Small-batch herbalism · Ontario, Canada

Herbal infused oils, salves and balms — slow-made from organic and wildcrafted plants

Six weeks of infusion, not six minutes of blending. That is why the oils come out this dark, and why they help this much.

Find what you need Read the herb library

Herbal oils, salves and dried botanicals arranged on a pale work surface

Nurtur Health makes herbal infused oils, salves, balms and body butters in Ontario, Canada. Every product begins as a six-week maceration of organic or responsibly wildcrafted plant material in organic olive or jojoba oil, using the alcohol-intermediary method. No synthetic preservatives, no fragrance oils, no colourants — the colour you see is the plant.

What are you trying to soothe?

All concerns

Dry, cracked skin Sensitive & reactive skin Aches & sore muscles Baby & pregnancy Beard & shave Bath & bedtime

In stock from this season's batch

See the whole range

Twenty-five products are on the Amazon.ca listing today. Everything else is between batches — join a waitlist and you will hear the morning it is bottled.

Amber bottle of dark green comfrey infused oil

Symphytum officinale

Comfrey Herbal Oil

Six-week maceration, 1:7 in organic olive oil

From $18.00 CAD

Abies balsamea

Balsam Fir Herbal Oil

Foraged in Muskoka, infused from the needle tips

$25.00 CAD

Symphytum · Plantago · Cera alba

Skin Repair Comfrey Salve

For rough hands, cracked heels, weathered skin

From $38.00 CAD

Dropper bottle of triple rose botanical face serum

Rosa damascena

Botanical Face Oil Serum Triple Rose

Rose petal, rosehip and rose geranium in jojoba

$50.00 CAD

The method

Why it takes six weeks

Most "botanical" oils are a carrier oil with an essential oil stirred in. An infusion is a different thing entirely: the whole plant sits in the oil until the oil has taken what it can hold.

Read the full method

Forage and dry

Evergreens and St John's Wort gathered at peak potency in Muskoka; everything else organic.

Prime with alcohol

A small measure of ethanol sanitises the herb and opens the cell walls — the alcohol-intermediary method taught by Master Herbalist Kami McBride.

Macerate six weeks

Comfrey leaf to olive oil at 1:7, away from light, until the oil is opaque and dark green.

Press, bottle, date

Pressed by hand, blended with Canadian beeswax where a salve is called for, and labelled by batch.

The herb library

All 40 plants

What each plant is, what it is traditionally used for, and when not to use it. Written by Olga, sourced, and free.

Comfrey

Symphytum officinale

Latin for "to join." Rich in allantoin. Topical only, never on broken skin — and here is exactly why.

Plantain leaf

Plantago major

The weed in your driveway. Cooling, allantoin-bearing, and the first thing to reach for when skin itches.

St John's wort

Hypericum perforatum

Wild-harvested at flowering. Turns oil blood-red. Raises sun sensitivity — read before you apply.