Sage and Rosemary Healing Salve

This recipe for homemade sage and rosemary salve is so easy and makes a delightful salve that can be used to sooth, heal and moisturize your skin.

This recipe for how to make sage and rosemary salve is an easy-to-make useful herbal salve. Making salves from herbs and other medicinal plants and weeds is a fun beneficial activity. This salve made from sage and rosemary has many possible benefits. It is amazing what wonderful properties that herbs really have.

You can grow herbs pretty easily. Especially sage and rosemary Here are pictures of my outdoor herb garden that I planted in 2 raised beds from Amazon. I loved this raised bed, it was very easy to put together, which was great!

I have also grown herbs inside in my mason jar hydroponic herb garden. Click on the link to see step by step instructions! It worked great to grow herbs using this technique!

My actual sage plant is huge. I have it in a separate wishing well planter and it comes back bigger every year.

My rosemary is growing in my raised garden I showed above.

Benefits of Sage for the Skin

This article describes the many benefits of sage for the skin.

As discussed in the article, sage is good for relieving several skin conditions, such as chapped skin, acne, eczema and psoriasis. The oil from sage has an astringent property and is often added to face and body washes. The article also discusses that sage can possibly improve skin’s appearance by stimulating cell renewal and increasing blood circulation and that the herb is rich in calcium and vitamin A needed for daily cell regeneration and can delay the onset of wrinkles! Sage can also possibly improve the appearance of varicose veins and can reduce cellulite. Sage can also be used for wound treatment and can possibly reduce UVA damage to the skin.

Benefits of Rosemary for the Skin

Rosemary is known to potentially have several health and skin benefits. This article from Healthline discusses that rosemary oil may reduce joint inflammation, pain relief, relieve dry skin and other skin conditions, increase circulation and repel certain bugs.

Rosemary is a versatile herb with many possible positive effects on the skin, which is why it is an ingredient in many creams and salves.

How to Make Sage and Rosemary Salve

To make salves, balms, lotions and lotion bars, you need to start with an infused oil.

How to Make an Infused Oil

To make the sage and rosemary salve infused oil, the first step is to pick the sage and rosemary leaves.

The second step to make an oil infusion is to dry the herbs. You can let the plants air dry by spreading them in a single layer on a dish towel or paper towel and let them dry for several days. The other option is to use a dehydrator set at a low setting.

The next step for the diy sage and rosemary salve is to make an infused oil with the leaves by steeping the dried herbs in a carrier oil over a period of time. As the dried herbs infuse in the oil (later strained), the natural essential oils in the leaves are drawn out and into the carrier oil. Different kinds of oils can be used including sweet almond oil, safflower oil, avocado oil, sweetgrass oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, jojoba oil or coconut oil.

Add the dried sage and rosemary to a glass jar. I like to use a pint mason jar.

The amount of oil you want will depend on how much salve or other items that you want to make. You will add about twice as much oil as your dried flowers or herbs. For example, you can add the flowers or herbs to a pint jar about halfway and then fill the jar almost to the top. If you want less, you can fill the jar about 1/4 up with herbs and then 1/2 way with oil. Also, you can make more than you plan to use for now and save the additional oil for later.

There are several options for making the oil infusion:

Slow infusion method: Just add the lid to the jar and put it away in a dark place for 4 to 6 weeks. Shake the jar every once in a while. You can also put the jar in direct sunlight for a couple weeks to infuse the oil.

Fast double boiler method: Place the jar in a saucepan of a couple inches of hot water and heat the water on low for about 2 hours. Or add the oil and dried herbs or flowers to a double boiler pan and let it simmer but not boil for 1 to 2 hours.

Fast crockpot method: Add your dried herbs or flowers and oil to the crockpot, make sure that the oil covers the herbs. Heat the oil slowly and keep the crockpot on warm. Try to keep the temp between 120-130 F. Let it heat for several hours.

Making the Sage and Rosemary Salve

The next step to follow these easy instructions to make the homemade sage and rosemary salve. First, strain the dried sage and rosemary from the infused sage and rosemary oil.

Once you have the strained sage and rosemary oil-infusion, add the desired amount to a double boiler, with a small saucepan, then add the beeswax and shea butter. My measurements are 1 cup infusion oil to 2 Tbsp. beeswax and 1 Tbsp. shea butter. I used 1/2 cup infusion oil to 1 Tbsp. beeswax and 1/2 Tbsp. shea butter for the sage and rosemary salve to make a smaller batch. It made 2 2-oz tins. A lot of recipes for salves that I have seen use measurements in grams and oz. I feel it is easier with simple measurements and the salve turned out great.

Stir until the beeswax pellets and shea butter melt.

When the beeswax and shea butter are melted, pour the mixture, which will be in liquid form, into 2 2- ounce tins or 2 ounce jars. Option is to add essential oils or scents and also to add mica powder for color. I did add some green colored mica powder to my oil.

Let the salve set and set up. It does not take very long for it to harden.

Enjoy!

Enjoy making and using your own sage and rosemary salve made from natural ingredients. It is very easy to make small batches of these salves from simple ingredients. The wonderful healing salve would also make a lovely gift!

I have made many other flower and herbal homemade salves including  salve from purple nettle, salve made from lavender, honeysuckle salve and a salve made from sage and also peony salve, elderflower salve, white clover salve, yarrow salve and lilac salve from flowers. I have also made some flower and herbal lotion bars including lotion bars from rose petals and lotion bars from sage, lilac and peony.

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