healing salve
Wound-mending cream
A healing salve is an ointment or balm applied to wounds, burns, or irritated skin to promote recovery.
The phrase is somewhat redundant since salves are inherently medicinal, but healing salve emphasizes therapeutic purpose over mere moisturizing.
Figuratively, anything that soothes emotional pain: Time was the only healing salve for her grief.
- ointmentMedicated skin cream
- balmHealing topical preparation
- first aidInitial injury treatment
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- herbal remedyPlant-derived therapeutic preparation
soothing · soothing touch · open wound · skin · skin care · herb · aloe · lavender · bandage · tender · relief · pain relief · medicine · medicine cabinet · poultice · compress · beeswax · apothecary