How to Make a Natural Acne Treatment
Making this natural acne treatment is easy with this two-step process that anyone can do. You'll create an effective homemade salve to treat your acne that you can also use as a spot treatment for the occasional isolated pimple or blemish!
Yield: 4 ounces
Equipment
- 1 Double Boiler or Saucepan with Heatproof Bowl
- 1 Wide-mouth pint-sized glass jar with lid
- 1 Twelve-ounce glass bottle with tight-fitting cap (preferably a dark colored bottle)
- 1 Four-ounce glass jar with tight-fitting lid (preferably a dark colored jar) Alternatively, you can use small metal tins.
Materials
To Make Infused Oil
- Jojoba Oil sufficient amount to cover the dried roots and flowers
- Dried Barberry Root sufficient amount to add 1/3 to a pint-sized jar
- Dried Oregon Grape Root sufficient amount to add 1/3 to a pint-sized jar
- Dried Calendula Flowers sufficient amount to add 1/3 to a pint-sized jar
To Make Natural Acne Treatment Salve
- 1/2 cup Infused Oil (from above recipe)
- 1/8 cup Beeswax Pellets or Grated Beeswax
- 20 drops Helichrysum Itilucum Essential Oil, optional
Instructions
- Fill the pint jars with 1/3 Oregon Grape Root, 1/3 Barberry Root, and 1/3 Calendula Flowers. (Since the flowers are the largest of the herbs, include them last and do not compact the herbs.)
- Fill the jar with sufficient Jojoba Oil to within a half inch of the rim of the jar. Make sure all the flowers and roots are submerged under the oil.
- Allow the flowers and roots to steep in the oil for 6 weeks in a warm place. A sunny windowsill is fine.
- After 6 weeks, place a mesh strainer over a bowl, empty the contents of the jar into the strainer, and allow the oil to drain into the bowl. DO NOT press down on the herbs.
- Decant the oil into a bottle with a tight-fitting screw-on lid.
- When you are ready to make the natural acne treatment salve, set up a double boiler on a stovetop set to its lowest setting.
- Pour 1/2 cup of the infused oil into the top of the double boiler.
- Add 1/8 cup of beeswax pellets or grated beeswax into the double boiler along with the oil.
- Stir well and allow the beeswax to melt.
- Once the beeswax has melted, turn off the heat and transfer the top of the double boiler to a heat-proof surface. If you are using the helichrysum essential oil, add the drops now to the warm oil and stir well to incorporate.
- Carefully transfer the warmed oil to a 4 ounce jar or divide among small metal containers.
- Once cooled, put the lid on the jar or metal containers. Store in a cool, dry place.
- For best efficacy, use within one year.
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Notes
RECIPE NOTES:
- Remember to always use a patch test before using this natural acne treatment on your face or other parts of your body.
- To use this natural acne treatment salve, take a small amount the size of a pea, rub it between your palms, and then apply to your face. For larger areas of the body, follow the same process but use a dime-sized amount.