How to harvest pine resin and make an anti-microbial salve

RECIPE BELOW... Pine resin salve is one of the remedies I never leave home without, and it is so easy to find and harvest. Join me on a pine resin harvest outing in this video, and then learn how to make pine resin salve with me! NOTE OF CAUTION: Pine resin contains a compound called colophony, which 4.6% of people have an allergy to (Source here: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/.... If pine resin is new for you, please apply a small amount of salve to a small patch of skin on your wrist and wait 24 hours to see if you react. This kind of practice is good for any new medicine or compound you are using on your body, especially if you have sensitive skin. For the pine resin salve recipe, you’ll need…. 8 or 16 oz glass jar Disposable chopstick ½ cup (4oz) olive oil (in the video I say one cup, but 1/2 cup is the correct amount) 1 oz pine resin .65 oz beeswax 12 x ½ oz salve tins A pot with water and a stove Join my Patreon for exclusive content about foraging, herbalism and wild foods:   / thebackcountryherbalist