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Plantain Salve

SoBotanical Plantain Salve jar

$22.00

A deeply nourishing botanical salve built on plantain leaf — a hardy wild herb with a long tradition of use on hardworking skin — infused into coconut and jojoba oils. Shea butter, beeswax, calendula-infused sunflower oil, and comfrey leaf oil moisturize and protect, while essential oils of lavender, tea tree, thyme linalool, geranium, cypress, copaiba, helichrysum, and carrot seed round out the blend. Comforting care for hardworking hands, rough elbows, and anywhere skin feels dry or stressed from the day's work. Handmade in small batches in Baltimore.

View full ingredients Plantain infused defractionated coconut and jojoba oil, Coconut oil, Shea butter, Beeswax, Calendula infused Sunflower oil, Comfrey leaf oil, vitamin e, essential oils of Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender), Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree), Thymus vulgaris (Thyme linalool), Pelargonium graveolens (Geranium), Cupressus sempervirens (Cypress), Copaifera officinalis (Copaiba) Helichrysum italicum (Helichrysum), Daucus carota (Carrot seed)
Best for
Moisturizing dry-feeling skin and conditioning hardworking hands and rough elbows.

The ritual

Know your product.

Instructions

Apply to affected area as needed. Avoid eyes.

Aroma

Camphorous herbal
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Tamra Healy
Finger Savior!

My hands do a lot of manual work and I am constantly washing them, as a result. I often get ripped cuticles and (especially) in the wintertime, split fingertips along the nails. This salve is a lifesaver! I keep a tin in my desk drawer and one in a drawer by the couch. I buff a tiny bit into my cuticles, nail beds and around the edges of my nails. Any tiny rips or traumas heal up super quick, and if I am diligent about using, those frayed edges seldom even happen!

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Jeffrey Grabelle
Plantain Salve

I started using this salve for my fingers which develop cracks because of the dry weather even though I have used commercial Hand Creams on a regular basis. I asked Theresa if she could recommend something for my hands and she said to try the Plantain Salve she makes. This has been truly wonderful for not only helping a finger split heal but also has helped to prevent them happening so often. I have sent some Plaintain Salve to my 91 year old mother who gets splits in the pads of her fingers and has told me that this has helped her as well. Thank you Theresa!!