![]() ![]() Comfrey Salve with Chamomile Recipe Ingredients It is a great resource for learning two different methods of infusing herbal oils. If you are unfamiliar with making herbal infusions, I highly suggest this guide from Mountain Rose Herbs. ![]() Then you can use that infusion in the herbal salve. First you will need to make an herbal infusion. It is really quite a lovely olive colored salve. Both tamanu oil and avocado oil give this salve its deep green color. ![]() Tamanu oil penetrates skin well and helps it to regenerate quickly. Avocado oil is deeply moisturizing and nourishing. Both are great for irritated or inflamed skin. I included skin-nourishing oils like avocado and tamanu. It’s very soothing for sunburn or windburn and I like to keep it on hand in the kitchen. While this salve isn’t for open wounds, it does work well on dry, irritated, or inflamed skin. I use it in my baby cream and now in this comfrey salve. Chamomile has strong anti-inflammatory properties making it ideal for sensitive or irritated skin. It has a lovely honey-like aroma and is very soothing to irritated skin. People often use it with sprains, broken bones, and other painful external injuries.Īnother herb that I love to infuse is chamomile. It makes a wonderful poultice for sore areas, a lovely infused oil for bumps and bruises, and a nourishing salve for skin. When used correctly, comfrey has numerous benefits. There is some debate as to the level of pyrrolizidine alkaloids naturally occurring in comfrey but I prefer to be safe rather than sorry and keep my personal use to external skin without open wounds. Overuse of substances containing PAs can lead to severe liver damage.” The Herbal Academy has this to say about comfrey: “Comfrey also contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), a known hepatotoxic agent. It should not be used internally, on broken skin, on open wounds, with children, or if you are pregnant or nursing. It’s important to note that comfrey comes with a few cautions. It’s a lovely green herb that has been used for centuries in herbal medicine. Lately I have been experimenting with comfrey. I love trying new combinations of oils and herbs. This summer, I also infused my own lavender in this aromatic carrier oil. Lately I have been doing all sorts of experimenting with herbal infusions for salves and creams.Ī few months ago I infused vanilla beans to make this decadent Homemade Vanilla Infused Oil . This DIY comfrey salve with chamomile is great for sunburn, windburn, and many other skin conditions. ![]()
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