Cedar & Mint Caravan Leg Balm Oil
Atlas Cedar • Moroccan Mint • Arnica Maceration
Cooling Relief • Joint Comfort • Travel Weariness
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✦ Purpose
Cooling • Grounding Relief • Soothing Motion
☽ Key Benefits
For sore ankles, swollen feet, stiff calves, long-walk knees, and travel-wearied joints.
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A Cooling Blessing for the Road-Worn Body
In the old desert caravans, traders massaged their feet and knees each night with crushed mint and resinous cedar oil.
The warmth of the sand by day and long miles over gravel trails left the body aching with heat, swelling, and fatigue.
Mint offered cooling clarity, reducing heat trapped in the feet.
Cedar brought grounding strength to weary muscles and joints, believed to “anchor the bones” with its deep, resin scent.
Arnica flowers were steeped in oil by mountain travellers to ease bruised tissue and walking strain, softening the shock held inside legs and heels.
This balm oil unites all three traditions:
Mint for cooling release,
Cedar for joint steadiness,
Arnica for impact and swelling.
Not just comfort-movement renewed.
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Ingredients (30 ml)
Base Oils
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10 ml Sesame Oil (light + joint nourishing warmth)
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10 ml Grapeseed Oil (quick absorption + cooling balance)
Ancient Infusion
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6 ml Arnica Flower-Infused Oil
(for swelling, bruising, + strained tissue support)
Aroma Relief Blend
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2 drops Peppermint (Mentha piperita)
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2 drops Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica)
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1 drop Cypress or Juniper (optional for circulation)
Preservation
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0.5 ml Vitamin E - stability + antioxidant support
⚠️ Do not use on broken skin or-open wounds.
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Arnica Infusion (Foot & Joint Remedy)
Tools
Sterilised small glass jar
Dried Arnica flowers (never fresh)
Light carrier oil (sunflower or grapeseed)
Muslin cloth
Method
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Place 1 tsp dried arnica flowers into your dry jar.
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Cover with 10-12 ml oil (sunflower or grapeseed).
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Rest in a warm place 2-3 weeks, shaking gently every few days.
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Strain through muslin.
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Use 6 ml for your recipe.
⚠️ Avoid using arnica on open cuts. It is for intact skin only.
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Blending Instructions
Tools
Heatproof beaker
Glass or wooden stir stick
Small funnel
Dark bottle (30 ml)
Method
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Add sesame + grapeseed oils to your beaker.
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Add 6 ml arnica infusion.
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Add Vitamin E.
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Add essential oils last (never exceed 5 drops total).
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Stir softly with a wooden or glass stick.
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Bottle immediately.
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How to Use
• Massage ankles, calves, feet, knees, and backs of legs.
• Best used after walking, travel days, or hot-foot fatigue.
• For swollen feet: massage upward strokes toward the knees.
• For stiff joints: warm hands first, then apply to the area.
• Avoid using before long walks - this is for recovery, not pre-exercise lubrication.
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✧ Why It Works
Atlas Cedar grounds the nervous system + eases joint tension.
Mint cools heat-tired feet + reduces swelling sensation.
Arnica infusion supports bruising, shock, and long-walk strain.
☆ Body Feels:
Cool relief, lighter feet, steady joints, herbs soaking into tired muscles.
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Shelf Life
• 6-9 months
• Keep in a cool, dark place.
• Avoid heat or direct sun.
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Energetic Vow
“May your feet remember softness after long roads.
May your bones feel held by cedar strength,
and your steps cooled like night sand-
steady, rested, ready to roam again.”
CaravanSerai Gypsy