20+ Homemade Herbal Salves | Practical Self Reliance

Easy herbal remedies you can make at home

Herbal salves are easy to make home remedies for all manner of issues, and they’re often made mid-summer when herbs are at their peak.

Herbal salves can be made from a wide variety of medicinal herbs, many of which are considered common weeds. Salves are used to soothe anything from dry skin, eczema, bug bites and sunburn, to deeper issues like sore muscles and bruising. Whether you forage for these herbs in the wild, harvest them from your garden, or order them online, you’ll love how easy it to make your own herbal salves at home!

Read More: 20+ Herbal Salve Recipes

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If you dont have access to fresh herbs this summer, or you want to make something a bit more exotic, Mountain Rose Herbs gave me a coupon code to share with you for the month of July. Use the code MRHPartner15 for 15% off through July 31st 2023.

Things You Might Need This Week

• 12+ Ways to Use Bee Balm ~ While most people grow this perennial for it’s beauty in the flower garden, it’s also both edible and medicinal. It’s related to Oregano, and it’s used as a seasoning in the Medeteranean. It’s also a potent medicinal that we make into bee balm oxymel and bee balm tincture each year.

• 20+ Edible Garden Weeds ~ I know, weeding is no fun…so why not turn it into harvesting instead? Many common garden weeds are tasty wild edibles.

• Homemade Worchestershire Sauce ~ This versatile condiment it really easy to make at home, and it’s amazing in summer burgers on the grill. Once you make your own, you’ll never go back to the store bought stuff.

Homemade Bee Balm Oxymel

Seasonal Preserving

This time of year, we’re canning everything under the sun and it’s hard to give you links to every single individual recipe. Instead, I’ll give you lists for every contingency, no matter what you’re growing or harvesting!

Here’s my master list of canning recipes, but I’ve also broken them down a bit further.

Water Bath Canning:

• 50+ Fruit Canning Recipes

• 30+ Jam Canning Recipes

• 30+ Tomato Canning Recipes

Pressure Canning:

• 30+ Soup Canning Recipes

• 50+ Meal in a Jar Canning Recipes

• 50+ Pressure Canning Recipes

• 30+ Meat Canning Recipes

• 50+ Vegetable Canning Recipes

Things I’m Loving

• Portable Power Banks ~ Earlier this week, I wrote a comprehensive review of all the portable power banks and solar generators on the market. I’ve been working on this for a year now, researching and testing various models…and I’m finally done. It’s over 8,000 words…and everything you could ever possibly want to know about portable battery power for camping and emergencies. My absolute favorite came from Bluetti, but if weight and portability is your main concern, Jackery makes them a bit lighter for camping.

Testing solar generators in front of our home rooftop solar array

What are you harvesting, preserving, building, or exploring on your homestead this week? I’d love to hear about it!

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Until Next Time,

Ashley at Practical Self Reliance