My Story

 After weeks on narcotics and anti-inflammatory pills for a torn meniscus in my left knee, I had to find an alternative. I could not concentrate in my graduate school classes due to the side effects of the pills. I tried various trauma salves, pain creams, and plasters...none of which worked.

I knew that there must be a better way to deal with pain and trauma injuries without sacrificing concentration or stressing the body systems with too many drugs.

Three years of testing, formulating, and re-testing went into creating Second Aid.

Second Aid allows you to remain active, engaged, and heal maybe a little faster.

...Without All of The Pain

Every herb has as different a personality as you and your next door neighbor...so each herb needs to be prepared in an individual manner to bring out its best for our trauma salve. Some herbs are infused whole, some ground, some course cut, some long cut, and some pummeled. While the five step infusion process lasts over eight weeks, some of the herbs are added at different phases of the process to bring out their strongest medicinal properties.

Most of the herbs are cold infused for weeks before the hot infusion...while others join in after the hot infusion process. They are infused in glass until final processing takes place and the salve is poured into the tins. This way their infusion time is spent in an environment where the only reaction is synergizing with the other herbs.

This gives us piece of mind that there is not plastic or metal leaching into our salve during the infusion. We respect your individual human sensitivities as well as the ecosystem.