A concentrated botanical balm built around sangre de grado — the deep red resin hand-tapped from Croton lechleri trees in the Peruvian Amazon.
Applied to skin, the resin does what it does in the tree: seals. It forms a thin protective film over wounds, blisters, compromised skin, and herpes lesions, allowing repair to happen underneath without interruption. The taspine alkaloids accelerate closure. The astringent compounds tighten. A single application is often enough to notice the difference.
Here it is carried in a balm base of shea butter, castor oil, and olive oil, with frankincense for its cellular repair properties, lemon balm for its documented antiviral action against herpes simplex, and L-lysine — an amino acid that interferes with herpes virus replication. This is a targeted formula, not a general moisturizer.
Use on lips, cold sores, wounds, blisters, burns, and compromised skin. Apply a thin layer directly to the affected area 2–3 times daily.
Dragon's Blood Balm · Croton lechleri · 2oz
Dragon's Blood · Croton lechleri Sourced through Hello Rainforest, a women-led company working in direct relationship with Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, including the Matsés people. The resin is carefully tapped from living trees using rotational harvesting methods that allow each tree time to recover. Local processing, fair compensation, long-term partnership. Each batch carries the conditions under which it was gathered — place, practice, and relationship.
Frankincense · Boswellia sacra Sourced from FairSource Botanicals, working directly with harvesters in the wadis and mountains around Salalah, Oman. A blend of Sha'abi and Hojary resin varieties, locally distilled. Nearly 20 years of partnership with the Omani government and local stakeholders supporting sustainable harvesting and wild population regeneration.
Lemon Balm · Melissa officinalis Grown in our garden in Cornish, NH. Melissa officinalis is one of the most rewarding herbs to grow in the Northeast — vigorous, fragrant, and generous. We harvest the leaves at peak bloom and use them fresh or dried in formulations. The yield for true melissa essential oil is extraordinarily low — among the lowest of any plant, which is why we incorporate the herb directly rather than the oil alone.
