A yarrow (next on the list!) poultice stopped the bleeding and prevented infection for the first couple of days. I once cut my arm deeply with glass while in the middle of moving. Lavender reduces scarring and, like rose, lends a little scented support if you’ve got the road rash blues. Lavender flowers and upper leavesare strongly anti-septic, relieve pain, and speed the healing process by stimulating tissue regeneration.
Plus, they smell good…a little first aid aromatherapy! Rose petals also provide cooling, soothing anti-inflammatory support for reducing swelling and pain and anti-bacterial volatile oils for protecting the abrasion from infection. Rose petals contain astringent tannins that help protect the wound and staunch the oozing of serum as the wound heals.
#HEAL ROAD RASH FAST SKIN#
Comfrey provides allantoin, an organic chemical that stimulates regeneration of skin cell layers, and additional plant components that reduce inflammation. Don’t use it on puncture wounds or other deep wounds, where comfrey may heal the surface layer so quickly that the deeper tissues don’t have time to heal and may abscess. It’s perhaps better known as Knit-bone, and has traditionally been used to support the healing of broken bones and damaged connective tissue. 64 oz pure aloe vera (make sure it doesn’t have any irritating additives or preservatives like alcohol, citric acid, etc.)Ĭomfrey leaf is a wonderful tissue-regenerating herb for speeding the healing and reducing the pain of abrasions.Road Rash Ointment Ingredients (& why they’re included) You can make a large batch and freeze it as ice cubes for long-term storage, since it does take a bit of time to put together. Aside from that, the blend costs little to make. The abrasions did not become infected and the rashes healed quickly. The top protective layer of skin is gone there is often road debris in the wound and it just plain hurts! The following recipe was a great addition to my client’s first aid routine. The issues with road rash, aside from the pain, are the potential for infection and scarring.
Unfortunately, spandex doesn’t do much to protect the skin and he wound up with some pretty nasty road rashes, something most cyclists are familiar with (or may be at some point if not yet). Recently, a client was hauling it very quickly down a hill on his road bicycle and took a trip over the handlebars. Her website is For more information & to learn more about Anna and her work, visit the Oshada Natural Health & Durango School of Herbal Studies on Facebook! Long term goals are to introduce herbs to folks who aren’t already on the bandwagon, including allopathic medical professionals, and to empower her clients with herbal traditions augmented by critical evaluation of current research. She is an avid plant harvester and medicine maker, preferring weeds, mushrooms and only the most abundant native plants as her allies. Marija is passionate about learning and teaching and has a clinical practice while leading classes and workshops locally and online. She studied herbalism with Pam Fisher at the Ohlone Herbal Center in Berkeley, Kathi Keville at the Green Medicine Herb School and with others. Before falling in love with herbalism (and mushroomism) she worked a dozen years as a biomedical scientist in cancer biology and infectious disease research - first as a research technician at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, then as a doctoral student at the University of Washington Department of Microbiology, and finally as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. Anna Marija is an herbalist and scientist in Durango, CO who spent her childhood wandering the woods of suburban Philadelphia.
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