Liniment for Varicose Veins & Muscle Pains

Learn to make an all-natural witch hazel + herbal liniment can be used for varicose veins, muscle pains, strains, and aches.

jar of liniment containing chopped herbs

This recipe was kindly shared by Dawn Combs, author of the book, Heal Local. It’s a great book centered around 20 homegrown or regionally sourced herbs that you can use to build a complete home apothecary.

Tucked throughout the pages and paragraphs are great little recipes for everything from heartburn lozenges, to headaches pills, to this liniment for varicose veins and muscle pains shared below.

Heal Local Book by Dawn Combs

Since Dawn is an amazingly nice person, she’s letting me share her recipe on The Nerdy Farm Wife site. (Thanks Dawn!) You can learn more about Dawn at her web site, Mockingbird Meadows.

Now, on to the recipe!

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basket of St John's Wort and other herbs

Liniment for Varicose Veins, Muscle Pains & Strains

This recipe is given in parts. That means that you can scale it up or down depending on how much you want to make. It doesn’t have to be precise, at all.

You really can’t mess up this recipe by putting a bit more of one ingredient than another.

I used generous pinches, but you can use a measuring cup, tablespoons, small food scoops or whatever you’d like.

Place roughly equal amounts of yarrow, calendula and St. John’s wort in a glass jar and then add the smaller amount of cayenne or ginger.

Dried calendula and yarrow are fine to use, but if possible, use fresh St John’s wort. You can use whole dried pieces or ground spice.

If using fresh herbs, be sure to chop them into smaller pieces before infusing, so that more surface area of the herb is exposed.

Pour witch hazel over the herbs until covered and let it infuse for 2 to 3 weeks. Strain and rebottle. (I didn’t have quite enough witch hazel on hand, so added a bit of vinegar to mine to make up the shortage.)

This liniment can be used for varicose veins, muscle pains, strains, and aches.

Use once in the morning or evening, or at both times of day.

Always rub it towards the heart to help tighten and tone varicose veins and improve blood flow.

Isn’t that a great recipe? I’ve been using it on my family and it really is effective.

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Jan Berry is a writer, herbalist, soapmaker, and bestselling author of The Big Book of Homemade Products, Simple & Natural Soapmaking, and Easy Homemade Melt & Pour Soaps. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her family and a menagerie of animals, where she enjoys brainstorming creative things to make with the flowers and weeds that grow around her. You can also find her writing about gardening and foraging over at her family's website: UnrulyGardening.com!

246 Comments

  3. Definitely trying this recipe! I would love to learn more about plantain. Thank you for sharing all your recipes!

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  69. I have a huge problem with varicose veins so I would love to try this-just need to get some dried yarrow! ty!

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    Having always been a wanderer of nature I am constantly curious about the things that can be made from what I surrounded with. You have been a great inspiration….Thank You!!!

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  80. i can’t wait to mix up a batch and try this. Love to learn new ways to naturally heal this aching old body. Thanks a bunch

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  89. I would like to learn more about Yarrow and try this recipe for varicose veins – it seems to be a curse in my family :)

  90. My full time work is as a gardener so I always seem to have loads of aches and pains. This wonderful recipe is now on my list for next weekend … just need to gather a couple of the ingredients that I don’t have in my own backyard.

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  97. thank you for the recipe. i try to stay very active but now with getting older I am often a little stiff. would live to win the book as i am always trying to further my education regarding herbs.

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    1. Hi Sharon G! Your comment number was chosen as the winner for this book – congratulations!! Check your email for a message from me! :)

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    1. Hi Fredrika! I infuse witch hazel with fresh herbs and flowers sometimes, so believe you could here too. The only drawback that I see is that the witch hazel would be more diluted from the water content in fresh plants, so it wouldn’t have as long of a shelf life.

      1. I hadn’t considered that… Good to keep in mind! Thanks for taking the time to respond. :)

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  113. I love growing herbs! I have really good luck with basil sage and lemon balm and lemon verbena!! I would love to use them to make my own remedies! I already use them in recipes and for tea! Would live a copy of this book to learn more! Thanks for the recipe too!

    1. Thanks so much for the recipe! Sounds like this book will be added to my wish list. I love learning all I can about herbs and making my own remedies. Thanks again!

  115. I have mint, sage and lemon balm in my yard and would love to learn different ways to use them

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  118. I would love this book! I just want to keep learning and making use of herbs :)

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  131. Hi man,
    This recipe for varicose veins sounds good. I’ve been using your Violet leaf and dandelion salves also.
    The book would be a very welcome addition to any person library and herbal remedies .
    Thank you for the chance to win it.
    Sincerely ,
    Ruth

  132. I have began making the majority of all bath, body and home supplies this year. I would love to have this book as a reference to try new recipes and to learn more about incorporating different herbs.

  133. I have spider veins, maybe this recipe would help! I would love to win the book!

  134. Thank you for sharing your Herbal Liniment recipe. I can’t wait to make it and give it a try.
    Also, thank you for the opportunity at a chance to win “Heal Local” by Dawn Combs. This book sounds amazing and I would love to add it to my herb book collection.

  135. I am very excited to try this recipe. I am a waitress (almost ready to retire as I’m 66 years old) and my legs do give me some grief. I will make this up tomorrow to start the 2 week wait. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
    Janet

  136. I can’t wait to try out this liniment on my varicose veins. I make most of our bath & body products and would love learn more recipes, especially those using herbs.

  137. I love to work with herbs and this book would be a great resource! Thanks for the chance!!

  138. I would love to have this book. I have been trying to switch to a more natural way of life, buy buying & making some of our products. We have noticed a big difference with our skin & health in general with eliminating all of the chemicals in our life.

  139. I grow Borage and make soap with it but I would like to know more uses for this pretty herb.

  140. Love the book and thank you for sharing the recipe! I always make soaps for my family, friends and relatives. Love growing and using herbs.

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    Thank you again for your wisdom and creativity.

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  144. Wow! What a great recipe to use with herbs you can grow yourself! I am fascinated by herbalism and would love to learn more about it. I am currently growing sage, echinacea and lavender in my garden, and would love to know more about various ways to use them! =)

  145. Thank you for sharing, would love to learn more about herbs and how these can be used .

  146. Our new greenhouses will be full of herbs come spring. I’m definitely going to read the book. Thanks for the recipe. Good luck with your ventures.

  147. Now this is right up my alley!! I love natural remedies! There are so many things growing wild around here that I would love to learn more about…dandelion, comfrey, violet leaves, plantain. Too many to list! More information on this stuff is always a good thing!! Keep blogging!!!

  148. I would love to own a copy of this book, there are so many things in the garden that we could be using but don’t. All natural I say that’s the way to go.

  149. I am interested in learning more about herbs, any herbs, and what they do and am seriously considering taking an online course. Would love to have this book as an addition to the small herbal reference library I have. Love your blog! Thanks!

  150. I would love to learn more about making healing salves with Calendula flowers..

  151. Thank you for sharing you liniment and Echinacea Salve recipes!!!! I would love to win the book as I know it will have lots of other recipes. Thanks for the opportunity!

  152. This recipe looks amazing, and I have all the ingredients so I’ll be making it soon. The book sounds great. I would like to learn more about bee balm and yarrow. Thank you for all your valuable information!

    1. Hi Mia, Yes, you sure can! I have one on the back of my leg that I got from sitting too much at the computer (when I was a video game addict!) and it is visibly reducing the signs of it. Love this recipe!

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  156. This would be amazing to win! I’ve in the past year or so, gotten interested in essential oils and I’d also love to be able to use/learn about herbs. thanks for the chance

  157. Thank you for the opportunity to receive this book. There is so much to be learned. This would be a great resource.

  159. I am moving into a house at the beginning if August and cannot wait to start gathering seeds to start my “healing garden” what I can’t grow I will buy. I have been looking forward to this for quite some time. It would be wonderful to have this book as I start on this new journey in my life.

  160. Well I hope I win because this is just the sort of remedy book I need, I suffering right now with varicose vein pain. This recipe looks easy and I hope to give it a try. I’m using some essential oils, and some blood remedy tablets. I am intrigued about the rest of the remedies. So if I don’t win, I’ll buy the book. Thanks for the chance too.

  162. Just started making soap. have made tinctures and herbal vitamins. doing some basic soaps, we are wanting to do herbal soaps this winter. i would love to win this book!!

  163. I would love to learn more about using yarrow and calendula. Thanks for the recipe!

  164. I am really into medicinal herbs, and their recipes. This book sounds very exciting. I cannot wait to read this!!

  165. After having breast cancer ,both of my breast were removed , I get lots of pain in my breast area because of scar tissue. I feel God gave me a second chance in life and I now I make my own soaps , lotions,etc I control what’s in my products. I would love to have these book to learn more new things .. Good luck to all the ladies..
    Thanks

  166. Just made a batch and can’t wait to use and share. Thank you so for the recipe! The book looks great too. So want to read and use it right now.

  167. What a great recipe – love that they are all herbs that are easy to find either by wildcrafting/foraging or growing your own. Looks like a terrific book!

  169. Exciting book. Who doesn’t want a book with natural easy to follow recipes for common ailments. Am interested in a recipe with comfrey. I was given a small sample from a friend of a friend and it helped my plantar fasciitis pain a lot. Thank you! Kris

  172. I just found my first blooming yarrow plant in my yard two days ago, and would love to learn as much about it as I can.

  173. I would love to win a copy of this book and also learn more about stinging nettle

  174. Right now, I have a ton of chamomile and would like to do more with that. I have lobelia growing all over, also. Would love to have this book!!! Thanks.

  175. I am making this morning! So excited I have everything I need. Thanks for sharing!

  176. I would love to learn more about all plants, specifically plantain. Thanks for the opportunity. :)

  178. Thanks for sharing. I’m making this liniment today! I would like to learn more about borage.

  181. I have just started making herbal tinctures for my family. Me and my daughter are do sensitive to chemicals. I would love to win this

  182. Im a outdoorsman and trying to learn lots of new things and i love the giveway and would love to win the book for my bug out bag for when shyf prepping

  183. Waw! Right in time: one of my best friends has some varicose veins and I’d love to help him. I’ll give it a try! Of course. I’m looking forward to learning some more simple and efficient remedies! <3

  184. I have just started making my own homemade products. I plant yarrow and lavender, would love to learn ways to use it. Looking forward to planting other things to use, this book would be a great help.

  185. Would absolutely love this book! -and – learn more unique combinations and ways to use what already grows on our little parcel of paradise :)! Thank you for this recipe. I am making this liniment today and can not wait to use it:).

  187. I have an abundance of Yarrow, Voilets and Salvia growing in my yard, as well as many herbs in my garden. This book looks like a great resource for my family. Thank you.

  189. Wild oregano is found in my area and it is but one of many medicinal herbs that I wish to study since I have been harmed by modern medicine and am trying to eliminate it from my life.

  190. Thank you for the recipe. I am going to order the materials and try it as soon as possible. I would love to win the book. I gave started using herbs and have a lot to learn.

  191. I’d love to learn about more ways to use sage, echinacea, and calendula thank you also for the recipe

  192. Herbal remedies are my passion. Since finally finding our little piece of heaven in the country I’ve been reading everything I can find about homemade remedies and soaking up info like a sponge. I’d love to add this book to my collection. Thanks for the introduction.

  193. Brilliant receipy I’d love to learn more about lemon balm and camomile something I bought a little of and now have plenty! X

  195. Lol – I was going to say plantain but I see that is taken! How about Ginko, or oregano, or lemon balm, sage…juniper? I have these all in my garden and would love to put them to use!

  196. Am really enjoying your newsletters. I am on Long Island for the summer and and impatiently waiting for the rosehips to ripen and woudl love to learn more about them.

  197. Willow Creek Farm
    I have Chamomile growing and it has a lot of wonderful uses and would love to learn more about it.

  198. Thanks for sharing your experiences and recipes. I would like to learn more of catnip. I have a lot growing in our pond area. I do mix it in with herbal tea mixture and tastes great.

  199. Would love to learn more about Calendula flowers and mullein. Can’t wait to get a copy of your book. Thanks for all that you do and share.

  200. Thank you for all the wonderful recipes. This definitely sounds like a book I need to check out! I would love to learn more about basil.

  203. I’d love to learn more about mullien.. I let them grow in my town yard.. neighbors just dont know what to think about them.. but I think they’re lovely. :)

  204. Looking forward to trying this recipe since I am getting older and am now developing those unsightly varicose veins. Always get some great ideas from your newsletter and am interested in learning more about herbal remedies. Thanks for sharing.

  205. Would love to learn more about Calendula flowers and maybe Catnip the list goes one :) Thanks!

  206. This recipe sounds just the thing for my Mom, sister and me. I can ‘t wait to try it. I would like to learn more about arnica and willow.

  207. I would love to learn about nettle and marshmallow, I would like to use both in a soap recipe and learn about other herbs that can be used to help people.

  210. Thank you for sharing about this book. I’ve been learning a new herb every few weeks. I’d like to set my sights next on yarrow. And with soon will be elderberry harvest time so that one will be after this. So much to know!!

  211. This sounds like a book I need! We’ve recently moved to a house in a rural area and I’ve been learning about all the interesting plants that grow around us!

  212. What a godsend this is! I have been struggling with very painful varicose veins (and can’t afford surgery). I am certainly going to try this liniment!
    I would like to learn more about comfrey.

  214. This liniment looks awesome! I have a ton of yarrow growing around my yard and would love to learn even more uses for it!

  215. We have lots of lemon balm that I would love to know what else I can use it for- besides keeping mosquitos away:) We are very much into finding natural cures, and to win this book would be a blessing:) Thanks for the chance to win!!

  216. Thank you for the chance to win such a wonderful book. I want to know more about anything, & everything! I’am so fascinated by ethnobotany.

  217. I am new to herbs. I need this book ;) I would love to learn more about dandelion, plantain, clover and anything and everything about herbalism. Have a great day. Thank you for all your useful information! :)

  218. Thank you so much for the recipe. I would like to know more about dandelion. I try to use any natural remedies that I can for my family, so I appreciate anything you have to offer.

  219. I’d like to learn more about bee balm/bergamot. I love the flavor of the petals of the red flowers and think they would make a very nice seasoning for meat. I know the leaves of the red and purple flowering plants can be used for tea but that’s about all I’m familiar with.

  221. I love your site and how you make everything so clear and simple for us. Thank you. I would like to learn more about just about everything, but what I have growing free on my place that is useful is elderberry, lemon balm, violet and mullein.

  222. I’d love to learn more about Yarrow!
    I see it in this recipe, but I don’t have any, and I’m wondering if there might be a suitable substitute? Not knowing anything about yarrow makes me wonder what its purpose is in the recipe. Thank you for this opportunity and for any information you can give!
    Smiles, marli

  223. Many herbs and ‘weeds’ grow in Oregon…I’m even growing Ginger and Turmeric but…what uses are there for the dried head (after the bloom is done) of Calendula?

      1. Hi Jan
        Thank you for your suggestion and thank you for the free ebook. I see projects I’d like to do…such a great book to have at my fingertips! :)

  225. I have only begun using herbs and essential oils the last year, so I’m verry green (pun intended). I mostly have to use dried herbs. I would like to learn more about using them for natural salves, medicine, and remedy’s. I currently am trying to grow echinacea, lemon balm, and lavender.

  226. Would definitely love to learn more about stinging nettle and it’s uses. Thank you!

  228. What an awesome birthday present this would be. I am set out to relearn what mother nature has to offer us and being able to use what she has given is always a welcome book in my hands. Thank you, I can’t wait for the read.

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  230. Hello Jan, I’d like to substitute Chamomile flowers and Peppermint instead of the Calendula flowers and St. John’s wort as I have them at home. Want to use the liniment as well for restless leg syndrome. Do you think that would work?

    1. Hi Silke! You could give that a try, though you might get a little bit different results. If you do try it out, keeping the yarrow in and a pinch of ginger or cayenne would be good!
      Something that works wonderfully for restless leg syndrome is magnesium oil. I like to make it in a lotion like this:
      https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/make-lotion-leg-cramps-growing-pains/
      but you can also buy a plain bottle of it and rub it directly on your legs. (It can irritate sensitive skin when used directly though, which is why I like it in lotion.) It works so nicely for a few people that I know!

  231. Hi Jan, Thank you for your quick response. I read about the lotion first and will try it for sure. Have all the ingredients I need and infused the oil already. Wanted to try infusing the oil and let it sit for some weeks. So know I have to wait a bit longer…..
    For the liniment I have the yarrow and cayenne and will make no changes in that. Don’t have the ginger but now I am thinking if should order it too. Thanks for the help! Love reading your posts.

    1. Hi Silke, Sounds like you’re all set! You can just use ginger powder from your local grocery store’s baking section, if you don’t want to make a special order for it. It works great in many applications!

  232. Hi Jan. I am loving your website! I’m a newbie to the realm of DIY home remedies and looking to formulate for the markets. It’s all been overwhelming…so much research, trial and error (and money) but reading through your site has given me a massive hit of excitement and confidence again. Anywhoos…how does this recipe assist with Vericose Veins?

    1. Hi Gina, I’m happy you’re enjoying the site!
      The chosen herbs have specific traditonal properties:
      yarrow – circulatory stimulant, astringent, tightens tissues
      calendula flowers – helps strengthen capillaries & veins, promote circulation & is anti-inflammatory
      St. John’s wort – decreases swelling, helps speed healing of bruises, varicose veins, etc
      cayenne or ginger – both will increase circulation
      witch hazel – helps shrink enlarged veins (which is one reason it’s often used for hemorrhoids)

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