Xue Jie (Dragon’s blood resin)

Don’t worry no dragons were harmed to obtain it. Dragon’s blood is harvested from trees and is used to help cuts, scrapes, abrasions, and insect bites heal. It provides anti inflammatory properties as well as can stop or slow minor bleeding.

Dang Gui Wei (Angelic root)

Dang Gui Wei is the dried root of Angelica sinensis. It helps to decrease swelling, alleviate pain, and helps skin to regenerate/heal. It’s other properties include anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antiviral, and antibacterial.

Gu Sui Bu (Dynaria rhizome)

Drynaria is a fern and it’s rhizome has been used in Chinese medicine for over a millennia. It was named gusuibu for its apparent ability to mend broken bones (gu= bones; sui= broken; bu= mend). It’s is considered one of the important herbs that can be used to heal damaged bones and ligaments. We use it in Second Aid Trauma Salve to alleviate pain and help with trauma to ligaments and tendons.

Safflower Flower

This bright and beautiful ingredient is Hong Hua aka Safflower Flower. It also goes by names like Carthamus Flower, American Saffron, and False Saffron to name a few. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, safflowers are plants that belong to the ‘herbs that invigorate the Blood’ category. Hong Hua promotes skin heath, may promote wound healing, and has analgesic, antibacterial, anti fungal, and anti inflammatory properties all of which are great for helping to heal various injuries.

Frankincense and Myrrh

Today’s post will focus on frankincense and myrrh. Frankincense and myrrh are often associated, especially in the West, with their use as incense in religious and cultural ceremonies. However, they have been used for centuries in Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese medicines to treat chronic problems. Both frankincense and myrrh resins consist of essential oils and terpenoids which impart, among other properties, their anti-inflammatory effects. Of particular interest is the fact that in Traditional Chinese Medicine, frankincense and myrrh have been used together for millennia and it has been anecdotally reported that they act synergistically - meaning that they are more effective together than either of them are individually. The effects of the combination seem magically powerful, such as anti-inflammation, analgesia, antibacterial, and blood activation, to name a few.

Second Aid Trauma Salve…

Second Aid Trauma Salve’s primary use, as its name implies, is to help the healing of trauma. All of the ingredients I chose to create Second Aid play a part in helping to reduce the effects of trauma such as inflammation and pain, among others, so that you can get back to feeling better quicker. If you have sore muscles or joints, apply enough Second Aid Trauma Salve to cover the area and gently rub for a minute or two. Let the application soak in for about 20 minutes and then reapply. Pain relief is on the way!

Below I have listed all of the ingredients in Second Aid Trauma Salve:

•Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil

•100% pure beeswax

•Xue Jie (Dragons Blood resin)

• Hu Po (Amber)

•Gui Sui Bu (Drynaria Rhizome)

• Mo Yao (Myrrh)

•Ru Xiang (Frankincense)

• Tian San Qi (Notoginseng root)

•Dang GUI Wei (Angelica root)

• Hong Hus (Safflower flower)

• Yan hu suo (Corydalis rhizome)

•GUI Zhi (Cassia twig)

•Da Huang (Rhubarb root/rhizome)

•Xiang Duan (Japanese Teasel root)

• Shen Jin Cao (Japanese Club moss)

• Bing Pian (Borneol)

In my next several blog posts, I will share with you information about properties of the ingredients in Second Aid.