Making all natural products at home can save you money, and it's better for you, you don't have to worry about all the harmful chemicals found in store bought products.
When you learn how to make homemade pain relieving balms yourself, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them.
Natural solutions to help with sore muscles, sore joints, and stiff joints–and you can make them at home!
Here are 3 of our favorite pain relief balms.
Herbal pain relief balm
Ingredients:
1 cup olive or castor oil
1 oz of st. John's wort dried herb
1/2 oz beeswax
1/4 tsp vitamin E
1/4-1/2 tsp of lemongrass essential oil
tins or jars
Instructions:
To make your salve you will need a large glass measuring bowl and a pot (or use a double boiler).
Fill pot halfway with water and place glass measuring bowl inside the pot.
Turn heat on medium low.
Add oil and dry herbs to glass bowl and simmer gently for 3 hours.
Strain oil through a cheesecloth into a clean bowl and return to pot.
Add the beeswax and let melt.
To test for the right consistency, place a pea-sized amount on wax paper and place in freezer or refrigerator for a few minutes. Add more beeswax if not firm enough or add more oil if too firm.
Remove from heat and add vitamin E and essential oils. Mix well. Pour into tins or jars.
Let cool and add lid.
Homemade Pain Relief Balm
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon pure shea butter
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tbsp beeswax
8 drops camphor oil
8 drops eucalyptus oil
4 drops peppermint oil
Instructions:
Warm shea butter and beeswax in a double boiler just to melt. Do not cook.
Add in almond oil and mix.
Remove from heat, add in the rest and mix well.
Pour into a jar and keep at room temperature to set before use. If the room is too hot, it can be kept and stored in the fridge.
Homemade muscle pain relief balm:
Ingredients:
4 teaspoons all natural beeswax
1 cup coconut oil
5 drops eucalyptus essential oil
5 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
4 oz mason jars
Instruction:
Melt the beeswax and coconut oil in a double boiler. If you don’t want to use the stove, you can quickly melt it in the microwave. Either way, Once it's fully melted, pour the melted oil and wax into a 4 oz jar or other container. Add your essential oils, stir gently to mix well. Add the lid to your jar and let it cool completely.
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