Balm of Gilead Ointment is expensive and time consuming to produce, but well worth the effort. Full of herbal oils, essential oils, and Vitamin E, it is a powerful weapon against germs and a friendly promoter of healing. This "Balm of Gilead" solution is excellent for minor surface cuts, insect bites, stings and skin abrasions, inflammations due to rheumatism and arthritis, gout, muscle aches and pains, athlete's foot, poison ivy/oak and for dry and scaly skin conditions such as psoriasis and dry eczema. The pain relieving action of this balm is good for your sore muscles, bruises, joints and bones. This herbal solution will soak into your skin and be a blessing to not only surface issues but, also problems beneath the epidermal layers.