DIY Joint & Muscle Salve with Essential Oils

DIY Joint & Muscle Salve

with 

PanAway, Copaiba & RC Essential Oils

This is a must share recipe!

I love Young Living's Ortho Ease Massage Oil and that's what I have been using up till now. It is a wonderful product and I still use it, but after making this easy DIY recipe I prefer to use the salve—it's like rubbing sunshine into my life on a rainy, dreary day, and it seems to have a more lasting effect since it's a salve instead of an oil blend.

Perfect for achy, sore joints and muscles, I use it on my right shoulder and upper arm, and both hips every morning and every night before bed. It eases discomfort, helps me function better, and I get a more restful night's sleep as a result.

 A Wonderful Trio of Essential Oils

If you are already familiar with the benefits of pure essential oils then you know that better health and wellness can come naturally, without side effects, witout toxic chemicals.

What's in this salve?

PanAway combines the soothing properties of Wintergreen, Helichrysum, Clove, and Peppermint. The oils in this blend affects and supports the nervous system and muscles and bones. (Have you ever used clove or peppermint for a toothache? It works!)

Copaiba pronounced “ko-pah-ee-bah.” Surprisingly, it is harvested in the same way maple syrup is collected—by drilling into the tree. Steam distillation completes the process to make an essential oil. Its powerful constituents Beta-Caryophyllene and Alpha-Humulene have many helpful and amazing properties. Copaiba promotes wellness and supports the body’s natural response to injury or irritation. Copaiba is also a magnifier. Using Copaiba with another essential oil, magnifies the properties of that oil. It affects the cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, emotional, skin, muscle and bone systems.

R.C. is a comforting and uplifting combination of Cypress, Spruce, and three types of Eucalyptus. Great for respiratory support, circulation, and considered useful prior to exercise and aiding musculature.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. This post is for informational purposes only. 

DIY Joint & Muscle Salve 

Recipe

This recipe will fill a 2 ounce jar. I double it, which gives me about 4 ounces or more of salve.

1.5 Tb Shea butter

1.5 Tb Coconut oil (pure organic)

1/2 Tb Beeswax pellets

25 drops PanAway essential oil

5 drops Copaiba essential oil

5 drops R.C. essential oil

(optional oils could be used such as Lemongrass, Valor, or Balsam Fir)

Over the stove top burner, melt the shea butter, coconut oil and beeswax (one at a time) in a double boiler or use a make-shift pot with hot water at the bottom and put your ingredients in a glass measuring cup inside your pot like I did. Do this over medium heat until just melted. I melt the beeswax last and it takes a little time to be sure all the wax has melted.

Take it off the stove and let cool a few minutes before you pour it into your glass (or approved hard plastic) container and then add your essential oils. I show a metal spoon here but now I use a wooden chopstick to stir in my oils.

I like to place it in the refrigerator for an hour or so to completely cool and then I store it in room temperature conditions.

 The Melting Process

 Trio of Relief

in a Salve

If you are interested, you can grab a great deal this month for YL's February Special on a Premium Starter Kit! 

 As you'll notice, the amazing trio I used in this recipe comes in the Premium Starter Kit with eight other essential oils and a diffuser. And it's on SALE for a 10% discount for the month of February!

Please contact me for more info or if you have an interest in becoming a YL member you can always go here: http://yl.pe/5k5 I'll be happy to help you get started on a healthier Young Living Lifestyle change in 2016!