Over on Throwback at Trapper Creek a few weeks ago I read about making a salve from cottonwood buds. I had never heard of this and thought it sounded like a great item to have in the medicine cabinet. A cottonwood salve is good for aid in healing cuts, burns, bruises and as a topical anti-inflammatory. Mike has been having some issues with inflammation in his wrist and I was especially excited about this aspect.
We went out to a park at the confluence of the Columbia River and the Willamette River, a park rife with cottonwood trees. We wandered around a bit and collected the buds of the tree that had fallen on the ground.
We soaked the buds a bit to get the dirt and sand off of them.
Then we put them in oil to soak. They will keep like this for a year. We can (and may) at some point add the infused oil to beeswax, which will make it keep longer and would also make application a little less messy, I assume.
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