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Home Remedy for Burn

Make this simple lavender burn home remedy... a herbal salve for burns, bites and bruises (and cuts!)

A simple lavender salve, this recipe uses shea butter and other healing oils, herbs and essential oils to make a gentle yet powerful healer for damaged skin.

A salve is simply a healing ointment for the skin, usually a base of beeswax and oil. Herbal medicine has been used for thousands of years to heal injuries. Herbal salve recipes have been in existence about that long too - because they work!

Lavender Home Remedy for Burn

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Shea Butter
• 1 tablespoon Beeswax, grated
• 1 tablespoon Virgin Coconut oil, Sweet Almond oil or Rosehip oil
• 1/4 teaspoon (or 1 capsule) Vitamin E
• 10 drops Lavender essential oil

Directions

1. Place the shea butter, beeswax and oil in the top part of a double boiler, warming slowly over a VERY low heat until they're melted
2. Remove from heat and add the lavender essential oil and vitamin E.
3. Pour into a dark glass or PET plastic jar. Store in a cool, dark place.

Powering Up Your Home Remedy Burn Treatment

• Mix 1 part dried herbs (such as calendula, comfrey, lavender or St. John's wort) with 2 parts oil (such as sweet almond or olive) in a container. Leave the mixture in a warm place for two or three weeks.
• Strain out the herbs and store the oil in a cool, dark place. The longer the herbs are left in the oil, the stronger it will be.

Other good carrier oils for burns are kukui nut oil, macadamia nut oil and olive oil.

Where to Buy Burn Home Remedy Ingredients

Vitamin E oil

Lavender essential oil

Glass jars

Where to Buy Natural Burn Remedies

St. John's Wort Herbal Oil
Replace the coconut, sweet almond or rosehip oil in the salve recipe above to strengthen your home remedy burn treatment. Or just apply it all by itself. St. John's Wort is a strong healer!

Comfrey Salve
An excellent "super salve" for healing skin, including superficial burns, minor nerve damage, inflammation and other minor injuries. Includes comfrey, St. John's Wort flowers and calendula.

Aloe vera gel
A famous home remedy for burns, wounds and skin conditions, aloe vera is soothing, cooling and healing. Just rub directly onto burned skin (gently!)

What Next?

Peppermint Lotion is also good for cooling and soothing hot, thirsty skin.

And, of course, making your own Sunscreen is a good way to prevent sunburn in the first place.

If you want to find more recipes with lavender in them, use the search box below.

Simply type in "lavender" (without the quotes) and hit Search. Every page on this website that includes the word Lavender will pop up. Poke through them and decide what recipe to try next.

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