Cooling Pain Relief Balm

mental health / stress / calmness / personal care + beauty / muscle + bone  + joint /  hair + skin / traditional medicine / sleep

You're sore, you're busy, and you don't have time to be either. This balm gets it.

Stress doesn't stay in your mind it tends to move into your shoulders lock up your lower back, and inflame your joints. Traditional healing has always known that the medicine has to meet the body where it is, The Cooling Pain Relief Balm was made for when the body that has endured tough emotions, injuries, or soreness and just want to relax. 

For people with fibromyalgia, arthritis, bone pain, joint pain, or the wear and tear that comes from emotional labor and caregiving— stress leaves an imprint on the body. This balm works topically, delivering anti-inflammatory and analgesic plant medicine from lavender, plantain, and devil's claw, into the tissue so the body can finally begin to physically release. When the muscle and joints soften, the nervous system follows.

Used for:

• Muscle soreness, tension, and the full-body heaviness of chronic stress lived in the body
• Back pain, joint pain, and bone pain from physical labor, caregiving postures, or sustained tension
• Inflammation and stiffness from fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and autoimmune conditions
• Carpal tunnel and muscle spasms from repetitive work or stress-held tension in the hands and wrists
• Skin nourishment and soothing for inflamed, irritated, or stress-reactive skin
• Sleep support — applied to the intercostal muscles before bed to help the body physically let go
• Bug bites, scrapes, bruises, pimples 
• Grief, burnout, and unprocessed stress that lives in the shoulders, chest, and hips
• Recovery after physical activity and emotional exertion with no recovery time built in

Suggested use:

Massage into clean dry skin for pain. For sleep rub into chest and neck muscles. Can also be applied to cuts, scrapes, and bug bites for relief.

Key ingredients:

• Devil's Claw — Honors the indigenous healing knowledge of the Kalahari and Southern Africa; clinically studied for pain relief, reduced inflammation, and improved mobility in fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, back pain, and carpal tunnel.
• Plantain Leaf — A drawing, cooling plant ally used in folk and curanderismo tradition to pull out what doesn't belong; anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and deeply soothing to hot, inflamed, and uncomfortable tissue.
• Lavender — Used across traditions for calming, protection, and physical relief; anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and sedative — it soothes irritated skin, reduces redness and swelling, and supports the nervous system as it softens the body.
• Sunflower Oil — Carries and delivers the medicine with solar warmth; nourishing to skin, rich in Vitamin E, and deeply penetrating without clogging pores.
• Beeswax — Seals the medicine in and the world out; creates a protective, breathable barrier on skin while giving the balm its texture and staying power.

Contents: Lavender(Lavandula angustifolia), Plantain(Plantago major), Devil’s Claw(Harpagophytum procumbens), Sunflower oil(Helianthus annuus), Bees wax(cera alba)

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.