US Farm Magazine Offers Apitherapy Recipes

Homemade Health & Beauty Recipes
Countryside & Small Stock Journal, 5/1/2006

For cough syrup: Warm 1/2 cup honey. Add 4 tablespoons fresh or bottled lemon juice. Store in sterilized glass bottle in refrigerator up to 2 months. Take 2 tablespoons every 2 hours for cough.

For respiratory ailments: Mix 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme in a little honey. Take orally as needed to sooth inflamed lungs and airways.

Another Cough Syrup: Mix 5 teaspoons cider vinegar and 5 tablespoons honey. Take as needed.

Sore Throat and Cough: Put half a clove of garlic and one small onion cut in quarters in a jar. Cover with honey and let sit for several hours. Then eat by the teaspoonful as often as needed.

Homemade Balm Recipes Protect Your Lips

Honey Lip Balm

1/4 cup almond oil
1 tablespoon beeswax
1-1/2 teaspoons honey
1/4 teaspoon essential oil

In a double boiler, melt the almond oil and beeswax. Remove from heat and immediately stir in the honey and essential oil. Pour into small lidded containers (lip balm tubes or tins). Let cool before covering. Makes 10 small tins

Lemon Lip Balm

1 tablespoon petroleum jelly
1/2 teaspoon beeswax, grated
5 dropslemon oil

In a small microwave-proof bowl, heat the petroleum jelly and beeswax for 30 seconds on high until melted. Remove from oven. Stir in the lemon oil. Pour the mixture into a small jar or tin. I like to use beeswax beads. They are easy to measure and it beats hacking away at a solid block of beeswax. The beeswax beads, as well as lip balm tubes and tins, can be ordered from Rainbow Meadow; www.rainbowmeadow.com or toll free 1-800-207-4047. They also carry essential oils and soap supplies...

The original recipe for this hand balm called for palm kernel oil and coconut oil. But I found I can mix equal parts of butter, olive oil and beeswax, melt it until it will run and pour it into a container. The container can be either molds or something with a lid. I just rub my fingers over the top then rub it into my hands. Keeps them nice and soft.