DIY Sore Muscle Rub Recipe with Essential Oils
What’s in this DIY sore muscle rub?
coconut oil and olive oil – Act as carrier oils to dilute the essential oils. Diluting essential oils when used topically is beneficial because it both (1) makes it safer (less risk of skin reactions and overuse sensitivity) and (2) increases the effectiveness of the essential oils by slowing evaporation and improving absorption.
beeswax – Beeswax performs two functions in this salve: (1) it soothes, protects, and nourishes skin and (2) raises the melting temperature – coconut oil melts at 76 degrees F, so without the beeswax on a warm day, this salve would completely liquefy. Beeswax has a much higher melting temperature (144 degrees F), so adding a little beeswax helps to keep the rub at least somewhat solid in warm weather.
wintergreen essential oil – provides cooling and warming sensations, a natural analgesic (pain reliever), anti-inflammatory properties, acts as a natural numbing agent, and helps reduce muscle tension
peppermint essential oil – helps relax and ease muscle tension, aches, and pain. Plus, peppermint is cooling and anti-inflammatory.
lemongrass essential oil – Soothes achy muscles and tendons and adds a great scent
lavender essential oil – helps improve blood circulation, calms and reduces stress and tension, anti-inflammatory, soothes sore tired muscles, and provides temporary pain relief
helichrysum essential oil – powerful pain reliever, anti-inflammatory, and helps improve circulation
How to make homemade sore muscle rub?
step 1: Add 2 tablespoons of beeswax to a heat-safe glass bowl or measuring cup (this will be used to melt the beeswax using double boiler method)
step 2: to melt beeswax, put the heat-safe glass bowl/measuring cup into a pot of simmering water. Melt beeswax over medium heat. Stir occasionally. It will take about 15 minutes to melt beeswax. Make sure beeswax is completely melted, otherwise the beeswax might partially re-solidify, making the sore muscle rub grainy.
step 3: Add 1/4 cup coconut oil to the melted beeswax
step 4: Add 1/4 cup olive oil
stir to combine and melt the coconut oil (this won’t take long)
step 5: once completely melted, remove the beeswax and oil mixture from the heat. Allow it to cool for a few minutes.
step 6: pour the mixture into containers (glass, metal, plastic #1 PET & plastic #2 HDPE jars are all safe for diluted essential oil blends like this)
step 7: clean up
Beeswax to hard to clean with just soap & water. So before it hardens, use paper towels to wipe out the glass bowl/measuring cup and any utensils you used to stir the mixture. Then once you’ve wiped off as much as you can, wash as usual with soap and water.
step 8: Allow the sore muscle rub to cool and solidify completely before putting the lid on (this might take a few hours to harden all the way through) You can put it in the refrigerator to speed this step up.
step 9 (optional): If you use a tin container like I did, then you can decorate the lid with a little scrapbook paper and Modge Podge.
coconut oil and olive oil – Act as carrier oils to dilute the essential oils. Diluting essential oils when used topically is beneficial because it both (1) makes it safer (less risk of skin reactions and overuse sensitivity) and (2) increases the effectiveness of the essential oils by slowing evaporation and improving absorption.
beeswax – Beeswax performs two functions in this salve: (1) it soothes, protects, and nourishes skin and (2) raises the melting temperature – coconut oil melts at 76 degrees F, so without the beeswax on a warm day, this salve would completely liquefy. Beeswax has a much higher melting temperature (144 degrees F), so adding a little beeswax helps to keep the rub at least somewhat solid in warm weather.
wintergreen essential oil – provides cooling and warming sensations, a natural analgesic (pain reliever), anti-inflammatory properties, acts as a natural numbing agent, and helps reduce muscle tension
peppermint essential oil – helps relax and ease muscle tension, aches, and pain. Plus, peppermint is cooling and anti-inflammatory.
lemongrass essential oil – Soothes achy muscles and tendons and adds a great scent
lavender essential oil – helps improve blood circulation, calms and reduces stress and tension, anti-inflammatory, soothes sore tired muscles, and provides temporary pain relief
helichrysum essential oil – powerful pain reliever, anti-inflammatory, and helps improve circulation
How to make homemade sore muscle rub?
step 1: Add 2 tablespoons of beeswax to a heat-safe glass bowl or measuring cup (this will be used to melt the beeswax using double boiler method)
step 2: to melt beeswax, put the heat-safe glass bowl/measuring cup into a pot of simmering water. Melt beeswax over medium heat. Stir occasionally. It will take about 15 minutes to melt beeswax. Make sure beeswax is completely melted, otherwise the beeswax might partially re-solidify, making the sore muscle rub grainy.
step 3: Add 1/4 cup coconut oil to the melted beeswax
step 4: Add 1/4 cup olive oil
stir to combine and melt the coconut oil (this won’t take long)
step 5: once completely melted, remove the beeswax and oil mixture from the heat. Allow it to cool for a few minutes.
step 6: pour the mixture into containers (glass, metal, plastic #1 PET & plastic #2 HDPE jars are all safe for diluted essential oil blends like this)
step 7: clean up
Beeswax to hard to clean with just soap & water. So before it hardens, use paper towels to wipe out the glass bowl/measuring cup and any utensils you used to stir the mixture. Then once you’ve wiped off as much as you can, wash as usual with soap and water.
step 8: Allow the sore muscle rub to cool and solidify completely before putting the lid on (this might take a few hours to harden all the way through) You can put it in the refrigerator to speed this step up.
step 9 (optional): If you use a tin container like I did, then you can decorate the lid with a little scrapbook paper and Modge Podge.
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