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ORIGINAL: chellekitty

how do i swallow you though? *looks innocent*

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ORIGINAL: Drifa

A friend of mine makes a wonderful herbal bruise ointment called "Boo Boo Medicine".  It works.

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Test a small amount on small patch of bare skin for sensitivity prior to actual use...careful of sunlight some ingredients may be sun sensitizers on certain individuals.

1 cup fat (Crisco, lard, beef renderings cleaned thrice, whatever...)
1 teaspoon beeswax (don't use other waxes, they don't work very well)
Melt these together gently, be careful to not fry the ingredients.
Remove ointment mixture from heat, allow to cool slightly and add dried herbs:

1/4 cup Comfrey
1/4 cup Hyssop
1 tablespoon St. johnswort
1 tablespoon Pennyroyal
1 teaspoon valerian root
1 pinch benzoin gum (This is a preservative, if you don't use it keep refrigerated...if you do it will stay good almost indefinitely.)

Mash herbs in the warm ointment and let sit until hardened or overnight. Warm mixture until liquid and strain ointment into a container. Tin works well as it adds to the preservation of the ointment.

Increase strength by repeating herbal mash with fresh herbs. I suggest for optimum medicinal purposes, repeat three times.
Addition of mint maybe desirable for smell and as a cooling agent, but do not substitute for other other herbs.

Comfrey and hyssop seem to have a toning affect on muscle tissue, soothes broken skin and reduces inflamation.
St. Johnswort is reputed to have antiseptic properties, and seems to reduce capillary action of inflamed blood vessels.
Pennyroyal is an excellent anticoagulant and seemed to in make a dramatic decrease in the size and depth of bruising.

Valerian is a analgesic, surprisingly effective topically. Addition of valerian tea to bathwater brought almost immediate relief to sore muscles.

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ORIGINAL: Drifa

A friend of mine makes a wonderful herbal bruise ointment called "Boo Boo Medicine".  It works.

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Test a small amount on small patch of bare skin for sensitivity prior to actual use...careful of sunlight some ingredients may be sun sensitizers on certain individuals.

1 cup fat (Crisco, lard, beef renderings cleaned thrice, whatever...)
1 teaspoon beeswax (don't use other waxes, they don't work very well)
Melt these together gently, be careful to not fry the ingredients.
Remove ointment mixture from heat, allow to cool slightly and add dried herbs:

1/4 cup Comfrey
1/4 cup Hyssop
1 tablespoon St. johnswort
1 tablespoon Pennyroyal
1 teaspoon valerian root
1 pinch benzoin gum (This is a preservative, if you don't use it keep refrigerated...if you do it will stay good almost indefinitely.)

Mash herbs in the warm ointment and let sit until hardened or overnight. Warm mixture until liquid and strain ointment into a container. Tin works well as it adds to the preservation of the ointment.

Increase strength by repeating herbal mash with fresh herbs. I suggest for optimum medicinal purposes, repeat three times.
Addition of mint maybe desirable for smell and as a cooling agent, but do not substitute for other other herbs.

Comfrey and hyssop seem to have a toning affect on muscle tissue, soothes broken skin and reduces inflamation.
St. Johnswort is reputed to have antiseptic properties, and seems to reduce capillary action of inflamed blood vessels.
Pennyroyal is an excellent anticoagulant and seemed to in make a dramatic decrease in the size and depth of bruising.

Valerian is a analgesic, surprisingly effective topically. Addition of valerian tea to bathwater brought almost immediate relief to sore muscles.