Wild Women Herbs Forest Healer Salve

The power player for this beautiful, buttery salve is Pine Pitch, which is the sticky, resinous sap-like exudate from the Pine tree family. Tree resins like pine pitch are among the most antimicrobial allies and are wonderful for wound healing, inflammation, and preventing infections (their job is to protect the tree from pathogens and invaders when they get injured, so it makes sense that they would be nourishing and healing for our skin, too!).

Usnea is a lichen that is a potent antimicrobial as well, especially with gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial infections like staphylococcus, which is one of the most common topical infections that causes skin issues like boils, redness, and sore, sensitive skin. Calendula is a well-known skin healer that has a long history of use for wound care and is included in many skin-nourishing products due to the protective, antimicrobial qualities of the resins it produces.

Licorice Root and Burdock Root are both unique additions to this salve and offer antiseptic, anti-inflammatory properties that help soothe the skin and prevent redness and inflammation, especially for eczema, rosacea, and psoriasis.

Rosehip Oil and Shea Butter complete this blend by offering a nourishing, creamy, and protective layer that is packed with fatty acids and antioxidants that help drive the plant healing into the deeper layers of the skin - leaving your body feeling smooth, supple, and totally nourished afterward.