St John's Wort Oil + Salve
Skin healing and protection / pain relieving / uplifting
The making of St John’s Wort (SJW) oil is the perfect demonstration of folk medicine as a living art - everyone does it differently! Harvesting SJW is also intimately tied to place and time, blooming once per year around the summer solstice in wide open spaces where heat and full sun are plentiful.
SJW oil’s virtues for use on the skin are many, and include:
Relaxing and pain relieving - SJW oil brings warmth where applied, penetrating beneath the skin to relax muscles and ease cramping. SJW’s pain reliving capacity has a specific affinity for the nerves, especially where there is “shooting” nerve pain, shingles, neuralgia, sciatica and other pain associated with the nervous system. SJW has the added benefit of also being an inflammation modulating remedy that can be useful where an individual has excessive pain as a result of inflammation (e.g. arthritis, spasm, cramping, bruising and sprains, etc).
Burns - soothing and healing sunburn and burns from injury. Can also provide topical pain relief in these contexts and is widely regarded as having greater healing capacity than Aloe Vera in this regard.
Wounds - particularly puncture wounds. The antimicrobial properties of SJW help to disinfect wounds and aid in healing.
Sun protection - while the internal use of SJW can result in increased photosensitivity, paradoxically when applied externally it can provide mild sun protection.
HSV and related dormant-virus outbreaks - SJW oil is a renown folk herbal remedy for cold sore and shingle flare-ups.
My SJW products are made from fresh flowering tops, wildcrafted at the summer solstice using Kami McBride’s method. SJW oil and salve is shelf stable for two years (and beyond) when stored correctly where exposure to direct sunlight and moisture is limited.
Use
SJW oil is a wonderful way to experience this herb’s uplifting and nurturing qualities where its internal use may be contraindicated. SJW can be applied directly to the skin, used in a compress or added to the bath (oil option).
Ingredients
Fresh wildcrafted Hypericum perforatum flowering tops, organic olive oil, vodka (trace amounts). Salve option set with local beeswax.
50ml
Skin healing and protection / pain relieving / uplifting
The making of St John’s Wort (SJW) oil is the perfect demonstration of folk medicine as a living art - everyone does it differently! Harvesting SJW is also intimately tied to place and time, blooming once per year around the summer solstice in wide open spaces where heat and full sun are plentiful.
SJW oil’s virtues for use on the skin are many, and include:
Relaxing and pain relieving - SJW oil brings warmth where applied, penetrating beneath the skin to relax muscles and ease cramping. SJW’s pain reliving capacity has a specific affinity for the nerves, especially where there is “shooting” nerve pain, shingles, neuralgia, sciatica and other pain associated with the nervous system. SJW has the added benefit of also being an inflammation modulating remedy that can be useful where an individual has excessive pain as a result of inflammation (e.g. arthritis, spasm, cramping, bruising and sprains, etc).
Burns - soothing and healing sunburn and burns from injury. Can also provide topical pain relief in these contexts and is widely regarded as having greater healing capacity than Aloe Vera in this regard.
Wounds - particularly puncture wounds. The antimicrobial properties of SJW help to disinfect wounds and aid in healing.
Sun protection - while the internal use of SJW can result in increased photosensitivity, paradoxically when applied externally it can provide mild sun protection.
HSV and related dormant-virus outbreaks - SJW oil is a renown folk herbal remedy for cold sore and shingle flare-ups.
My SJW products are made from fresh flowering tops, wildcrafted at the summer solstice using Kami McBride’s method. SJW oil and salve is shelf stable for two years (and beyond) when stored correctly where exposure to direct sunlight and moisture is limited.
Use
SJW oil is a wonderful way to experience this herb’s uplifting and nurturing qualities where its internal use may be contraindicated. SJW can be applied directly to the skin, used in a compress or added to the bath (oil option).
Ingredients
Fresh wildcrafted Hypericum perforatum flowering tops, organic olive oil, vodka (trace amounts). Salve option set with local beeswax.
50ml
Skin healing and protection / pain relieving / uplifting
The making of St John’s Wort (SJW) oil is the perfect demonstration of folk medicine as a living art - everyone does it differently! Harvesting SJW is also intimately tied to place and time, blooming once per year around the summer solstice in wide open spaces where heat and full sun are plentiful.
SJW oil’s virtues for use on the skin are many, and include:
Relaxing and pain relieving - SJW oil brings warmth where applied, penetrating beneath the skin to relax muscles and ease cramping. SJW’s pain reliving capacity has a specific affinity for the nerves, especially where there is “shooting” nerve pain, shingles, neuralgia, sciatica and other pain associated with the nervous system. SJW has the added benefit of also being an inflammation modulating remedy that can be useful where an individual has excessive pain as a result of inflammation (e.g. arthritis, spasm, cramping, bruising and sprains, etc).
Burns - soothing and healing sunburn and burns from injury. Can also provide topical pain relief in these contexts and is widely regarded as having greater healing capacity than Aloe Vera in this regard.
Wounds - particularly puncture wounds. The antimicrobial properties of SJW help to disinfect wounds and aid in healing.
Sun protection - while the internal use of SJW can result in increased photosensitivity, paradoxically when applied externally it can provide mild sun protection.
HSV and related dormant-virus outbreaks - SJW oil is a renown folk herbal remedy for cold sore and shingle flare-ups.
My SJW products are made from fresh flowering tops, wildcrafted at the summer solstice using Kami McBride’s method. SJW oil and salve is shelf stable for two years (and beyond) when stored correctly where exposure to direct sunlight and moisture is limited.
Use
SJW oil is a wonderful way to experience this herb’s uplifting and nurturing qualities where its internal use may be contraindicated. SJW can be applied directly to the skin, used in a compress or added to the bath (oil option).
Ingredients
Fresh wildcrafted Hypericum perforatum flowering tops, organic olive oil, vodka (trace amounts). Salve option set with local beeswax.
50ml
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