It’s A Hit!
Arnica chamissonis Hi Everyone, In last month’s blog I reviewed the hits and misses I had over the last few months. The last activity I spoke about was my attempt to make Arnica (Arnica chamissonis) oil. My dilemma was whether I was going to use my oven dehydrator or a quicker method I read about-picking Arnica flowers and letting them sun dry for about an hour, then using double boiler method to obtain oil quicker. I opted for the double boiler method. Within 3 hours I had a wonderful oil, ready to use! Sun and air drying the Arnica flowers Using the double boiler method to make the oil-3 hours stove top. This morning I was out in the yard, I deadheaded the spent Arnica flowers, hopefully I will get another batch of Arnica flowers to make more oil! For now, I have a topical oil to address bruises, muscle and tendon pain. It’s a hit! Thanks for hanging with me:).