Salve for Arthritis

Now that I have come across the herbs I need to make a powerful and effective relief salve for arthritis, it's time to bear down and go ahead with it. My roommate is going to be marketing these at his chiropractic practice, so I have to be very careful about making it right, especially because he wants to charge an exhorbitant amount of money for them, which is fine by me, however I want to be sure that people are getting their money's worth. But even more that that, I want people to be satisfied with the product, and come back for more (that's the idea) and to build a reputation for having quality products that cannot be matched or duplicated. My hopes are for poeple to say "this is the BEST" of anything I make, whether it be a salve, or a tincture, or a hair oil, or a curative tea. I want only the best for my clients, and that's what I will deliver. So, here are the best herbs for arthritis:
Birch
Bittersweet
Black Cohosh
Bogbean
Celery Seed
Daisy
Guaicum
Juniper
Meadowsweet
Pine
Prickly Ash
White Poplar
Wintergreen
Yarrow
Wild Yam

Since there is no reason to use all of these, I have cut it down to a few:
Meadowsweet (leaves) - known as "herbal aspirin", has analgesic (pain-killing) and anti-inflammatory effects
Black Cohosh (root) - treats rheumatic pains
Celery Seed - treats rheumatism & arthritis.
Yarrow - hemostatic & antispasmotic
Pine - Treats rheumatism & arthritis. Stimulant
Wild Yam (root) -anti-spasmotic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic & alleviates rheumatic pain
Prickly Ash - anti-rheumatic, circulatory stimulant (similar in action to cayenne pepper)
Peppermint Leaf - anti-inflammatory


What is rheumatism?

• Rheumatism is an indefinite term applied to various conditions with pain or other symptoms of articular origin or related to other elements of the musculoskeletal system.
  
• Arthritis is an Inflammation of a joint or a state characterized by inflammation of the joints.

Rheumatism is a blanket term which encompasses numerous inflammatory conditions, one of which is arthritis.

Step 1. Making the herb oil base
I will be making three infused oils to add to the oil base for the salve:
Rose hip infused Olive oil
Calendula infused Almond oil
Carrot infused Grapeseed oil
Add two tbsp ground rose hips to 1 cup of olive oil, seal in glass jar, steep in crock pot for 4-6 hours at 150 degree temperature water.
Add two tbsp calendula flowers to 1 cup almond oil, seal in glass jar, steep in crock pot 4-6 hours at 150 degree temperature water
Add 3 tbsp pulverized carrots to 1 cup grapeseed oil, seal in glass jar, steep in crock pot 4-6 hours at 150 degree temperature.
Once this is done, I will have 3 very potent carrier oils to mix with the herb oil infusion specifically formulated for arthritis.

Making the arthritis formula oil:
1.5 cups of olive oil (base)
Add 1.5 tsp of each herb:
Meadowsweet Leaves
Black Cohosh Root
Celery Seed
Yarrow Root
Pine Sap (pulverized)
Wild Yam Root (pulverized)
Prickly Ash Bark (pulverized)
Mix together in glass jar and place in crockpot, simmer 4-6 hours in water at 150 degrees.

When the oils are all sufficiently infused, I will strain them, and add the carrot, calendula and rose hip oil to the arthritis formula oil, add beeswax, pour into containers and let cool to room temperature.