers using a fine mesh strainer and a clean cheese cloth.
• Store the jar in a dark cool place until ready to use. Will last 9 months to a year if stored properly.

Dandelion Salve

• Create a makeshift double boiler by putting a heat safe bowl or a glass Pyrex measuring cup over a pot with about an inch of simmering water. Make sure the water isn't directly toughing the bowl.
• Put the dandelion oil, beeswax and shea butter into bowl or Pyrex. Heat until its all dissolved, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the essential oils if using.
• Carefully pour the mixture into small jars or tins and let sit until the salve sets up completely.

Notes

This makes 12 ounces, or 6 2 oz tins.

Full recipe for Dandelion infused oil.

The salve will last 9 months to 1 year if stored properly. 

Use tins or recycle old jam jars for your salve!

Keyword Skin care

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