Green Salve
I received a 1 oz jar of the Motherlove Green Salve for insect bites and rashes and sat back to wait for someone to get a mosquito bite. For some reason we haven’t gotten any this summer. In the house we just moved from we lived close to a lake and had the little critters breeding all over the place, but here, closer to the ocean, there are not many around. So it was with overzealous delight that I reacted to my step son telling me he needed some calamine lotion or after-bite for some bites he got while camping with friends.
Two hours after I’d applied it he popped his head in from working outside to tell me he couldn’t feel the bites anymore at all. He said it must have worked right away because he forgot all about them quickly, which is why he forgot to report back sooner.
Then the next day I got a bite (whoo hoo!?) and it worked instantly to soothe the itch.
Motherlove Green Salve takes the pain and itch out of bug bites, stings, and poison ivy, and soothes and softens rashes and chapped and irritated skin. It is good for eczema and healing wounds. It is made from USDA certified organic extra virgin olive oil, beeswax, comfrey, plantain, marshmellow root and calendula. Comfrey is known for its healing properties while the other three herbs are known for their cooling properties. It costs $7.95 for a 1 oz jar.
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A Little Bit about Motherlove
Motherlove is the first herbal personal care and supplement line specifically designed for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. They are a major supporter of sustainable and organic farming and environmental practices and 100% cruelty free. They are also a charitable organization that supports other organizations that help nurture life. The Nurturing Life Foundation, Best for Babes and The Maternal Wellness Center are just a few of the places they give back.
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Motherlove Pocket Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants
Since I have written a few posts on nature walks and identifying plants with your kids here and here and here, I also received the opportunity to review Motherlove’s Pocket Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants I knew some readers would be wondering where they could get a little pocket guide of edible plants so I was delighted to find this on their site.
In it it says: “This book was originally written to help my children identify the abundance of useful plants that surrounded us in the pine forests, aspens, and meadows of the Colorado foothills….I wanted to keep it simple and small enough to carry in the woods, yet still contain enough information when it is the only book you have in the woods.”
The book lists 73 plants seasonally by harvest time, and by habitat. It contains a colour picture for each plant, its latin and common names, description, edible uses, medicinal uses and other uses, as applicable. It also contains gathering information. While these plants are native to Colorado I found that it is still general enough to living in the Northwest and likely many other places in North America. I recognized or knew of at least 80%, if not more, of the plants. It is the perfect size for fitting into one’s backpack, fanny pack or purse, and it is relatively inexpensive at $11.95 USD.
Motherlove Breastfeeding Products
Because I am in the later stages of my breastfeeding relationship I did not have any use for the pregnancy or breastfeeding products that Motherlove makes. However, I wanted to provide you some background on their breastfeeding products. As a herbal company, Motherlove makes a number of breastfeeding products that are designed to increase and enrich a mother’s milk supply. These include capsules and tinctures. They also make a lanolin-free and Vitamin E-free nipple cream for sore, cracked nipples. (It also works well on dry elbows, knees and feet!) Its ingredients are safe for ingestion and do not need to be washed off before breastfeeding. A fantastic alternative to lanolin-based nipple creams. You can go to their site to read reviews and testimonials of these products.
To Buy All of Motherlove’s products are for purchase on the Motherlove site.
The Giveaway
The kind folks at Motherlove would like to offer one lucky reader a 1 oz jar or either their green salve or nipple cream. It’s your choice!
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER – JENN! @jennrobhall
To Enter
- Leave a comment telling me which of the two products you would like to have if you win.
Extra entries (leave one extra comment for each thing you do)
- Become a Breastfeeding Moms Unite! Facebook Fan.
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- Follow @bfmom on twitter and RT this post. (Please leave the url for confirmation)
- Follow @motherloveherb on twitter
- Become a Motherlove Herbal Company Facebook Fan.
To Win
I will randomly choose a winner using random.org and contact you via email if you have won. The winner has 48 hours to reply to my email before I will choose a new winner.
Contest open to USA and Canada.
Contest closes Tuesday August 31st at 6 PM PST.
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I love this company! I’ve tried their thrush salve, so I’d love to try the nipple cream!
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I would love to win the green salve! I’ve used it in the past and it works fantastically!
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I would love to try the green salve. I live in the south and mosquitoes are ravenous so I would love to have a good safe product to soothe my baby’s skin
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i’d love the nipple cream. i am 17 weeks pg with #2 so i’m sure it’ll come in handy!
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I’d definitely like the green salve. We live in the mountains where all the bugs are bigger and bite harder. :-/
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I would take the green salve since my youngest is 10 months and down to two nursings a day. But I sure could have used the cream when we started out!
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I’d pick the green salve. I always get bitten…
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tough choice, but i’d go with the green salve. we’ve had mosquitoes and heat rash over here like a mofo this year.
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