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Devil's Club Salve


Price: $12.00
Item Number: HS2
Devils Club is a powerful plant of the Alaskan forest, used to enhance healing of many an ailment. Combined with yarrow, spruce sap and usnea. Devil’s Club Salve is used by many locals for aching muscles, bruises, surface wounds & insect bites.

DEVIL’S CLUB (Echenopanax horridum)
OTHER NAMES: Alaskan Ginseng
Ginseng Family (Araliaceae)

Devil’s Club: Plant of Magic and Medicine
Pacific Northwest Coast Native groups use Devil’s Club decoctions as an external treatment for skin irritation and for treating infections by covering the wound. Used also to relieve pain and swelling from insect bites. Many natives believe that harvesting is best done in the spring time because the plant is most potent at this time.

Habitat and Range
Devil’s Club forms dense thickets in moist woods. It ranges from south-central Alaska and the extreme southwest Yukon coastally to California.

Physical Description
Grows to 8 feet tall. Stems are covered with large prickles. Small white flowers are arranged in umbrella like groups and for an elongated cluster. Fruits, scarlet berries are inedible, Leaves are large, maple-like, with 5 to 7 shallow or deep lobes and have spines on the undersides of leaves.

Janice Schofield, Discovering Wild Plant

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Ashley (Oregon) 6/6/2011 5:15 PM
This Salve is amazing. We first discovered it when my sister had a really bad burn on her arm and a relative gave us some to try. Within 24 hours her burn look ten times better. Since then we have found that it works great for many things including muscle aches and cuts/scrapes. Thanks for making such a great product!
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Salve useful for post-op swelling?
Carol (Michigan) 5/17/2011 5:11 PM
I am recovering from Achilles tendon and heel surgery. . .have a 4" scar. . .have been non-weight bearing for four weeks and am just now slowly adding weight, light stretching, etc. Last week my Dr.'s "assignment" was to begin gently massaging the incision site with a lotion of my choice. I wondered about the effectiveness of your lovely Devil's Club salve purchased last year, so I tried it, assuming I had nothing to lose. I have been using it twice or three times a day for four days now, and I almost feel silly saying this, but I could swear that it really is bringing down the inflamation, and the incision site looks great. Could it really be? (I know you'd say "yes!") I can't wait to see the doctor next week and show him the great "miracle" product I've been using! Wouldn't it be great if he'd start recommending it to his future patients? (I'll be sure to give him your address and will hope that it brings you new business.) Thank you for such a fine, gentle, and effective product! Sorry to appear skeptical, but I don't readily support things just because they are "natural," preferring them to prove themselves first. Well, it's proving itself, and I couldn't be happier. (Well, OK, if I could run the Juneau Marathon again, that would top the "happiness" scale!)
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William Harper (Redmond, WA) 4/28/2011 3:08 PM
Picked this salve up while on a cruise for wife's sore feet, seemed to work well. Since then I've used it for an injured foot trod upon by a malicious horse, worked great for reducing pain and controlling swelling. Have since ordered more for family members. Highly recommended.
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I'm Sold On This Salve!
Kathleen (Kingston, WA) 10/15/2010 9:10 PM
My husband brought back a jar of this salve from a recent trip to Sitka. I was skeptical but tried it first on mosquito bites. Within a minute or two, the bites no longer itched. A week later, I had some painful chafing from boots that were too tight. After applying the salve, the relief lasted all day. This product is amazing! I can't imagine being without it now.
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Jerry (Texas) 12/3/2009 8:35 AM
I Love this Salve! Its incredible I use it everyday!
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