Salve and Essential Oils

I discovered the wonderful power and healing of essential oils by reading One Good Thing By Jillee.  Who then introduced me to her sister's blog, Camp Wander, where I have been able to learn even MORE about essential oils as well as learning about the wonders of Coconut Oil and the incredible Salve that she has created.  I use her basic salve recipe found here but make my own additions/subtractions to it to suit my needs.  I like the Salve SO much that I made my parents some for Christmas.  My parents are in their 70's and aren't up for trying new things much but I think since I sent it to them they figured they might as well give it a try, you  know "waste not, want not".  I sent four jars, Healing, Dream, Aches and Pains and Plain.  My thought process for this was as follows.... my mom had a partial mastectomy in April of 2013 so I knew she had some scars that were still fresh (she had come complications in the healing process) AND they live in a very cold/dry climate so they have very dry skin.  My dad has thin skin that he cuts easily.  So for those issues I wanted them to use the healing salve.  My mom also has terrible pain in her hips and back from arthritis so I figured the aches and pains salve would be great for that.  Then the dream salve - well who doesn't want better sleep!  and finally the plain salve was just for whatever - dry skin or to add essential oils that I send them (like the black pepper, I want my daddy to try that when he has cold hands or feet).

About a week after Christmas during our daily phone call my mom interrupts me and says "you know that stuff you sent us for Christmas?"  "yes ma'am"  "well we LOVE it!  I use the healing one on my scar and it is no longer hurting like it did and the aches and pains one is helping my arthritis and I use the dream one on my feet and it makes my feet SO soft - they are almost healed (her heals crack and bleed a lot)!".  Well I could hardly contain my excitement that this amazing stuff that I love and use EVERY DAY was also helping my parents!  She timidly asked me..... so you make this?  How did you start doing that?  And I gave her my story and told her that when she was running low to let me know and I would make her some more.  She said "YOU WILL?!?!"  She was so excited.  So about a week ago she told me that she was getting low on the healing and aches and pains.  I have since made her a double batch of healing and triple batch of aches and pains which she should be receiving tomorrow in the mail.  She can't wait to get them because they are really helping her.  I told her that I thought the healing salve would be great for daddy's thin skin ---- he said she won't let him use it because she is afraid to run out!

Bottom line:  Healing salve has stopped her mastectomy scar from hurting and it is no longer red.  The aches and pains salve she uses on her back, hips, joints .... well... all over and she is now comfortable enough at night to sleep better.  The dream could be helping with her sleep but all she cares about is that heels are no longer cracked and painful.  Daddy uses the plain salve for various things.  in my opinion - this was a HOME RUN for a Christmas gift!

You can purchase most of what you need to make this incredible Salve from Spark Naturals and my favorite Coconut oil comes from Tropical Traditions.  Orders from Spark Naturals will receive a 10% discount when you use coupon code nikkinor.

This is a GREAT way to incorporate the use of essential oils into your daily routine.