Ingredients: Calvatia booniana mushroom spore infused in olive oil and thickened with beeswax.
Constituents: Calvacin.
Constituents: 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol), artemisin, camphor, cyclobutanone, isophorone, and santonin.
This species, the state flower of Nevada, grows up to seven feet tall. It has the broadest ecological tolerance and can survive under the greatest range of environmental conditions. Tall Sagebrush has evolved a number of adaptations designed to increase the efficiency of water absorption and retention under the semi-arid conditions in which it thrives. The plants produce two types of leaves, the principal, lobed leaves persist throughout the year. Smaller, softer, non-lobed leaves appear along the branch tips in early winter and drop off during drought conditions the following summer. This allows more rapid growth during the relatively moist conditions of early spring and enables the plant to conserve resources during the hot, dry summer. Tall sagebrush also has an efficient two-component root system. Small, widely dispersed, shallow roots absorb water rapidly before it can evaporate following rainstorms. Its deep, penetrating roots draw water from reservoirs deep underground.
1 oz. white plastic jar. An excellent balm for those who raft, kayak, or spend too much time with wet feet! Softens and moistens cracked dry feet while also acting as an antifungal and antibacterial. Contains the infused oils of Cottonwood Buds, Lomatium root, Mullein flowers, St. John's Wort flowers, Yarrow flowers, Brown's Peony root, Usnea lichen and Skullcap flowers.
LOMATIUM (Lomatium dissectum) Wounds – Lomatium produces a very special, fragrant oil for softening the skin, as well as disinfecting cuts and wounds.
MULLEIN (Verbascum thapsus) Antibacterial - Mullein flowers infused in oil product a strong antibacteria for treating wounds and cuts, as well as helping to prevent infection in dried cracked feet.
ST. JOHN'S WORT (Hypericum perforatum) Antibiotic – Saint John’s Wort has a mild antibiotic effect and the infused oil makes a good addition for salves and ointments for treating wounds and scrapes. Antifungal – The infused oil or salve can be applied to any fungal skin condition. It is effective in most cases of eczema. Dermatological aid – An infused oil of the flowering tops works well on skin inflammations and burns.
BROWN'S PEONY (Paeonia brownii) Disinfectant – Not only does Brown's Peony aid in circulation when applied externally, it also acts as a disinfectant.
USNEA (Usnea sp.) Anti-fungal – Indicated in the treatment of fungal infections of the mouth, stomach, intestines, anus, vagina, nose, ear, and skin, as well as systemic fungal infections.
SKULLCAP (Scutellaria sp.) Analgesic – Skullcap helps almost any pain, myalgia, or neuralgia from spinal or peripheral nerve irritability without organic causes. Dermatological aid – Infused Skullcap Oil is also beneficial in controlling itching and pain when applied externally.
Yarrow contains several antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving constituents, such as azulene and salicylic acid. Yarrow is very effective in the treatment of wounds.
Lomatium antiviral and antiseptic properties, as well as it's soothing oils, speeds healing as it softens skin.
Oregon Grape is excellent for treating infections, eczema, psoriasis, itchy skin, boils and wounds.
Plantain has antibacterial activity and also encourages the repair of damaged tissue.
Clinical analysis shows Self Heal to have an antibacterial action, inhibiting the growth of pseudomonas, Bacillus typhi, E. coli, Mycobacterium tuberculi, which supports its use as an alternative medicine internally and externally as an antibiotic and for hard to heal wounds and diseases. It is showing promise in research for herpes, cancer, AIDS, diabetes, and many other maladies.
Hound’s Tongue’s constituent allantoin, a waxy purine metabolite useful in treating skin irritations and ulcerations.
Constituents: Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (cynoglossine, consolidine, heliosupine, echinatine; allantoin; tannin, choline, mucilage, resin.
Ingredients: Hypericum perforatum infused in extra virgin olive oil and thickened with beeswax.
NOTE: For pets, a small amount of the salve may be swabbed into the ears to discourage ear mites.
Constituents: (Plant) ascorbic acid, benzacatechin, carotenoids, ceryl-alcohol, chlorophyllm choline, emodinathranol, epicatechin, gurjunene, hyperforin, hypericins, hypericodihydroanthrone, herperin, hyperoside, imanin, isohypericin, isoquercitrin, isovaleric-acid-ester, lead, limonene, mannitol, myristic-acid, novoimanin, palmitic-acid, pectin, phenol, phlobaphene, phyloroglucinol, phytosterols, prothohypericin, protopseudohypericin, provitamin-a, pseudohypericin, pseudohypericodihydroanthrone, pyrogallol, quercetin, quercitrin, resorcynol, rutin, sitosterol, stearic-acid, tannins, violaxanthin; (Essential Oil) cadinene, caryophylene, cineole, methyl-2-octane, myrcene, n-nonane, n-octanol, pinene; (Leaf) cadmium; (Seed) carotene, fat, saponin, protein; (Flower) flavonoids, lutein, luteoxanthin, trollichrome
In fact, the nuts have been used for food for centuries by Native Americans and later by the Spanish. Now, the nuts are used in a variety of recipes, including Middle Eastern dishes.
Annual harvest of wild pinyon nuts exceeds a million pounds. Driving through the Southwest, one can find many roadside stands selling pinyon nuts, which have been collected in the wild.
The nuts are also a great source of food for songbirds, quail, squirrels, chipmunks, black bear and mule deer.
The extremely sticky pitch or sap was used for glue and to coat baskets by Puebloans and other Native Americans. The Navajo burn the resin to create fumes to cure head colds and the Hopis use the resin to waterproof and repair pottery.
The wood is highly prized for firewood all over the Southwest and West. The wood is also used to construct latillas and "coyote" fences, among other uses.
The gnarled trunk and branches of the pinon is exceptionally beautiful, and many southwesterners have been known to sit for hours under one in the heat of the day.
There is an especially attractive, uncommonly large, and presumably very old pinion growing in the arroyo behind my home. Last spring, we discovered a nest of barn owls, complete with fledglings, nestled among its branches.
In fact, the wild trees provide cover for a large number of desert residents. Robins, sparrows, mockingbirds, thrushes, owls and hawks nest in the thick cover provided by the short needles. Rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks and even coyotes live in excavated burrows beneath the branches.
