Looking for natural alternatives for the items in your medicine cabinet? Before drug stores and modern medicine, there were herbal salves made by herbalists and botanists using beneficial roots, berries, leaves, bark, flowers, and seeds.
These salves have been passed down from generation to generation for centuries to help soothe and other ailments. Salves are applied topically to the area of the skin that needing attention and usually contain natural ingredients, like herbs and plant oils.
A salve is a thick, semi-solid ointment that is generally made from waxes or oils. Salves remain thick at room temperature and contain all natural ingredients such as herbal oils or even finely ground parts of the herbs themselves. They can be used to care for topical concerns by applying the salve to the area.
Herbal salves provide so many benefits such as being non-toxic, all natural, and multi-use. Below are some of the top benefits of herbal salves.
All Natural Ingredients
As our world has become more and more dependent on pharmaceutical products, it’s clear to many of us that it’s time to pull back and focus on products that are natural whenever possible.
All natural products with non-toxic ingredients have been used for centuries to help people. If you’re doing your best to avoid using anything that has potentially harmful side effects, then having some salves in your home can help to replace many of the products in your medicine cabinet.
All without having to slather your body with lab made products that require warning labels. When you use products with safe, all natural ingredients, like herbal salves, you can be confident.
Herbal Healing
Herbs have been used since basically the beginning of time. The different herbs, and other natural ingredients, infused into salves serve specific purposes for common concerns.
For example the Ichthammol Pine Tar Drawing Salve is made with ichthammol which can help to draw impurities from the skin such as bug bites, splinters, ingrown hairs, and more.
Our popular Calendula Salve can help to soothe severely irritated, cracked skin. With many different herbal salves available in our store, you’ll be amazed to see all of the different ways they can use them.
Targeted Moisture
Because our skin is so absorbent, many lotions and other forms of moisture tend to be absorbed quickly and don’t last long on the skin. When salves are applied, the ingredients aren’t as quickly absorbed and sit on the skin providing long lasting moisture.
This is great when you have targeted areas that are especially dry or need an extra layer of moisture. The dry, cracked skin that many of us suffer from in the winter can be eased with a thick herbal salve providing soothing properties and moisture.
Protective Barrier
In addition, salves can act as a protecting barrier to your skin. When you have dry cracked skin, irritated skin or break outs, the last thing you need is for your skin to come into contact with anything else that might cause irritation or infection.
When a salve is applied, it becomes like a protective barrier to your skin so that while your skin is trying to mend it’s also protected from any additional trauma or irritation.
Time Honored Remedy
Salves are nothing new. Back when times were simpler, herbalists and botanists used plants from nature to create salves to treat many ailments and skin conditions.
However, the modernization of our world has brought lab made pharmaceuticals to the forefront so if you haven’t heard much about salves and more natural remedies, this is likely why.
Don’t be fooled though, because this time honored product still works well on many different conditions in a way that is much safer and better for you and the environment.
Now that you understand all of the wonderful benefits of herbal salves, you can start incorporating them into your life for an all natural approach.
If you’re not sure where to start, our store has several herbal salve options for you to choose from and the reviews from our happy customers speak for themselves and can provide even more ideas for use.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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