Quick and Easy Cannabis Salve [Updated 2023]

I apologize, I’m not the blog writer, but I do make a lot of salves, medicated & otherwise. So just wanted to answer your question based on my experience.

I’m not sure if this particular salve will smell at all as my formulation is quite different from this one in terms of base oils, the manner in which I infuse my oils etc. But if it does & if you’d prefer it to *not* smell, you can always add some essential oils. Many easily mask or blend with the smell of cannabis in salves as essential oils have their own mixture of natural terpenes, making the smell of cannabis much less pronounced. The essential oils will also add to the healing properties of the salve, which is a bonus.

Lavender & eucalyptus works really nicely together in terms of scent & effect on the body. Lavender & rosemary as well. Premeasure your essential oils & add them *after* your wax has melted & you’ve removed your salve mixture from the heat. In this case, bc this salve is whipped, I’d add the eo-s right before whipping it. You can find loads of material & things online in regards to uses/terpenes/safety etc.

Essential oils are not prohibitively expensive if buying from a reputable essential oil supplier. One I like is New Directions Aromatics (I’m in no way associated with them other than as a customer). They provide MSDS with most things they sell, which many companies don’t, and they’ve got a great online store. I always go with 100ml bottles, minimum. It’s about the same price as I’d pay retail for a much smaller bottle (30ml) of inferior, pre-diluted product. Don’t waste your money on expensive oils from crazily expensive pyramid scheme essential oil ‘specialists’ which make ridiculous claims about their stuff being better or ‘purer’. They lie.

Good luck & enjoy your salve ? I don’t know what I’d do without mine. They’re so incredibly healing.

Yes put some drops of lavender essential oil in the jar so it’s smells like lavender and tell them it’s lavender facial cream.

Salve-maker here again.

You can replace the beeswax with candelilla wax however, candelilla wax is harder than beeswax so you’ll have to adjust the amount slightly (use less candelilla than beeswax). Salves are pretty hard to screw up, fortunately. If your product winds up being too stiff, add a small amount of oil to it til you get to the consistency you want.

Yes, mild high.

Hey Jess, this “hole in the middle” is because as the beeswax cools it shrinks. You’ll see the same thing if you make lip balm or candles. There are a few ways to avoid/fix it. Candle makers will often do a double pour. So pour it mostly full then wait until the hole starts to form as it hardens, and do a second pour that will fill the whole and cover the top layer. Or, you can use a hair dryer (if you haven’t used a tonn of beeswax) or a heat gun to melt the top so it fills the hole in.

Hope that helps!

I have been trying to figure out the same thing, in 2018 lol! Does anyone know if the Lecithin helps absorption topically? Thanks!

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sounds awesome!

I have been making my own for 3 months now. And I help others by giving them some. It has helped me so much. I use it daily. I do decarbonize my THC trim. I add 1000mg to mine. May try a 50/50 cream. THC/CBD

There are several factors that could play into your problem. Does your end product *taste* burnt? If not, I’d personally go ahead & use it, see how it works. No use throwing out potentially good medicine, especially since it’s not going into edibles.

I usually use the MB2e now & have always decarbed before infusing my oils. Previously I had infused my oils manually but still decarbed (also manually), so I’ve been able to compare the two methods (manual infusion vs mechanical).

I haven’t ever noticed any burnt smell in my end product, even after several cycles of freezer/MB2e on the same batch. Perhaps you’re decarbing too long, or at too high a temperature? Or using too high a temperature/too long a cycle on the MB?

If you’re having problems decarbing, maybe try the Lift or the Nova, which do it for you (but only a ½oz at a time). I purchased one & have used it a few times but haven’t noticed any difference between manually or ‘mechanically’ decarbing, maybe just because of the method I use, so you might not want to drop $200+ on that unless you’re having serious problems doing it yourself. I’m also not a fan of the fact that the inner canister on the Lift is aluminum, which is a known neurotoxin, contributing to Alzheimer’s etc, so it’s gathering dust. Why bother buying high quality plant material when you’re just poisoning yourself anyways? The upside is that it contains the stink.

What are you using to decarb now? Glass pans? Turkey bags? Aluminum bakeware (try to avoid if at all possible)? Dark aluminum bakeware (those horrific, nonstick pieces of garbage) heats up more than regular bakeware, so you need to adjust the temperature of your oven to avoid burnt material. Noticed that years ago when baking cookies. Those pans burned the bottom of everything.

I’ve also read statements online made by owners of the previous MB model that it supposedly decarbed for you (told to them by the company). Apparently they changed this in the newer model. Perhaps that’s the problem? If you have the older model, decarbing your plant material beforehand may be overkill.

Yes, you can. I do it all the time for myself. And the bonus is, it has already decarbed after being heated in your vaporizer, saving you some time & effort.

I keep a glass jar of the highest quality olive oil I can find sitting on the counter – between 250-500ml olive oil – which I dump all of my ABV into immediately after exhausting it in my vaporizer, while it’s still warm. After a few months, I run it all through my Magical Butter Machine for no longer than 20 minutes at the lowest heat setting, then immediately use it in my own personal salve, massage oil, oral drops etc (I make sure all my waxes/butters are pre-melted & ready to go, so I can just quickly add this ABV oil to it, then my essential oils once it’s completely off the heat).

That being said, I do NOT ever use ABV in products I make for clients, friends or family. I repeat, EVER. Not because it doesn’t work. It most definitely does. But personally, I would not be impressed at all if I found out I was buying a product with vaporizer leftovers. I look at it from the customer’s point of view. It’s just nasty & gross…possibility of saliva etc in there, no idea how long they’ve stashed their ABV before using it *bleh* *gag*

Hey Kimberly, thanks for your questions. Luckily, you can use salves all day long without getting high! Cannabinoids cannot reach the bloodstream through topical application, which means the THC in them will not reach the brain (unless you buy them specifically as a ‘transdermal’ product designed for getting to the bloodstream – my recipes are not transdermal.) Decarbing the weed, in your case, isn’t necessary for creating the ‘high’, but for the chemical change from THCA to THC. While you can absolutely make salve using non-debarbed flower, and non-activated cannabinoids do have some medical value, the body doesn’t process the acidic (or non-activated) form of cannabinoids as well, so for pain relief in a localized area, activated THC and CBD may work better for you. As far as potency, that is going to depend on how strong your cannabis is when you start. If you want to be accurate, I recommend investing in a TCheck to take the guess work out of it! Good luck to you!

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