Make a stinging nettle salve - PEP BB medicine.sand.salve.nettle

I didn't see a good post anywhere for the herb-infused oil ratio, but Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants by Scott Kloos tells me that for dried it is 1 part herbs (in grams) to 5 parts oil (in milliliters). I recommend drying your herbs rather than using fresh ones, as fresh herbs are more likely to cause mold/rot issues, & you need to use more of them for the same amount of oil. Fresh herbs also make your herb-infused oils less potent than dry herbs. Ultimately though, how you do it is up to you.

I am interrested in the circulation benefits of singing nettle, and I wonder how they will work topically? So I cold-infused this stinging nettle oil, in order to retain the sting of the herb. I infused it in olive oil, along with a tsp. or so of ginger and cayenne to also stimulate circulation. To make the salve, however, I was quite disappointed about how warm I had to heat this oil in order for the beeswax to melt into it. Perhaps I will try just an oil infusion next time and test the difference of perceived benefit. I just wanted it to be any easy-use cream, so I added once ounce of beeswax for this about one cup of oil created. It's for a neuropathy client of mine. I'll report how it goes! With permission, of course.