The Healers

We ROCK ON here in the Obed Canyon! Literally!!! There are 97 climbs in the park (310 ticks), mostly sandstone.

Of Interest: Jungle Jane 5.12 is a rock climbing route on Tierrany in the Obed!

2 ounces

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Great products for my rock climbing sister-in-law! Super fast shipping, thanks!"
M.Gallo---Denver,Colorado.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I was born premature and have extremely dry hands. I struggle to find a lotion or salve that will help them. Winter time is the worst. I came across your Jungle Jane Climbing Jam from a fellow rock-climber who told me to try it for my dry skin. I am in awe of how it has healed my chronic dry hands. It is not only a great climbing jam, but also an EXTREME healer for chronic dry skin. Thank you Tomboy from the climbing world!!!"
J.Evers---Los Angeles, California

The actual pain or discomfort felt 24 to 72 hours after "exercise" is known as Muscle Fever or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). Once thought to be caused by lactic acid buildup, we now know that lactic acid disperses quickly in body cells and could best explain current pain during exercise, but not pain days later.

Recent research indicates that the reinforcement process is actually what causes muscle pain. The muscle responds to training by reinforcing itself up to and above its previous strength by increasing the size of muscle fibers. This reinforcement process causes the cells to swell in their fasicle and puts pressure on nerves, producing pain. No pain, no gain...as they say!!!

Massage into sore muscles. This way you won't have anything to lose surfing the sweet hole, catching every eddy, climbing the technical route or cycling the Tri-State Challenge!

2 ounces

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"A fine sore muscle salve. I tried your Miss Muscle Fever, but I am not a Miss! My wife suggested I rub your salve on my very sore shoulder before I went to bed. I found it most comforting, with a light heat and non-greasy texture that quickly soaked into my skin. The next morning my shoulder was much less sore! Thank you, all this and organic too!!!
A. Bahrmann. Manhattan, NYC.

Note: Will not deter river hyenas after smoking hot boater chics!

2 ounces

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Just to let you know; I used your bug balm on myself and my two year old on a hike the other day, and neither of us had one bite! Yay! We usually both look like pin cushions after a day out in the woods. Also, we are both really sensitive to chemicals and perfumes and we had no problems at all. It even smells really good! Thank you for all of the good work you do." Allison~~~Walhalla, SC

"Your Bella Bug Balm worked like a charm during our Memorial Day picnic. I was getting eaten alive by those stingy little No-See-Um bugs, that you really cannot see! It is so hard to fight something you cannot see! I applied the balm to my face, arms and legs and was NOT stung again! GREAT FORMULA that really works!!!"
Promise - Mother of Two - Tennessee

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"We used your Bella Balm on our dog who was the only one bothered horribly by the knats. I rubbed the balm on my hands and then smoothed over the dog's face, chest, and legs and the knats DISAPPEARED!!! YEAH Tomboy!"
Celia. Hiker. near the Obed Wild River.

Remarkable as it sounds, the natural cure for poison ivy usually grows close to it in nature. Poison ivy rash is caused by urushiol oil from the leaf. As little as one billionth of a gram (or nano-gram: 1 grain in a bucket of sand) can irritate sensitive skin and the oil can stay active on unwashed clothes and dead plants for up to five years! Yikes!

Directions: If you come into contact with poison ivy, wash skin in cold, soapy water and pat dry. Apply Poison Ivy salve often, organics are easily absorbed by body tissues.

2 ounces or 1 ounce tin.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Also good on bug bites and stings."
Dr. Elizabeth Burton. Kayaker. Greeneville, SC.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I had the Poison Ivy Salve with me when I went climbing at Linville Gorge. We all had some bug bites and used it. Itching stopped within less than a minute! I love Tomboy Skincare!"
Judy Putnam. South Carolina.Paddler. Climber

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"This salve healed up the puncture wound from my belly-button piercing! I had been using a prescriptive with no results."
Connie K. Wartburg, TN. Hairdresser.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"My teacher makes this stuff. I got poison ivy. Everyday I come to her classroom, I sneak in...sit at her desk...and use the salve (she keeps it on her desk). It makes me stop itching. And my ivy is almost gone."
Levi. ROTC. Westminster, SC.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"The salve has been working well. My skin is mostly cleared up (I say mostly, but it's A LOT better than it was)."
Paul. Southwestern Montana.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I am a machine operator and as I was changing out parts on a machine, I gouged my chest with two stainless plates. That night I noticed a few scratch marks on my chest, no big deal. The next morning it was a little red in color and sore, so I put a brand-name triple antibiotic ointment over the scratches. I would repeat the application of that same ointment every morning and night over the next four days. My chest only became worse and very uncomfortable, it was obviously infected from something on the stainless steel plates imbedded into my skin and had become a major concern.

I knew from my kayaking trips this schoolteacher was making skin care products. I asked her if she had something for this big red spot on my chest and she suggested I try the Poison Ivy Salve (Anti-inflammatory). Four days later it was 80% cleared up. Wow! This is beyond marketing and all that stuff. It is amazing what a local High School teacher has done with this simple herbal product, as compared to a million dollar company’s product line. I will stay with what I know works. The company name Tomboy.”
P. Goldsmith.Former American Motorcycle(Spiked)Ice Racing Team-Russia-Paddler-Snowboarder-Cyclist.Cumberland Plateau,Tennessee.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"This salve worked great on my Gasket Rash---the irritation caused by my kayak dry top!"
Angie. Whitewater Kayaker. Pennsylvania

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I got into the poison oak doing yard work during the Fall. I have never had such a bad case of poison oak---running the entire length of both arms. I went to the doctor and had been taking steroids for three weeks, it was not helping. By the time I tried Tomboy's Poison Ivy Salve, my arms were still red, blistered and weeping fluids. It only took three days to completely heal them and afterward there were no white spots left that sometimes accompany my skin irritations. Wow, I am so impressed!"
Barbara. Avid Gardener. Tennessee.

Scars tell your battle stories. They are the body's way of healing and replacing damaged tissue. Scars occur when the dermis is damaged. The worse the damage is, the worse the scar will be. Most scars are flat, pale and leave a trace of the original injury that caused them. The redness that accompanies a scar is generally not permanent. Scar tissue is not the same as the tissue that it replaces; it has less functional quality, is less resistant to ultraviolet radiation, and may be minus a few sweat glands and hairs!

Hints & innuendos: Apply twice daily for 6 weeks for results. This is a wonderful balm to use on a clean face at bedtime. It doubles as a healing moisturizer. It can also be used successfully under moisturizer or concealer.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Patriots, Lovers and Spies--- Tomboy respectfully acknowledges Nancy Morgan Hart for being a remarkable woman of yesterday so that we may be remarkable women of today! Nancy Morgan Hart was born in 1735. She stood over 6 feet tall, had red hair, freckles and scars on her face from small pox. Nancy was an expert sharpshooter and hunter, making sure her family of 9 children never went hungry. She was a sought after midwife and healer, using herbs to cure many common ailments of the time. These attributes combined with her capacity for hard swearing lent her a reputation far beyond the average housewife. During the Revolutionary War, the story told in Georgia is that when Nancy was forced to entertain a group of British soldiers for a meal, she killed two of them with their own guns and hung them out back on a tree. But you know how stories go…. then 150 years later, in 1912, grading crews working for the Elberton and Eastern Railroad uncovered the bodies of not two, but six British soldiers and the stories of Nancy Morgan were made into legend. Nancy is honored in Georgia as a remarkable Woman of the Revolution. Hart County bears her name and her portrait hangs in the state capital. If you visit Georgia, check out War Woman Creek or “Wahatchee” named by the Cherokee in her honor….. and not, I might add, earned lightly! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I cannot believe this, your organic War Woman Scar Oil salve is removing the warts on my hands. I have tried every medication on the market, from the most popular wart removers to prescribed meds and nothing has worked, until now! I have been using it for 2 weeks and the raised warts on my hands are now completely flat and almost unnoticeable! Thank you Tomboy!!!"
K.Steoren---Rock Climber.Tennessee

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Your War Woman Salve is a MIRACLE HEALER! I have had a cyst on the side of my ankle for the last 5 years. Every time I shave my legs, I cut the top off of it and it makes it even worse. It is discolored to a purple-reddish unlike the rest of the skin on my ankle. I started using your War Woman about 5 or 6 weeks ago and the cyst is now half its original size, so much smaller in fact that it is flat and when I shave my legs, the razor moves over it without nicking it. Also, it is turning back to the orginal color of my skin! I vote this salve MIRACLE HEALER!!!"
C. Greene---Snowboarder.Bozeman, Montana

"The War Woman works great on my cuticles!!!" :) Angie Wike~~~Westminster, SC

"

Wildharvested local herbs stop the pain of sunburn and prevent peeling if applied immediately and consistently. In our modern world, people have limited knowledge that chickweed and plantain---considered weeds---are extremely effective for treating burns, stings and skin inflammation! Infused in a coconut base for extra sensitive skin.

Scented to comfort you.

2 ounces

Of Interest: Both the Chippewa and Iroquois tribes used chickweed as a soothing eyewash and wound poultice.

Native Americans used plantain leaves to relieve the pain of bee stings, insect bites, stop the itching of poison ivy and other allergic rashes and promote healing in sores and bruises.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"My husband Clayton loves Somer Sun Relief so much that I'm not sure I've ever gotten to try it! It disappears fast in the Burton house. Lovely smell and seems to work well with out the weird-sticky-smelly-aspects of the commercial "blue goo" (lidocaine and aloe gel)."
Dr. Elizabeth Burton.Kayaker.Greeneville, SC.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"My husband and I were thrilled to take our children to the beach for the first time! I was such a careful mother and remembered to lather the family in sunscreen before we got to the beach and reapply throughout the day. With all the excitement, I forgot to reapply sunscreen to myself and my husband. Needless to say, we were LOBSTERS when we left the beach. Uncomfortable was an understatement. I used Tomboy's Somer Sun Relief on my face and chest several times a day for the week following our beach trip. It worked WONDERS! Not only did it ease the pain (I could tell a difference in the pain level as soon as I applied it), it kept my face and chest from peeling. The burn is now a beautiful bronze-color."
Lori. Mother and Educator. Westminster, SC.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"WOW! I burned myself to a crisp at the beach (I knew better) and was suffering when I used your Somer Sun Relief and let me tell you, it is WONDERFUL!!! First, it stopped the burning sensation immediately! Second, the burn turned into a tan and, third, I never peeled at all, not once! I am a user for life! Thank you Tomboy!"
Lori. Beach Bunny. Charleston, SC.