Making Black Drawing Salve
As noted in previous blog posts, we have made several batches of different salves over the years. However, we had not yet experimented with making black drawing salve. Black drawing salve gets its name from the color of the salve, which is owed to the activated charcoal powder that it contains. Husband's grandmother once shared her memories of buying black drawing salve from the Watkins representative that would come door-to-door when she was young. She mentioned that it was something they always had on hand for splinters, boils, insect bites, and minor irritations. We were looking forward to making our own medicinal drawing salve to have in the medicine cabinet. While some black drawing salves use corrosive ingredients that can be harmful, the recipe we found uses safe, natural ingredients. For our first time making this salve, we followed the recipe by Living Simply with Valerie . (Note: please go to the website for the recipe. We are will refrain from posting here in ord...