Why would you choose to make your own salve, lotions, chapsticks and such? Think about it like this… You want to know what all is in your food right? Why wouldn’t you want to know what is in your medicine.
Can you pronounce some of the ingredients? Why Inactive ingredients? If they are in the cream they serve a purpose or are suppose to anyway, right? So why put on or in your body things that you can’t say or spell.
Common Antibiotic Cream (Neosporin) or Triple Antibiotic Cream- Pharmaceutical brand has these ingredients: Active Ingredients: Bactracin Zinc, Neomycin Sulfate and Polymyxin B Sulfate and Inactive Ingredients: Petrolatum, Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (olive) Fruit Oil, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Sodium Pyruvate, Tocopheryl Acetate.
Herbal Form of Antibiotic Cream ingredients can be one or any combination of the following plants/herbs: Calendula, Garlic, Goldenrod, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Oregano, Rosemary, Yarrow, Usnea. All of them easy to say and spell. The good thing about all of the properties of each of these plants are they are also Anti-Bacterial, Anti-Fungal, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Virals. So just in the Active ingredients you are looking at a cream that will not only heal your skin wounds, it will help fight fungus, swelling, and virus.
Now the inactive ingredients or so they say, if you make your own will have beeswax, olive oil and Shea butter. Simple few ingredients that you can use for multiple skin problems and diseases. And they don’t have the side effects of some of the ingredients such as Sodium Pyruvate: that’s safety data sheet includes Causing allergic skin reaction, and serious eye irritation. Wash skin thoroughly after use and wear protective clothing, gloves, eye protection and face protection. Also combustible and dangerous in the event of a fire. Now with that being said, how is it safe for you to put that on your skin? Even in small amounts. So what are the side effects of the ingredients of homemade? Beeswax- is a natural skin barrier, maintaining hydration in the skin, Anti-Inflammatory that can soothe the irritated skin, help with eczema and rosacea, it’s an Anti-allergenic, contains Vitamin A which stimulates skin regeneration. Shea Butter: also moisturizing, anti-inflammatory, balances fatty acids that control the natural oils in the skin, Anti-Aging and other skin conditions. Olive Oil: also moisturizing, anti-inflammatory, Anti-aging.
You don’t have to wear gloves, eye protectant, or keep a fire extinguisher handy just to make your own Anti-Biotic salve. It doesn’t have ingredients that you can’t pronounce or spell! If you want to learn more on how to use God’s plants to heal your body check out our website: www.madewithtonsoflove.com, Facebook: Made With Love Homestead, Instagram: madewithtonsoflove and TikTok: @thecrazyherblady25.
We will definitely be covering more medicinal plants and the things they help cure. Come back and sit a spell with us. Don’t forget your tea! Have a good day y’all and remember to Smile, God loves you and so do we!
