Meanwhile, this sounds cool

[annathepiper]

prairie_kittin recommends making and trying this if I'm going to be having radiation therapy. Even aside from the whole getting zapped thing, this sounds like pretty nifty stuff. Aloe and lavender, yum. Orange or peppermint also would not suck.

Calendula Salve:

1 cups safflower oil (high in vitamin E)
2 Tablespoons lavender flowers
1 Tablespoon calendula petals
1 Tablespoon Plantain leaves (optional)
Gel from 1 aloe vera leaf
2 vitamin E capsules, opened
10 drops tea tree essential oil (Melaluca) ½ cup beeswax

Add the herbs to the oil and let sit for 3 weeks in a dark place. (OR.. place the oil in a crock pot, add the herbs and simmer for 1 hour.)

Strain the herbs out of the oil.

Add the vitamin E and the tea tree oil to the herbed oil. (If you are going to be using this for chapped lips, you may want to add orange and peppermint essential oils to it, also)

Melt the beeswax CAREFULLY in the microwave in 15 second intervals. (Or in the top of a double boiler). Slowly add the oil to the wax. If they are not the same temperature, they will not mix well. If this happens, put the whole thing in the microwave and heat at 10 second intervals until it combines smoothly.

Pour into small baby food jars and use lavishly after radiation.