healing balm
Curative skin treatment
A healing balm is a soothing ointment or salve applied to wounds or irritated skin.
The phrase often appears figuratively for anything that soothes emotional pain or distress: Her kind words were a healing balm after the harsh criticism.
The expression carries a gentle, almost literary quality.
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- salveTopical healing preparation
- ointmentMedicated skin cream
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- reliefEasing of distress
wound care · first aid · skin · gentle · herbs · essential oils · aromatic · restorative · medicinal · tender · anoint · remedy · natural remedy · calm · fragrant · scar · eucalyptus · aloe
healing balmsalt in the wound
Compounding existing pain
bitter pill · twist of the knife · open wound · emotional trauma · trauma
healing balminstrument of torture
Apparatus for inflicting pain
weapon · scourge · affliction · curse · blight
healing, balm, heal, heals, healed, healer, healers, health, healthy