Here’s a recipe for herbal sunburn relief:

Simmer a handful of comfrey root with a handful of crushed marshmallow root in 1 cup of oil and 1 cup of white wine – for twenty minutes. Strain, and apply to burns or sunburns when cool.

Keep an eye on it and keep the heat very low.

I got this recipe from Jeanne Rose’s original herbal, Herbs and Things. I bought my copy in 1972 right after it was published, at a health food store in San Francisco’s Sunset District. A few months later I registered in a class about herbs at Heliotrope University in San Francisco, and Jeanne Rose was the teacher! The classes took place in her kitchen, so I got to see her room full of herbs and her herb garden, and drank herb tea with her. I was twenty at the time, and pregnant with my first child, Joshua, who is now a musician living in San Francisco.

I’m amazed I have a first edition of this book, and now the 19th edition is being sold!

Anyhow, I recommend Jeanne Rose’s book and will probably share recipes and information from it again in the future, though I also use other herbals and the internet for reference material these days.