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Making Herbal

Hand Creams and Salves

Adapted from

Natural Hand Care,

by Norma Pasekoff Weinberg

CONTENTS

Your Hardworking Hands

Evaluating Commercial Products

Recipes for Silky-Smooth Hands

Curing Brittle, Split Nails, and Cuticles

Moisturizers for Dry Hands

Softening and Smoothing Calluses

Caring for Chapped, Cracked, Rough Fingertips and Palms

Keeping Your Hands Looking Young

Resources

Your Hardworking Hands

Just about everyone has experienced dry skin, blisters, calluses, hangnails, and red,

chapped skin on their hands. Why do you think there are so many lotions, creams, and

salves specially designed for hand care in the beauty products aisle of your grocery

store? If you stop for a moment to think about how much your hands do for you each

day, you’ll appreciate the value of time spent nurturing and caring for these

hardworking parts. Whether you’re a mason lifting and setting rough, abrasive stone

for hours on end; a gardener using shovels, rakes, and your bare hands to prepare the

soil; or an office worker handling sheafs of paper all day long, your hands are likely to

be dry, work-worn, and in need of some soothing relief from creams and salves.

Which lotions and creams are the best? The choice is yours. You might decide that

at work you want a hand emollient that dries quickly and has no fragrance. At home

you may opt for a thicker cream formula, one that you can wear all night with cotton

gloves. If your hands are severely chapped and the skin is splitting, you’ll want some

heavy-duty salve to heal and soothe the cracked skin. And as you grow older, you’ll

want to use gentle, skin-nourishing lotions and creams every day to slow the effects of

time.