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Bug bites sticks and salve tins laying on a table with some luffa
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Homemade Bug Bite Sticks

Roll up stick of itch relief salve for bug bites and stings.
Keyword bug bite stick, homemade body products, itch relief
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 days
Finishing Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 days 20 minutes
Servings 30
Author Christina

Equipment

  • 1 Crock pot
  • 13 chap stick tubes or some small containers

Ingredients

Steeping Ingredients

  • 2 Teaspoons Dried Plantain Leaf
  • 3 Teaspoons Dried Lavender Flowers
  • 1 ½ Teaspoons Dried Echinacea Leaf
  • 1 ½ Teaspoons Dried Echinacea Root
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 3 Tablespoons Coconut Oil

Finishing Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon Lanolin
  • 1/2 c Beeswax

Instructions

  • Turn your crock pot on the lowest setting and add the steeping ingredients to infuse for two to three days. Watch it carefully so it doesn’t get too hot. You can turn it off at night.
  • After a couple days, strain your oil with cheesecloth or a fine strainer.
  • Clean out your crock pot, then return your infused oil to the crock pot.
  • Add finishing ingredients to the oil and stir until dissolved and combined.
  • Pour the mixture into empty chapstick tubes or small tins.