Tussle Craft Skin Lab
Mend Series/THE ARNICA BALM

§ Mend Salve — Tin 01

Mend Salve No. 01 · Batch M-004

The Arnica Balm

The bar reaches for the skin. This one reaches for the muscle underneath. Engineered for the athlete who trains hard enough to feel it the next morning — and refuses to let that morning slow them down.

"Poured warm, set slow. Runs golden from the arnica infusion. This is the tin I keep in the side pocket of the bag — for the drive home, the couch after, and the morning after that."

— Artist's Notes, Batch M-004

§ Clinical Abstract

Muscle Recovery — Topical Balm

Recovery, engineered into a tin. The Arnica Balm is built for the body that just left the mat — sore, stiff, and quietly bruised in places it won't show tomorrow. Arnica-infused oil carries the deep-tissue load: the botanical trainers, boxers, and grapplers have relied on for a century to shorten the bruise window and quiet muscle soreness. Peppermint and eucalyptus deliver an immediate cooling reset the moment the balm hits skin, while rosemary drives circulation into the tissue underneath. Beeswax and shea butter set the salve firm enough to travel and soft enough to melt on contact — no water, no fillers, no wasted mass. Two ounces of pure recovery you can throw in a gym bag and forget about until you need it.

Active Botanicals

  • Arnica-infused oil
  • Peppermint essential oil
  • Rosemary essential oil
  • Eucalyptus essential oil

Indication

Post-training application to sore muscles, bruising, and stiff joints. Rub a fingertip's worth into the affected area and work in until the balm disappears.

Method

Low-heat infusion of arnica flower into carrier oil. Blended with beeswax and shea butter over a double boiler, poured warm into 2 oz tins, and set at room temperature. No water, no saponification — a stable anhydrous salve.

§ Ingredient Manifest

On the Spec Sheet

InputRole
Arnica-infused oilActive — deep-tissue recovery
BeeswaxStructure — solidifies the salve
Shea butterConditioning — carries actives into skin
Peppermint essential oilActive — cooling, circulation
Rosemary essential oilActive — circulation, soreness
Eucalyptus essential oilActive — cooling, respiratory ease
Vitamin E oilStabilizer — extends shelf life

Weight

2 oz / 57 g tin

Format

Anhydrous balm

Method

Low-heat infusion

Shelf Life

12 months

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