I began making muscle and joint salves sometime in 2022. Not knowing what I was getting into or whether I would give myself some kind of crazy flesh eating rash I made my first salve. I picked up a book at Tractor Supply and made ( as close as I was able) a recipe I found inside. I wanted to know if this stuff worked and if it was worth the time, effort and money I just dumped into a jar of what looked rather unappealing. Since that first salve and the brave people who trusted me enough to try it out, I have made several batches. Each one ending up a little different from the one before. I began giving out samples to friends at church and jiu jitsu. I simply could not believe how much it seemed to be helping people. I simply could not believe that I made it and it worked.
I am constantly trying to fine tune the formula and am currently working on a new batch as I write this. This will be the first batch in which I have included Chasteberry. I have heard that the leaves and bark are useful for chronic inflammation, somatic pain and inflammation from trauma/injury but am unsure whether the constituents responsible are also present in the berry.