Wormwood Salve 50 g (1.76 oz)
Wormwood Salve 50 g (1.76 oz)
St. Hildegard on Wormwood Cream:
"Crush wormwood in a mortar to extract its juice (…) prepare (…) an ointment. Warm it by the fire and rub it on a person tormented by such severe arthritis that their limbs feel as though they might break. Apply it where they feel pain, and the patient will recover."
— From Physica by St. Hildegard of Bingen
This is one of the few cosmetics still made entirely according to St. Hildegard’s original recipes, combining cosmetic benefits with healing properties.
Ingredients:
Animal fats (deer and goat), fresh wormwood herb, olive oil, and pure rose oil.
Healing Benefits:
The cream also helps alleviate various rheumatic pains. Its soothing and pleasant fragrance comes from the natural rose oil.
- Cares for and regenerates cracked, damaged skin
- Relieves rheumatic pain
- Effectively helps fight cough when massaged into chest
Excerpt from the book Return to Harmony by Alfreda Walkowska
For external use only.
Application:
A high-quality, intensive massage cream following St. Hildegard’s recommendations. Massage twice daily into areas warmed by a fireplace or lamp.
Ingredients: Wormwood herb, deer fat, bovine fat, goat fat, rose oil.
Storage: Store in a cool, dry place.
(Description translated from the manufacturer’s website)
Product of Austria