hand and butt salve (formerly known as garden salve)

My hands are always beaten up because I do things.  Garden.  Cook.  Play in earth plaster and cob.  I found a garden salve that I really ilked and works on my hands.  The ingredients are simple:  olive oil, beeswax, calendula, and comfrey.  It goes on a little oil and then soaks right in.  All my hurts heal faster.  

Then the Smalles Short Person came along.  This works better then anything else on his butt.  It can make the slightest red go away in less then a hour.  

I knew it would be not hard to make so I tried.  It turned out well.  A little softer then what I had purchased but it is actually easier to get a bit on my hands.  If it hits 116 again this summer, I will need to add a bit more beeswax!

Hand and Butt Salve

3/4 cup olive oil

1/2 cup dried calendula flowers

1/2 cup dried comfrey leave

3/4 ounces beeswax

In a pot, put the olive oil, calendula, and comfrey.  You want to heat this until just warm and keep it there for 20 minutes.

Cut the beeswax into tiny pieces (it does make it easier to measure).

Strain the calendula and comfrey out of the oil.  I strained into a large tomato tin that I had cleaned.  Put the tin with the oil in a waterbath (water in a pot that is hot and stays hot).  Slowly, drop in the beeswax, stirring all the time.  When all the beeswax is in, stir until melted.

Pour into jars.

It firms up a bit more then this but it is very green and smells that way.  But it really soothes the skin.