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Walnut tree with nuts and homemade black walnut salve.

Black Walnut Salve Recipe

Charlotte Anderson @ Carolina Honeybees, LLC
This simple black walnut salve recipe combines infused oil with beeswax and optional essential oils to create an old-fashioned herbal salve using the green hulls of foraged walnuts.
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Tools

Supplies
 

  • 3.5 oz black walnut infused oil (100g)
  • 0.5 oz beeswax (14g)
  • 21 drops essential oils (optional)
  • 4 drops vitamine e oil (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Add beeswax to a double boiler and heat on low until fully melted.
    Melting beeswax in a small pot.
  • Pour in the black walnut infused oil and stir gently until completely combined.
    Step by step instructions for making walnut salve.
  • Remove from heat and add essential oils, if using. Stir again.
    Essential oils ready to add to melted walnut salve.
  • Pour the warm salve mixture into tins or small jars.
    Black walnut and beeswax salve cooling in tins.
  • Let cool and solidify completely before adding lids and labels.
    Finished tin of salve made with black walnuts.

Notes

**Recipe Card Infused Oil Note
Before you begin: This recipe uses 3.5 oz (100 g) of prepared black walnut infused oil. See the instructions above for making the oil from fresh green walnut hulls.
Store in a cool, dark place. Shelf life is up to 1 year, or until the oil begins to smell rancid.
As with any new homemade skin care product, test a small amount on a patch of skin before using it more widely.
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