Boo Boo Balm / First Aid Salve
Boo Boo Balm is a natural healer. It will be your favorite first aid salve. Plantain has been used for centuries in traditional medicine. Reduces inflammation and accelerate wound healing.
What Do You Use Boo Boo Balm for?
- Stinging nettle stings
- Spider, mosquito bites
- Soothe irritated skin
- Grazes, scratches and small cuts
- Rough or cracked skin
- Rashes and inflamed skin
- Softens and heals scabs
- Soothe insect bites and bee stings
- Prevent infection and speed up healing of cuts and scrapes
- Soothe poison ivy, poison oak, and sumac rashes
- On pets, if they have scabs, small sores or irritated skin
The Amish and the Native Americans used Plantain as a healing ointment for a list of skin ailments, including drawing toxins from bug bites and stings, healing scratches, minor wounds, rashes and dry, calming irritated skin and more. Some even claim it reduces wrinkles.
Native Americans have used plantain leaves to heal wounds, reduce inflammation, staunch bleeding and to soothe stings, burns and rashes. Applied topically, Plantain is an excellent wound vulnerary with the power to stop bleeding and heal bruises, including puncture wounds, bug bites, bee, wasp, and nettle stings, boils and ulcers.
When treating cuts and other open wounds, it not only staunches the bleeding, it also prevents infection by removing dirt, and as an antiseptic it disinfects the wound. A unique trait that sets Plantain leaf apart from most other tissue-healing plants is its intense drawing ability. It draws out the poison from snake bites, animal bites, insect bites, bee stings, wasp stings and nettle stings. This same drawing action makes it highly effective in splinter removal, and in bringing blisters or spots to a head.
Finally, this versatile herb contains a compound known as allantoin – a powerful skin soothing agent that encourages cell growth. Plantain can be used to provide natural relief from sunburn, to treat acne and rosacea and to keep the skin healthy, glowing and blemish free.
Good for you and your pet!
Only three ingredients: plantain, beeswax, olive oil.