Bone and Muscle Salve

6/17/2014

This salve combines many powerful healing herbs that will aid in soothing sore muscles and healing bones. It is especially effective on sports injuries and I have used it with great results on my 86 year old grandmother who has a lot of back and hip pain. I go to her home every night and rub this on her back and hips to help her get to sleep and ease her pain, she says it helps a alot.

The Recipe

Make an herbal oil infusion using olive oil with the following herbs:
3 parts arnica
2 parts calendula
1 part peppermint
1 part St. Johns wort
1 part plantain
1 part comfrey

Follow the instructions here for making an herbal infused oil

Pour the herbal oil into a small pan and melt 1 oz. of beeswax per cup of herbal oil. Remove from heat and add 1 teaspoon of an pain relieving essential oil blend (I use Butterfly Express Paine for this salve) or combination of singles below. Stir to combine and pour into container (s). Cap and label once the salve is solid.

Make your own Pain Essential Oil Blend:
30 drops wintergreen
20 drops helichrysum
10 drops clove
40 drops peppermint
This amount is around a teaspoon in measurement.

Printable for herbal

Print labels

You can make your own labels or use mine. These use Avery label 5161, when printing make sure the fit to page box is NOT marked.

Why These Herbs

You can read about the healing benefits of each herb by clicking on the links in the recipe. Arnica is well known for its wound healing properties with an affinity for the muscles, this herb however should only be applied topically and not if there is a cut or burn where it could be admitted into the bloodstream. You can purchase high quality, organic herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs.

balsam fir (any of the fir or pine oils)
copaiba
cypress
helichrysum
lavender
lemongrass
marjoram
oregano
palo santo
peppermint
spearmint
spikenard
wintergreen

*I am not affiliated with any companies mentioned in this post.

4 Comments

Mrs. Carolyn Olinger

7/12/2018 07:34:19 am

Hello Annie, I really find your webpage helpful and educational but could you please help me to break down parts vs cups? I seem to have trouble with this. Thank you

Annie link

7/30/2018 06:45:48 pm

Sure. A part is based on any form of measurement you want to use. If you are making a small batch, you might use a teaspoon as your part; so that means you would do 3 teaspoons of arnica, 2 teaspoons of calendula, 1 teaspoon of peppermint, etc. When I made my batch of salve I used 1/4 cup as my part. Parts can also be measured in ounces, 3 ounces of arnica, 2 ounces of calendula, etc. Does this help?

Grace

6/21/2020 12:36:49 pm

Thanks for sharing your recipe. I found it helpful, I would like to make my own pain essential oil but I don't know arnica herb, what is another name for arnica.