Herbal Infused Organic Bug Bite Salve

Description

These are the perfect size to fit in your pocket, purse, diaper bag, backpack or lunch box!

Our herbal Bug Bite Salve supports and soothes irritated skin tissue, often associated with bug bites. All  of the  herbs in this salve support the body’s natural response to inflammation, as well as promote cooling, soothing, and promote a normal skin state.

Always clean and beneficial ingredients!

Ingredients Olive oil, castor oil, she butter, beeswax, plantain, St. Johns wort, basil, lemon balm, thyme, lavender, chamomile, peppermint, calendula, tee tree oil, catnip oil, (if choosing the CBD option)1,260mg of high quality American made CBD.

Benefits:

Plantain:

• Plantain had been adopted as a natural medicine since prehistoric times and is especially well known for its anti-itch properties. There are many natural home remedies to help “relieve” itching, discomfort and in some cases even severe pain from insect bites and stings.

St. Johns Wort:

• St John’s wort has a long history of use as an anti- inflammatory, astringent and antiseptic. It is ised for wounds, burns and insect bites.

Basil:

• Basil is a gentle anti-inflammatory oil that may help with irritation. Antimicrobial properties in the plant prevent infection. This makes it great for all sorts of bug bites, especially bee stings.

Lemon Balm:

• Popular natural remedy for insect bites and stings, cuts, and grazes.

Thyme:

• Helps ease the itching of a mosquito bite. Thyme is a longstanding natural remedy for skin issues. It has antibacterial properties, so it can help reduce your risk of irritating and infecting the skin around a mosquito bite.

Lavender:

• Lavender can help reduce the redness, itching, and irritation, and may speed up healing and recovery. While it can soothe pretty much any itchy bug bite (mosquitoes included), it can be especially helpful for spider bites, fire ant bites, and bee stings.

Peppermint:

• Gives soothing relief when to the skin.
• Peppermint can also help keep insects away, preventing future bites.

Calendula:

• Great for skin irritations, razor burn, and insect bites or stings

Chickweed:

• Chickweed soothes bug bites, burns, cuts, and itchiness
• Cooling and drying effect on the skin.

Catnip Essential Oil:

• One member of this family, Nepeta cataria (catnip), has had its essential oils containing various nepetalactone stereoisomers tested and the results showed that it is comparable to DEET at repelling mosquitoes, while offering better spatial repellency

Tea Tree Oil:

• When used topically, tea tree oil is believed to be antibacterial. Tea tree oil is commonly used to treat insect bites

CBD (if choosing CBD option):

• Topical CBD has anti-inflammatory effects
• Anti-itching effects
• Analgesics effects
• Wound healing effects
• Anti-proliferative effects on the skin.
• Pain relief
• Helps with sleep

Organic Beeswax:

• Hydrates, conditions, soothes, and calms the skin
• Exfoliates, repairs damage, promotes the skin’s regeneratio
• Creates a hydrating, long-lasting protective barrier against environmental pollutants

Organic Shea Butter: 

• Boosts skin moisture
• Its anti-inflammatory properties soothe skin problems
• It could heal cuts and scrapes
• Antioxidants may mean anti-aging properties

Vitamin E:

• A natural  antioxidant
• Combats free-radical damage
• Very hydrating
• works as a both a humectant (to absorb water into the skin) and an emollient (to trap water in the skin)

Olive Oil:

• Olive oil also has antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory features, which improve the formation of epithelial tissues in the wound and accelerate the process of wound healing. This is what is used as the carrier oil for the herbs. 

Castor Oil:

• Anti-inflammatory
• Antimicrobial
• Moisturizing