An Herbal Medicine Chest

It’s easy to make your own Herbal Medicine Chest. You can customize it to fit your family’s needs. You can use any type of container, plastic, cardboard, whatever.

To store your Herbal Medicine Chest, pick a cool, dry, dark place. Not your bathroom as there is too much moisture there. A pantry or linen closet would be nice, but make sure that you can access it easily.

There are a few basic items that all Herbal Medicine Chest’s need. They are as follows.

Standard ingredients for making your herbal remedies:

Extra Virgin Olive Oil for making herbal infusions and salves.

Beeswax (a good quality) for making salves

Honey to sweeten bitter herbs and syrups

Vodka or alcohol for tinctures

Wine for tonics

Petroleum jelly for making ointments

Essential oils

Gauze pads

Gauze bandages

Cotton balls

Adhesive tape

Tweezers

Scissors

Clean, unbleached, cotton material cut into washcloth-sized squares

Customize your chest with what your family needs. If you have small children, for example, you might want to keep on hand more of the gauze pads and bandages than other families. The above list is very basic and you can add or subtract to fit you.