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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create a salve using St. John’s Wort blossom you harvested.

Minimum requirements:
  - Create a healing salve
  - Use St. John’s Wort blossom

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
  - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
  - Plant material in oil with a description of the oil and other ingredients you used in the oil or added to salve
  - Making the salve
  - Finished salve in a labeled container
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My St. John's Wort infused oil has transformed into a salve! The infused oil was made with St. John's Wort flowers in olive oil. I added 1 oz. of bees wax to 1 cup of infused oil and combined using a double boiler.
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St. John's Wort being harvested
St. John's Wort being harvested
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flowers in olive oil
flowers in olive oil
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strained completed infused oil
strained completed infused oil
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1 oz. bees wax
1 oz. bees wax
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melting the bees wax into the infused oil
melting the bees wax into the infused oil
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completed salve in labled container
completed salve in labled container
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Jeremy VanGelder approved this submission.

 
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I kept some St. John's Wort blossoms in extra virgin olive oil for 4 weeks, then strained it and added approx. 1/3 the same weight in beeswax, following one of the recipes linked to on the arnica salve page.  This is my first salve, and for some reason making salves feels like the real deal, as opposed to, say, teas and vinegar extracts!
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Harvested locally.
Harvested locally.
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Kept in olive oil for 1 month.
Kept in olive oil for 1 month.
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Filtered.
Filtered.
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Approx 3-1 oil-wax ratio.
Approx 3-1 oil-wax ratio.
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Melting over low heat.
Melting over low heat.
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Jarred, cooled and labelled.
Jarred, cooled and labelled.
 
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