Miracle Balm

Description

Greater burdock is a robust herb that usually grows on the edges of roads and fields, but you can also find it in the forest. Often, you may bring home the burdock's fruits, in the form of sticky balls with a purple center, caught on your pants during a walk. Its large leaves were used as protection against the sun or rain. The root is most commonly harvested and finds its use in cooking, healing, and cosmetics.

Blooming period: July and August.

Description

Common ground-ivy is an aromatic herb with creeping stems and blue-violet flowers, which has been used in folk medicine and as a protection against enchantment since the Middle Ages. It commonly grows on field margins, meadows, and at the edges of forests. It is quite invasive and spreads quickly. Both the herb and flowers are collected. It contains up to 7% tannins, glechoma, choline, organic acids, essential oil, saponins, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, carotenoids, vitamin A, and vitamin C.

Blooming period: late March to June.

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Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) is a perennial herb with pinkish flowers known for its medicinal properties since ancient times. It grows in moist meadows and pastures, near rivers and coastal thickets. It contains mainly mucilaginous substances and polysaccharides. In herbalism, its leaves, flowers, and root are used, most commonly in the form of a macerate.

Blooming period: July - September.

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Common fumitory is a weedy herb that can grow up to 30 cm tall with a gray-green appearance. Its flowers are pink or pale pink, with dark purple coloring at the tips. You will most often find it at the edges of paths, in fields, and gardens. It contains opium alkaloids (e.g., fumaricin, protopin, sculerin) as well as tannins, bitters, and mucilage. There are various theories regarding its name, such as that its blue-gray leaves resemble rolling smoke from a distance, or that it did not originate from a seed but from smoke, or that it was once burned in a fire and its smoke had protective effects against evil spirits, etc.

Blooming period: April - October. Harvesting period: May - July.

Description

This striking plant with yellow-orange flowers, elongated sticky leaves, and a beautiful fragrance can be found in many of our gardens. Wild-growing specimens are rarely encountered, usually found at the edges of fields as stray pieces from removed compost. The most effective ones in herbalism are considered to be those with the most orange flowers. Calendula contains essential oils, saponins, bitters, carotenoids, flavonoids, and volatile oils. Due to its fantastic effects, it is one of the most commonly used herbs in cosmetics.

Blooming period: July - September.

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Meadow clover is a herb that can grow up to 40 cm tall, with white or purple flowers, commonly found in our meadows or pastures. You may have encountered it while searching for luck in the form of a four-leaf clover. Its active ingredients include tannins, glycosides, phenols, coumarins, and mineral acids. It contains flavonoids, phenols, essential oils, vitamins C and E, and especially phytoestrogens, which resemble female hormones.

Blooming period: May - October.

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Beeswax is a natural product that we owe to the worker bees. The wax structure, composed of hexagonal cells, is used by bees for storing honey and pollen, for the development of bee larvae, or as thermal insulation. It contains up to 284 different components, with the most significant being monoesters and diesters of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, free fatty acids, and hydroxy polyesters. Beeswax has a yellow color, a solid structure, and melts at temperatures around 62-65 °C.

Description

Pumpkin oil is obtained from the seeds of the oil pumpkin and has a thicker consistency. It contains, for example, folic acid and pantothenic acid, calcium, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins B, C, and E, and zinc. After pressing, it has a greenish-brown color.

Description

Macadamia oil is obtained by cold pressing the fruits (nuts) of the Macadamia ternifolia tree. It is relatively dense and has a mild nutty flavor and aroma. Its composition is very similar to human sebum, making it highly effective. It contains a large amount of fat, unsaturated fatty acids (oleic and palmitoleic). It is rich in omega 3, 6, and 7 fatty acids, as well as vitamin A, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B3 (niacin), and has a high content of vitamin E, calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, and proteins. It absorbs quickly and does not leave a greasy film.