Sick of the suffocating smell of Coppertone?  Tired of spending ten bucks on crème de titanium oxide?  Have no fear of exposing your skin!—An herbal alternative is on the way!
     Pitcher Sage is full of various antioxidants, thus making it a good herb to use as a primitive sunscreen.  Michael Moore provides the following recipe, based on the folk use of a Brazilian relative.

Steep a cup of crushed Pitcher Sage leaves and ½ cup of Chaparral (larrea tridentata) leaves in enough organic olive oil to cover completely, set for a month, strain out, and rub into the skin.  It's protectant rating is not known, but according to Moore, the oil seems to save the skin from sunburn.  Plus, the olive oil makes a nice moisturizer.

Adapted from Michael Moore's Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West.