Ingredients;
Calendula flowers
Manuka seeds
Kawakawa leaves
Extra virgin olive oil
Beeswax
1.Gather Manuka seeds, dry and pound them and macerate for 6 weeks covered in olive oil
2.Gather Kawakawa leaves on a fine day and chop and macerate them fresh in olive oil for 6 weeks
3.Gather calendula flowers and lay them out to dry and macerate the dried flowers in olive oil for 6 weeks
4.Strain out the herbs through filter paper into separate bottles and label
5.Combine 50ml Manuka oil, 75ml calendula oil & 75ml kawakawa oil in a basin in water bath
6.Grate 30g beeswax and heat gently until the wax is melted. Stir well to combine and pour into warmed pots, still stirring to keep the ointment smooth.
7.Cover tightly and label
(ref: A Herbalists Medicine Making Workbook by Gillian Painter)
What can the busg balm be used for please email me. Can it be used for chapped lips and sores and injuries? Open sores?
Kia ora Ray
Calendular & kawakawa both have healing properties and manuka antibacterial properties. There is no reason why you couldn’t use it on chapped lips, to soothe dry skin or minor skin irritations. But I would not use it necessarily on open sores as it has the potential to trap any infection in the wound and make the condition worse due to the occlusive nature of a balm. Donna
I’m a gardener and get seasonal allergic eczema, a co-worker gave me a jar of homemade bush balm and it cleared my eczema up in less than a week and helped keep it away. Today I used it on my irritated arms after a day pulling goosegrass and stinging nettle, it’s worked wonders.