Breathe Easy Homemade Vapor Rub Recipe!

Suzanne “Queen Bee” Tabert 🐝

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Stuffy noses are no fun!

An all natural vapor rub can open the breathing passages, soothe the tissues, and bring relief to otherwise uncomfortable situations.

The first time I had a stuffy nose after moving far away from my mom was a turning point in my life. Being away from mom was sad enough, but not being close enough to her so she could wipe some vapor rub on my chest and nose, wipe her hands on a tissue, hand me the tissue to sniff, then kiss me on the cheek was the impetus for the formulation of my Breathe Easy Vapor Rub. Of course, this was many years ago, yet I still make the balm and think of her when I use it. It really helps! As an added bonus, the vapor rub can be used on the feet to combat athlete’s foot fungus.

Homemade Vapor Rub

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Ingredients

6 ounces cottonwood bud medicinal oil or plain extra virgin olive oil, warmed
1 ounce melted beeswax
1 Tbsp + 1 tsp menthol crystals
20 drops eucalyptus essential oil
20 drops camphor essential oil
20 drops peppermint essential oil
10 drops rosemary essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil

Instructions

Melt the beeswax, add the medicinal oil, menthol crystals and essential oils.
Stir until all ingredients are incorporated, then pour into jars.
The vapor balm has a high percentage of essential oils in it, but it’s formulated that way to be very effective. Feel free to adjust the volume of essential oils to your preference.

https://cedarmountainherbs.com/breathe-easy-vapor-rub-recipe/

Suzanne "Queen Bee" Tabert 🐝

Suzanne Tabert, bioregional herbalist, speaker, and author, is director of herbal education and herbal mentor at the Cedar Mountain Herb School. An herbal medicine instructor for 35+ years, Suzanne teaches with great passion and excitement, bringing her wealth of herbal knowledge to students in an engaging and vibrant manner. She is the primary instructor at CMHS and an adjunct faculty at Bastyr University. Taking students to wild places and giving them tools to engage and connect with flora, fauna, and the exquisite beauty of nature is the icing on the cake of life, and one way that Suzanne is making a difference in the world, one person, one group at a time. Cedar Mountain Herb School is a member of the American Herbalists Guild, Partnership in Education with United Plant Savers, and the American Herb Association.

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Marcine Wood says:

February 20, 2021 at 8:44 pm

Just learned about you from my sister in Centralia. Am totally frantic on what I want to do, down load, read, or pass on to others FIRST! Sent, inbetween breathing, to two others and have many more friends to send your everything to.
Thank you for uniting all the DNA in one place to educate myself and thank you to all those who teacher who give of themselves. Standing ovations you all, please.

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1. Suzanne "Queen Bee" Tabert says:
  
  February 22, 2021 at 9:55 am
  
  Thank you, Marcine! Did you see that we offer online and in-person workshops in Seattle, WA and Sandpoint, ID? Check them out on the school page: cedarmountainherbs.com/school/
  
  We’d love to see you! xxoo
  
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Mike says:

March 23, 2025 at 5:50 pm

I wanted a Vapor rub without the petroleum and this recipe is it. Thanks for posting!

Rating: 5 / 5

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1. Suzanne "Queen Bee" Tabert 🐝 says:
  
  March 24, 2025 at 11:23 am
  
  You are most welcome, Mike! I’m glad the recipe will work for you. I reach for it all the time when congested, and especially during allergy season.
  
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Vivianne says:

January 13, 2026 at 9:14 am

Hi Suzanne, where do you source the menthol crystals from? thank you!

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1. Suzanne "Queen Bee" Tabert 🐝 says:
  
  January 14, 2026 at 9:36 am
  
  Hello Vivianne! Mountain Rose Herbs is my favorite place to purchase Menthol Crystals. Here’s the link! Menthol Crystals
  
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