how to make spruce pitch salve
Iâm always on the lookout for medicinal plants. To make spruce pitch oil and salve, just find some pitch dripping from a tree, or some saturated bark on a limb or dead tree. If you have bark beetles, that shouldnât be a problem. Scrape off some pitch or saturated bark, place it in a jar and cover with an edible oil.alve is more convenient for a backpack, first aid kid, or in your bags while traveling. To make salve, pour the infused oil into a pan and add 1 Â½ to 2 Tbsp. of beeswax per cup of oil. Over very low heat, stir and melt the wax. Now, pour into a clean jar or a tin, and allow to cool and solidify before closing the lid.
Itâs easy to make spruce pitch salve and oil. There are no pine trees in our area, but if thatâs what you have, then you can substitute it for spruce, and make Pine Salve. Spruce pitch (and pine) has many wonderful uses, and is one of those little things I wouldnât want to be without in the woods.alve is more convenient for a backpack, first aid kid, or in your bags while traveling. To make salve, pour the infused oil into a pan and add 1 Â½ to 2 Tbsp. of beeswax per cup of oil. Over very low heat, stir and melt the wax. Now, pour into a clean jar or a tin, and allow to cool and solidify before closing the lid.