Monday Health & Wellness: Sore Muscle and Headache Salve

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We are finally getting back to Monday Health & Wellness again!  We took a break in November for the Natural Holiday Celebrations Carnival.  I know some of you have been waiting for me to get back to these home remedies, though!

As we’ve gone through these detox cycles with Ben, he’s had various complaints.  His arsenic detox is finished, but now he’s detoxing mercury.  He was vaccinated as a kid and had mercury fillings, so that’s where mercury came from.  It’s just one reason we don’t vaccinate our kids (yes, thimerosal has been reduced, but actually not eliminated, and vaccines still contain fairly high amounts of aluminum and other toxic substances).

Anyway, this time around, headaches, especially migraines, have been a problem.  While various supplements and chiropractic adjustments helped to ward them off, he’d still get sore muscles in between vists and need some help.  I created this salve, and I use it to massage his neck and shoulders to relieve tension and soothe the headache. It could be used on any sore muscles, though.  It’s especially good for headaches because of the yarrow.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. avocado oil (or any edible, safe oil — jojoba, sweet almond, apricot, etc.)
• 1 tbsp. lavender flowers (dried)
• 1 tbsp. yarrow (dried)
• 1 tbsp. arnica flowers (dried)
• 2 tbsp. bee’s wax

Directions:

Gather up all your ingredients.

Pour your oil into a medium saucepan.  Add your herbs.

Stir to combine them.  Turn the pan on low heat and allow this to simmer (not boil, keep it very low and warm) and infuse for 2 – 3 hours.

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