Prepared Housewives – by Michelle Boyken
Scraped knee, minor cut, bruise, splinter and mosquito bite. This sounds like typical injuries your child may be sporting right this very moment. But would you believe this happened to me all within 2 weeks last summer? Lucky for me I had just whipped up a bottle of DIY Neosporin Ointment which I affectionately nicknamed my Boo-Boo Stick!
This homemade ointment consists of 3 powerful essential oils that quickly address pain and stinging while reducing the risk of an infection. I can tell you from personal experience, wounds heal much quicker with this remedy than with typical over-the-counter first aid creams. The bonus is all of these ingredients are natural – no chemicals or synthetic additives!
Ingredients:
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10 drops Frankincense
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10 drops Melaleuca
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10 drops Lavender
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5 drops Helichrysum (optional)
- Witch hazel
Instructions:
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Add essential oils to a 10ml roller bottle
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Top off with witch hazel
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Shake gently and apply 2-3x daily as needed
Frankincense
Analgesic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, astringent
- Reduces scarring to cuts and wounds
- Reduces inflammation
- Promotes healing
- Spurs cell regeneration
- Cleans and disinfects wounds
Melaleuca
Antibacterial, anti-fungal, antiviral, immune stimulate
- Heals infectious wounds, insect bites and pimples
- Calms symptoms of rashes
- Reduces inflammatory skin conditions
- Encourages healing from burns
- Reduces itching, inflammation, blistering and peeling
Lavender
Antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic
- Relives itchiness & pain from burns
- Scent reduces migraines and insomnia
- Heals insect bites
- Calms eczema and skin problems
- Scent reduces stress and tension
Witch Hazel
Astringent, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antioxidant
- Cleans and disinfects wounds
- Reduces inflammation and swelling
- Promotes faster healing of wounds and bruises
If you’d like to kick your Boo-Boo Stick up a notch, add 5 drops of Helichrysum to the mixture. Helichrysum is prized for its regenerative properties, reduces inflammation and most importantly – stops bleeding.
Whether you call it DIY Neosporin Ointment or a Boo-Boo Stick, this is a must in your medicine cabinet and first aid kit! For ages 0-99. Remember, only use certified pure therapeutic grade oils. And as always, more exciting information and ways to use essential oils can be found on my blog at On A Wing And A Prayer . If you have any more questions, I am always available by email at goldwinger2@azwingnuts.com.
Information shared on this site is not intended to diagnose, treat or prevent any illness or disease. Nor is it intended to replace proper medical assistance. Essential oils work to bring balance back to the body thereby helping the natural defenses to restore homeostatis. My intent is to encourage wellness and personal research by providing informative and helpful resources.
Michelle Boyken Blogs at On A Wing And A Prayer
She is an Iowa farm girl and proud of it! She loves the adrenaline rush of finding a terrific bargain, the thrill of the hunt on a shopping trip, and cruising through life On A Wing And A Prayer. If you ever have any questions about doTerra Essential Oils, feel free to email her at – goldwinger2@azwingnuts.com
Hey Missy good information………….thanks.
Yes Missy, Good info.
I`m still waiting on those other herbal guys to get back. I am about ready to give up on them. 🙁
Still Digger? 🙁
Don`t know if I should call and make a complaint with my bad attitude today.
I hate it getting blown` off like that when I usually never blow off people.
All right, Dan, take a deep breath. The day is what you make of it.
And it has been my experience that pot growers are a lot like fishermen, as the end result tends to grow exponentially with the telling of the tale. You ought to have seen the one I grew and oh man, the one that got away.
Maybe when you come out here to visit me, you can stop by Chris’s in Colorado and test his product, or what the hell, maybe even go fishing. 🙂
L O L , yes it is Henry. I just got off the phone with that herbal company that has been blowin me , and three others from here off and I tuned them up. 😉 . Yes they are going to get ahold of these three and send them their herbal preppin` price guide right away.
Yes Henry, we really are going to try to make it out, last years accident really put a stop to things for us on my end. We will try though for late summer hopefully though .
We talk in private maybe eh Bro.
Count me in bro.
digger,
can yall stop by Louisiana on your way and pick us up? It is only 800 miles out of your way.
Just kidding bro.
great stuff at the Power Hour Mall that is where I get my needs its all organic, no pasturazation or radiation processes.
I saw this and I was like this is good! In SHTF scenario, we will eventually run out of Neosporin. I am starting to make a file of all these home remedies, I am going to start learning how to make these oils, if I can!!
IN Corvallis at the OSU outreach a group has been making essetial oil extractors that work with ice and a microwave.
a link. I got this from them last summer after watching a demo.
http://www.oilextech.com
Check it out. Getting the plants in raw form and making the oil yourself allows you to control every step.
Good post Missy
Thank you Nottoobitter! The link is great, I just can’t afford it right now! I added it to my favorites for when I have extra cash!! Again Thank you so much!!
Yep Missy good article!
I make something like this including everything but the Melaleuca and Witch Hazel and add rose oil, evening primrose, and a bit patchouli (Cause I like the scent) and add it to a carrier oil like grapeseed or jojoba oil and maybe some coconut oil (Whichever I have on hand) put it in a bottle shake it and use it after a shower. Soothing and scentuliscious 🙂
That sounds wonderful!!! 🙂 I Love patchouli, one of my all time favorites. Everytime I find a patchouli candle I buy it!!
I wish I had learned to do things a long time ago, but I guess it is better late than never!!
🙂
I hear ya on the candles!!!
Always liked the spicy, woodsy, and a little mossy scents (Add in a just little amber and some clarey sage 🙂 they didn’t have around years ago, so got into making my own, then that lead into oils.
Yep, no time like the present! If I can help ya out on getting started just let me know 🙂
Great RT, Thank you! Now that it is spring, I am focusing on growing!! 🙂 It is so weird how I can grow a pretty flower or bush all day long, but food and herbs are giving me more of a challenge! But I refuse to give up, I will learn how to garden, this is only my 3rd year in trying, and every year new challenges!! But hey it keeps me on my toes!! When I am ready to do oils I will definitely let you know, I will need all of the help that I can get!! 🙂
Hey Missy You will do Great!
An easy and neat plant for you to try is pineapple. Just ask someone in your produce dept. for any extra pineapple tops they might have. They’ll wrap them in some wrap for you and give them to you 🙂
Just let it/them sit on the counter 5 or so days and stick the bottom in the dirt in a pot or in the ground. Water once a week or so as you do your other plants (I watered through the top leaves down). Eventually it will flower (months) and a baby pineapple will grow from that spot. takes awhile longer, it’ll get big & you will smell when it’s ripe. Yum! Just let me know when your ready to do oils, love working with them!
RT, That is something I never thought of!! I would Love to pick your brain, I could learn a lot!! I will ask next time I go and if they don’t have any, then I will buy a pineapple and do that ! I Love pineapple! Thank you again for the offer!! 🙂
hey RT wonder if i could do that in the Midwest.
Welcome Missy! The flowers are pretty and the baby pineapples look too cute 🙂
Paul, I don’t see why not? You’ll just have to eventually put it in a bigger pot . I would give it a try 🙂
Great post, Missy! And it leads to a great web site and blog. Reposting!
Thank You BR!! 🙂
I just ignore everything that doesn’t need stitches, and if it does need stitches, I use electrical tape.
lol
paper towels and electrical tape has saved me many a co-pay.