Crafty Kitchen Witch

This is Lacey She is our beautiful 6 year old Shih Tzu, we have raised from a baby and has been a wonderful bouncy joy to live with, everyday she has made our life better, she is such a good little girl.  Sadly we were told one of our dogs in our family has cancer and wasn't expected to live more than 2 weeks. Well although she is very frail now, she doesn't seem to be in severe pain and has outlived the 2 weeks now. I have made her a pain salve that I apply to her though just to help. It seems to help swelling and her appetite goes up and down. They gave us steroids to use and we tried them for a few days but decided to stop because they seem to cause problems. I have also made her dog biscuits that she likes. Trying to make her life more happy even if it has been shortened by rotten cancer cells. If anyone has any other things they have used please share. This is our little girl, we love her dearly, she is a shih tzu, 6 years old,. way to young for this to happen. ...

Ointments are made by adding fat or wax to oils.  The proportion of oil to fat will determine the consistency of the finished salve.  A 20% mixture of wax to 80% oil is common practice.  So for every pound of wax, or fat being used four pounds of medicinal oil is to be used. Depending on what the ointment is to be used for will determine on the amount of what oils you use.  Most ointments are produced by combining different medicinal oils.  If you know what salve you are making from the start in most cases all the herbs required can be proportioned and added together while making the oil.  This will save a huge amount of work and time if only one or two different salves are to be made. The first step is to mix the required oils in a pot and heat to around 150 degrees F.  In a separate pot melt your fat or wax.  Besides the fact that many people don't like the idea of rubbing fat onto there bodies the ointment wont last long it is best ...