Organic Warming Muscle Salve

Salve: Warming Sore Muscle

A penetrating salve, with pain-relieving arnica, soothing St. John's Wort, and warming cayenne pepper helps ease joint and muscle discomfort.

Price:
$12.95
organic
cruelty-free
non-gmo
6-month-shelf-life
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Product Overview
Best Uses:
  • Excites heat sensors in the skin
  • Provides a warm feeling to the skin and underlying tissue layers
  • Encourages circulation
  • Helps temporarily soothe and comfort sore muscles, ease joint stiffness, and calm discomfort, providing relief from everyday aches and pains
  • Can also be used before exercising to warm and loosen muscles and joints

A penetrating organic salve with pain-easing arnica, healing St. John’s wort and warming cayenne pepper. Cayenne pepper contains capsaicin, a natural anti-inflammatory that blocks a neurotransmitter that transmits pain signals from the nerves to the central nervous system.

This warming salve quickly melts into your skin and can help temporarily soothe and comfort sore muscles, ease joint stiffness, and calm discomfort, providing relief from everyday aches and pains.

Soothing oils soften skin while the synergistic blend of herbs and essential oils gently warms and encourages circulation to help relieve muscle tension and stiffness.

The essential oil blend provides a refreshing and revitalizing scent. 

  • Excites heat sensors in the skin to provide a warm feeling to the skin and underlying tissue layers
  • Use before exercising to warm and loosen muscles and joints
  • Arnica is a well-known herb with anti-inflammatory properties that may help soothe and comfort sore muscles, sprains, and bruises by supporting healthy blood flow and promoting overall wellness
  • Topical St John's wort has anti-inflammatory properties and can help ease muscle tension and mild nerve pain
  • When applied topically, the warming abilities of ginger essential oil can help encourage circulation and ease tension in tired muscles
  • Spearmint essential oil contains menthol, a common compound that helps comfort pain, relax muscles, and promote circulation to the irritated area
  • Eucalyptus essential oil helps to reduce inflammation and ease joint and muscle stiffness
  • For a cooling salve that helps relieve muscle and joint issues, congestion, and fatigue try our Cool Menthol Salve

Although this salve is safe for most folks, to be safe always do a patch test to see how your skin reacts.

For More Information read: How To Choose A Salve

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.


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How To Use

Capsaicin provides only temporary relief, so it must be applied a few times a day.

  • Use to soothe the everyday aches and pains
  • Massage directly onto the skin focusing on sore joints and muscles
  • Apply enough to cover the painful area, and rub it into your skin until it disappears
  • Wash your hands immediately to avoid accidentally getting it into your eyes, nose, or mouth
  • I have used it to help arthritic hands apply before bed and cover with a pair of thin pair of cotton gloves

Although it is safe for most folks with sensitive skin, to be safe always do a patch test to see how your skin reacts. For the patch test:

  • Capsaicin increases blood flow to the local area and may cause redness, so a slight reddening of the skin is okay as long as it is not accompanied by a rash-like irritation
  • The salve should feel pleasant and gently warming--it should NOT burn
  • If it feels like a burn--do not use the salve

While a product with capsaicin may temporarily help relieve some painful conditions, it is not a cure and it may work for some people and not others. Use consistently for the most noticeable results.

Stop using the salve if the skin becomes irritated, red, swollen, or itchy. Also, be aware that these side effects can be aggravated by hot, humid weather, or sweating.

Always consult your medical professional if you have any questions, concerns or if your condition worsens.

We handcraft our Herbal Salves in small batches using organic oils, organic botanicals, and organic essential oils to ensure the highest quality and freshness. As a result, our organic salves have a natural shelf life. There are steps you can take to preserve the freshness of your salve.

  • To prevent contamination use clean hands for application, avoid introducing moisture to the salve, and always keep the lid closed between uses.
  • To ensure the best efficacy, our salves should be used within 6 months after opening. 
  • Always keep the salve in a temperature-stable environment.

Effective, Feel Good Ingredients

The goal is simple: to Harness the Power & Simplicity of Nature® to cleanse, soothe, heal, and protect your skin and hair!

Our unique formulas rely on moisturizing oils and butters, healing botanicals, and pure essential oils. We choose every ingredient with one end-result in mind….the BEST possible natural skin care for YOU!

Featured Ingredients

Organic Cayenne
Organic Cayenne
Organic Arnica
Organic Arnica
Organic Ginger Essential Oil
Organic Ginger Essential Oil
All Ingredients:
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
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Organic Beeswax
,
Organic Cayenne
,
Organic Devils Claw
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Organic Arnica
,
Organic Saint Johns Wort
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Organic Chamomile
,
Organic Lime Essential Oil
,
Organic Spearmint Essential Oil
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Organic Juniper Berry Essential Oil
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Organic Eucalyptus Essential Oil
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Organic Ginger Essential Oil
,
Organic Rosemary Essential Oil
,
Organic Rosemary Oil Extract (ROE)

Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is infused with Organic Botanicals Arnica, Devil's Claw, Cayenne, St. John's Wort, and Chamomile

Please note:

  • Salve contains Cayenne, do NOT use on broken or irritated skin--it will sting
  • After applying, be sure to wash your hands thoroughly
  • Avoid contact with eyes, nose, mouth, mucous membranes, and other sensitive areas
  • This salve is intended for adults or older teens, not young children
  • Capsaicin can make your skin more sensitive to the sun and heat--Do not use a heating pad on the area you are treating
  • It may be a week or so before you feel the full effect 

Frequently Asked Questions

How To Choose A Salve

Help Me Choose An Herbal Salve

What Is a Salve?

 

A salve is a topical ointment used to nourish dry skin and soothe and help heal minor irritations. It is semi-solid at room temperature but softens once applied to the skin.

Breathe Easy Organic SalveChagrin Valley salves are made with USDA Certified Organic ingredients. There are no artificial ingredients, no petroleum products, no synthetic preservatives or emulsifiers, and no synthetic fragrances. Organic herbal salves work because they rely on the medicinal properties of nature.

The magical part of our salve comes from the healing oils and/or the herbal infused oils we use to make them.

As a skincare company we are not trying to treat medical conditions, the best we can hope for is to help ease some of the symptoms associated with them. Our recommendations are based on customer experience--not everything works for everyone and what works well for one person might be ineffective for someone else.

If you have sensitive skin or are new to salves we recommend a patch test before general use.

Chagrin Valley organic salves are combinations of healing herbs, botanicals, and therapeutic soothing oils. Some salves contain pure essential oils for their healing and/or aromatherapeutic properties.

We use our organic salves externally for minor skin irritations, insect bites, cuts, abrasions, healing scars, muscle and joint pain, stuffiness, chest congestion, stress relief, and more.

Although it is not a salve, we have included our Healing Herbs Oil in this section. It is basically a salve without the beeswax.


All Purpose Healing Salves

Calendula Salve

Calendula salve is a super soothing organic salve contains the healing herbs of Calendula, Chamomile, and Lavender.

Sea Buckthorn Salve

Organic Sea Buckthorn Oil Cream SalveSea Buckthorn Rosehips Salve is an organic salve, made with antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbiological Sea Buckthorn, oil helps encourage tissue regeneration.

Healing Herbs Oil

Healing Herbs Oil is a combination of two incredible oils that promote healing The oils plus the infused healing botanicals are highly emollient, chocked full of antioxidants, and have anti-inflammatory properties.


Salves for Rashes

Tamanu Salve

Natural Organic Unrefined Healing Tamanu OilTamanu Oil Salve uses the healing powers of Tamanu Oil that were discovered thousands of years ago when native Polynesians learned how to extract the thick green oil from the tamanu nut and called it a “sacred” gift of nature.

Chickweed Salve

Chickweed Salve is a great organic salve for itchy skin containing the healing herbs of Chickweed and Plantain.

Best Uses:

  • Relieves itching**
  • Soothe and calm itchy, inflamed and irritated skin conditions
  • Helps dry skin and healing skin
  • First aid for relief from insect bites and stings

**Salves and ointments should not be used on open or weeping skin with Poison Ivy or Poison Oak. The irritating oil (urushiol) in Poison Ivy and Poison Oak can be spread by oil based products.

Once the area has dried, salves can be used to aid healing or relieve itching.


Salve for Itching & Bug Bites

Chickweed Salve

Natural Chickweed Anti-itch SalveChickweed Salve is a great organic salve for itchy skin containing the healing herbs of Chickweed and Plantain.

    **Salves and ointments should not be used on open or weeping skin with Poison Ivy or Poison Oak. The irritating oil (urushiol) in Poison Ivyand Poison Oak can be spread by oil based products.

    Once the area has dried, salves can be used to aid healing or relieve itching.


    Antibacterial, Antifungal Salve

    Goldenseal & Myrrh Salve

    Goldenseal and Myrrh Salve uses the anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal properties of lavender, goldenseal and myrrh to aid the healing process


    Salves for Minor Burns

    St. Johns Wort Salve

    St. John's Wort Salve is a rich organic salve, containing the healing and soothing herbs of St John's Wort, Calendula, Chickweed, and Plantain, to help dry and damaged skin. Ida developed this salve to use during her radiation treatments for breast cancer.

    Organic Healing Herbs Oil

    Sea Buckthorn Salve

    Sea Buckthorn Rosehips Salve is an organic salve, made with antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbiological Sea Buckthorn, oil helps encourage tissue regeneration.

    Tamanu Oil Salve

    Tamanu Oil Salve uses the healing powers of Tamanu Oil that were discovered thousands of years ago when native Polynesians learned how to extract the thick green oil from the tamanu nut and called it a “sacred” gift of nature.

    Healing Herbs Oil

    Healing Herbs Oil is a combination of two incredible oils that promote healing The oils plus the infused healing botanicals are highly emollient, chocked full of antioxidants, and have anti-inflammatory properties.


      Salves for Rosacea

      Sea Buckthorn Salve

      Sea Buckthorn Rosehips Salve is an organic salve, made with antioxidant-rich, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbiological Sea Buckthorn, oil helps encourage tissue regeneration.

      Healing Herbs Oil

      Healing Herbs Oil is a combination of two incredible oils that promote healing. The oils plus the infused healing botanicals are highly emollient, chocked full of antioxidants, and have anti-inflammatory properties.

        See more products for Rosacea


        Salves for Scars

        Tamanu Oil Salve

        Tamanu Oil Salve uses the healing powers of Tamanu Oil that were discovered thousands of years ago when native Polynesians learned how to extract the thick green oil from the tamanu nut and called it a “sacred” gift of nature.

          If using Tamanu for fresh surgical scars please check with your healthcare provider.

          Sea Buckthorn Salve

          Sea Buckthorn Rosehips Salve is an organic salve, made with antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbiological Sea Buckthorn, oil helps encourage tissue regeneration.

          Healing Herbs Oil

          Healing Herbs Oil is a combination of two incredible oils that promote healing The oils plus the infused healing botanicals are highly emollient, chocked full of antioxidants, and have anti-inflammatory properties.


            Salves for Eczema & Psoriasis

            Tamanu Oil Salve

            Tamanu Oil Salve uses the healing powers of Tamanu Oil that were discovered thousands of years ago. Over the years, it oil has been recommended for various skin issues such as eczema, acne, psoriasis, burns and dried cracked skin.

              Organic Calendula Salve Cream

              Sea Buckthorn Salve

              Sea Buckthorn Rosehips Salve is an organic salve, made with antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbiological Sea Buckthorn, oil helps encourage tissue regeneration. 

              Calendula Salve

              Calendula salve is a super soothing organic salve contains the healing herbs of Calendula, Chamomile, and Lavender.

              See more products for Eczema & Psoriasis


              Salves for Muscle & Joint Pain

              Warming Muscle Salve

              Cayenne Pepper Muscle SalveWarming Muscle Salve is a penetrating organic salve made with pain relieving arnica, healing St. John’s wort and warming cayenne pepper.

              Cayenne pepper contains capsaicin, a natural anti-inflammatory that blocks a neurotransmitter that transmits pain signals from the nerves to the central nervous system.

              When choosing which sore muscle salve to use, Warming Cayenne or Cooling Menthol, it is simply trial and error. The best question to ask yourself is... what helps alleviate your pain better, heat or cold.

                When choosing which sore muscle salve is best for you, Warming Muscle with cayenne or Cooling Menthol, the best question to ask yourself is... what helps alleviate your pain better, Heat or Cold.

                 

                Cool Menthol Salve

                Cool Menthol Salve is a great multipurpose organic salve that may help with heavy congestion, aching muscles and joints or mind and body fatigue. Menthol stimulates cold sense receptors in the skin and nose causing a cooling sensation when applied topically or inhaled.

                  Also try these organic products!

                  Sore Muscle Congestion Blend Bath Salt

                  Sore Muscle Congestion Blend Bath & Massage Oil

                  Sore Muscle Warming Lotion Body Candle


                  Salves for Cold, Sinus, Congestion & Energize

                  Breathe Easy Salve

                  Eucalyptus Congestion SalveBreathe Easy Salve has carefully selected organic essential oils that provide aromatherapy for stuffiness from dry heat, colds or allergies.

                  Cool Menthol Salve

                  Cool Menthol Salve is a great multipurpose organic salve that may help with heavy congestion, aching muscles and joints or mind and body fatigue. Menthol stimulates cold sense receptors in the skin and nose causing a cooling sensation when applied topically or inhaled.

                    Also try these organic products!

                    Breathe Easy Shower Mist

                    Breathe Easy Aromatherapy Essential Oil Roll On

                    Congestion Relief Bath & Facial Tea

                    Sore Muscle Congestion Blend Bath Salt

                    Sore Muscle Congestion Blend Bath & Massage Oil


                    Salve for Tattoo Care

                    Calendula Salve

                    Calendula salve is a super soothing organic salve contains the healing herbs of Calendula, Chamomile, and Lavender.


                    Salves for Cuts & Scrapes

                    Goldenseal & Myrrh Salve

                    Goldenseal & Myrrh Salve uses the anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal properties of lavender, goldenseal and myrrh to aid the healing process


                      Sea Buckthorn Salve

                      Sea Buckthorn Rosehips Salve is an organic salve, made with antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbiological Sea Buckthorn, oil helps encourage tissue regeneration.


                        Baby Me! Baby Bum Salve

                        Baby Me! Baby Bum Salve gentle healing herbs, antifungal wildharvested myrrh, and anti-inflammatory evening primrose oil provide effective gentle protection and help soothe and calm baby's sensitive skin.


                          Salve for Relaxation

                          Sweet Dreams Salve

                          Sweet Dream Relaxation LavenderSweet Dreams Salve is an organic salve with tranquil organic aromatherapy and an infusion of comforting herbs to soothe your nerves and calm your thoughts. 

                          Here are a few more organic products that help promote relaxation:

                          Tranquil Spirit Aromatherapy Essential Oil Roll On

                          Lavender Rosemary Shower Mist

                          Tranquil Spirit Bath Salt

                          Sweet Dreams Stress Relief Bath Tea

                          Tranquil Spirit Bath & Massage Oil


                          Salve for Diaper Rash & Cradle Cap


                          Baby Me! Baby Bum Salve

                          Natural Organic Myrrh Baby SalveBaby Me! Baby Bum Salve gentle healing herbs, antifungal wildharvested myrrh, and anti-inflammatory evening primrose oil provide effective gentle protection and help soothe and calm baby's sensitive skin.

                          Best For:

                          • Our "go-to" salve to help with diaper rash
                          • Cloth diaper safe
                          • May help with cradle cap
                          • Great for minor cuts and scrapes

                          Also try our organic Baby Me! Baby Body Balm

                          Discover More Read Help Me Choose Organic Baby Skin Care

                          See our whole line of Organic Baby Skin Care Products


                          Salve for Sore Nipples 

                          Nipple Balm Salve

                          Nipple Balm Salve is a safe, soothing organic breastfeeding balm for mom. The skin on your nipples is very sensitive and the early days of breastfeeding can sometimes mean sore, chapped or cracked nipples.

                          Also great for runner's (jogger's) nipples. Both women and men can experience sore or uncomfortable nipples due to chafing or repetitive friction from contact between skin and clothing, especially during prolonged periods of exercise. Nipple salve can be applied before exercising to help decrease friction and after to help soothe irritation. 


                            Salve for Dry Cracked Feet

                            Minty Feet Salve

                            Minty Feet Salve rejuvenates sore, tired, dry feet and helps soothe and help heal dry, rough, cracked heels and feet.

                            Other Organic Foot Products to try:

                            Coconut Lime Hand & Foot Polish

                            Salts & Herbs Foot Soak

                            Loofah Pumice Foot Soap

                             

                            *Statements concerning the use and effectiveness of our salves have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.


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                            What are essential oils?

                            What Are Pure Essential Oils?

                            Have you ever enjoyed the scent of a fragrant flower or herb? The fragrance comes from potent, aromatic compounds called essential oils found in the flowers, stems, seeds, bark, roots, fruits, and other parts of plants. It often requires several pounds of a plant to produce a single bottle of essential oil.

                            Essential oils not only give plants their unique scents but also help lure plant pollinators and protect plants from insects and other predators.

                            The chemical composition of essential oils may provide valuable psychological and physical aromatherapeutic benefits for some people.

                            It is important to note that to be a true essential oil, the oil must be isolated from the plant material by physical means only. Essential oils are NEVER extracted using solvents.

                            Although synthetic fragrances or "nature identical" oils are available at a much lower cost, only natural plant essential oils will provide any aromatherapeutic benefits.

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                            What Are Essential Oils (Much more detail)

                            How Essential Oils Are Extracted

                            Why We Use Only Real Plant Essential Oils?

                            What is Aromatherapy?


                            If you are pregnant or under a doctor's care for any medical condition, please consult your healthcare provider before using essential oils.

                            Pregnancy & Children: We do not provide information on the safety of essential oils during Pregnancy or for use in Children because the available information is very ambiguous and often contradictory. If you’re interested in using essential oils during pregnancy or with young children please do your own research and consult your doctor, midwife, or health care professional before use.


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                            Are Chagrin Valley Ingredients & Products USDA Certified Organic?

                            Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve is a USDA Certified Organic Company

                            Certified Organic Skin Care

                            The most important consideration in any business is its customers. Today's world of misleading claims, false advertising, and simple deception, often leaves consumers trying to discover the truth about personal products and their ingredients.

                            • We want our customers to know that we are committed to transparency in everything we do.
                            • We want our customers to know that when we say "organic," we mean it.
                            • We believe that in becoming a USDA Certified Organic company, our customers do not have to wonder if we really use certified organic ingredients or if our organic products are truly organic.
                            • So we choose to be a certified organic company and abide by the strict standards required for organic certification.

                            Some of my favorite products are made with ingredients that just do not exist as certified organic. Why? At this time there are no standards created for ingredients specifically used in the personal care product industry. Organic certification of personal care products is based on the organic food standards set by the National Organic Program of the USDA.

                            But since we are a certified organic company, we are required to submit documentation that even our "non-organic ingredients" were produced without the use of toxic pesticides, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), sewage sludge, or irradiation.

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                            Why Did We Become a Certified Organic Company?

                            What Do All of the Organic Labels Mean?

                            Organic Soap Labeling


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                            Are Your Products and Ingredients Cruelty Free?

                            All of Chagrin Valley's natural soap, shampoo bars, and personal care products are certified cruelty-free by Leaping Bunny.

                             Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve has been Leaping Bunny Certified since 2013. 

                            Natural Organic Skin Care Cruelty-Free Leaping Bunny LogoThe Leaping Bunny Program was developed in 1996, by The Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC), to identify and support companies that are doing their part to help eliminate the unnecessary use and mistreatment of animals to test cosmetic products and ingredients. The CCIC is made up of eight animal protection groups including the Humane Society of the U.S., as well as groups from Canada and Europe.

                            At Chagrin Valley we do not test our finished products on animals (other than human volunteers). But what about the raw materials, the ingredients we use?

                            Many products display labels claiming that their finished product is ‘not tested on animals’ but this does not guarantee that the product ingredients are actually free from animal testing. 

                            The CCIC Standard is a pledge that a company makes to remove animal testing from all stages of product development. Our pledge to buy ingredients that are cruelty-free is integrated into the purchase agreement for all of our suppliers.

                            Personal care products displaying the “real” Leaping Bunny logo are certified ‘cruelty-free' using the internationally recognized Humane Cosmetics Standards. These rigorous standards require that no animal testing is performed or authorized for finished products or any of the ingredients in any stage of product development by the company, its laboratories or its suppliers after a fixed cut-off date. All Leaping Bunny companies are subject to independent audits and pledge commitments that are renewed on an annual basis.

                            This annual renewal is a key requirement that sets the Leaping Bunny Program apart from other cruelty-free certification programs. Companies that manufacture products, as well as their ingredient suppliers, must annually recommit to upholding their promise to not conduct animal testing on any finished products, ingredients, or formulations.

                            Why is this annual commitment renewal important? "Because product formulations change, suppliers come and go, and manufacturers develop innovative lines to meet consumer needs. But we know that compassionate consumers need to be confident that no animal testing is involved in the products they use."

                            At Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve . . .

                            • we do NOT test our products on animals
                            • we do NOT use ingredients tested on animals
                            • we do NOT sell into markets that require animal testing

                            The Leaping Bunny Program provides
                            the best assurance to consumers
                            that they are making compassionate shopping choices
                            by purchasing Cruelty-Free skin care!


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                            Do Chagrin Valley Natural Skincare Products Contain GMO's?
                            Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve is a USDA Certified Organic company.

                            We are required to submit documentation that ALL of our ingredients, even our "non-organic ingredients," were produced without the use GMOs.

                            Since the U.S. National Organics Program forbids the use of genetic modification in products to be certified as organic, purchasing organic is a great way to lower your exposure to GMO’s.

                            Genetically Modified Organisms refers to any animal, plant or microorganism that has been changed in a lab at the gene level. It is also known as “genetic engineering."

                            Read more about "Non-GMO Skin Care Ingredients"


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