Easy Chest Rub
1 Tbsp Coconut oil
10 drops eucalyptus essential oil
You may also add peppermint essential oil, if desired.
Combine in a small dish. Massage into chest as needed.
First, assemble ingredients
¾ cup olive oil
Dried herbs--4 parts comfrey, 3 parts plantain leaves, 2 parts red clover blossoms, 1 part burdock leaf, 1 part chamomile flowers - You will need enough to fill the oil
(The comfrey and plantain are pretty special, but the other herbs you may be able to alter for herbs found in your area. However, I know comfrey is available in some places in Africa, and a lady who flew to Germany recently told me she saw plantain growing there.)
Later, you'll need: ½ cup beeswax grated, packed in a cup 2 tsp frankincense powder
First, infuse herbs into the oil by filling the oil with the herbs until full, but not overflowing. Cook oil and herbs for 3 hours in a double boiler over very low heat. (The oil should not boil). Strain herbs out.
Strain herbs out. Next, place the strained oil in a short glass jar or jars. Place the lower portion of the jar into water in a pot (be careful not to get water in your oil). Add beeswax and frankincense powder, cooking until beeswax is melted. Remove to cool, stirring every 15 minutes until firmed.
Herbal Salve
Note: I have done a side-by-side comparison between this herbal salve and the Easy Beeswax Lotion recipe, and every time the portion of skin coated with the herbal salve heals faster. However, because this contains comfrey, you probably do not want to use it on a puncture wound. (Comfrey can cause very rapid healing and may heal surface tissue too fast, blocking necessary oxygen to the inside of a puncture wound.) We have used this salve for several things including the skin rash pictured below that nothing else seemed to work for.
Strep and Sore Throat Remedy
Blend together about 4 Tbsp activated charcoal and 4-6 garlic cloves depending on the size in 4 or 5 cups of water. Gargle this as long as you can. If the sore throat is to far down it will not hurt you to swallow this. Do this repeatedly until the sore throat feels better and repeat as necessary. This has actually worked for my husband when he had been out of commission with a sore throat for a week. He was in dire pain and basically couldn't swallow and none of the normal sore throat remedies worked. He gargled and drunk the whole blenderful and in about 20 minutes his sore throat was gone. He did do another blenderful just for good measure. Some say this is the only natural remedy for strep throat although I've heard of one using 1 Tbsp honey, 3-5 garlic cloves pressed and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper mixed up. They take 1/2 of mixture every waking hour for 24-48 hours. As a general rule 4 cloves of garlic = 1 dose of penicillin and no bad side effects.
Eye Drops
¼ to ½ tsp salt Pinch baking soda
8 oz (1/2 cup) distilled water
Boil water and add salt and baking soda. Pour into a dropper bottle. Cool before putting in the eyes. Keeps for about a week on the shelf. Longer if you refrigerate.