You might want to learn how to create balm from hot pepper, especially when you feel sore on your muscles. Gardening is a relaxing activity, however, sometimes the chores can make you feel sore after a few days of hard labor.

Why Should You Make DIY Hot Balm?

If you have chili or hot pepper in your garden, then you should try to use it to cure your sore muscles. You might not know but most joint creams sold over-the-counter actually contain hot pepper inside as one of the ingredients. Or they use ingredients which come from hot peppers, especially capsaicin.
Capsaicin itself is a natural component which is available in hot peppers such as habanero, chili, cayenne and so on. This component is the one that creates the hot and burning sensation that you feel when you eat them. The reason why many over-the-counter joint cream use this component as one of the ingredients is because it can alleviate pain.

The reason is because the capsaicin component has the ability to lower neurotransmitter P substance amounts. When the amount is lowered then there will be less pain signals that are sent to the brain. Thus you will feel less pain when applying the cream into your sore muscle.

That is why, you can try to create balm from hot pepper which is actually very easy to make. Furthermore, when you make the balm yourself, then you can use all natural ingredients on it. Thus, you can make sure there are no chemicals or preservatives added inside the balm.

Learn How to Create Balm from Hot Pepper DIY

Ingredients:

  • 3 to 4 tbs. of any choice of hot peppers from your garden
  • 1 cup of any choice of essential oil such as jojoba oil, olive oil, grapeseed oil, etc
    ½ cup of beeswax

Instruction:

  • First you need to mix any choice of hot peppers that you have from your garden with any choice of essential oil that you like.
  • Pour the mix into your double boiler then heat it with medium setting for around 5 minutes to 10 minutes max.
  • Pour in the beeswax while stirring it until everything is melted.
  • When creating balm from hot pepper you need to make sure that all of the ingredients are mixed thoroughly.
  • Take off from heat and cool it down inside your refrigerator for around 10 minutes.
  • Take out from the refrigerator then mix everything with a whisk before you need to cool it down again inside your refrigerator for around 10 minutes.
  • Take out from the refrigerator then mix everything with a whisk once again.
  • Put the hot balm into small glass jars then store it inside the refrigerator.
  • You can use the balm for around 2 weeks before they go bad.

How to Use DIY Pepper Balm

After you finish making your DIY pepper balm, now it is time for you to learn how to use it so you can get maximum benefits from it. When applying the balm, you should massage it deeply to your sore muscle so it can effectively reduce the pain that you feel.

Furthermore, massaging your sore muscle also helps with the blood circulation so it can flow better around the affected area. This is important because your muscles need the oxygen inside your blood.
Besides applying the balm into sore muscles, you can also apply it when you feel pain in your joints. This is especially helpful for those who have osteoarthritis or rheumatoid as it can help to reduce the pain.

You might be able to buy cream sold over-the-counter but you would not know all the ingredients that they use as they usually also use preservatives. But when you create balm from hot pepper DIY then you do not need to be worried with the ingredients.