To use my lists you need to choose those that appeal to you or the person you are making the salve for. While they all work on pain the ones you like best be it the plant, flower scent etc those will work better for you.
For example the pain salve I make for my husband doesn't work as well for me. The one I make for myself doesn't work on him even though the ingredients in mine are also in his. Mine just doesn't have as many herbs.
A friend sent me some that just had comfrey and coriander in it besides the oils she used and it worked really good on his bad knee.
In case you don't know sunflower oil is really great for pain. I use it to infuse the herbs for pain.
I usually use fresh herbs but dry herbs also work
