Arnica Oil can provide significant relief from joint pain from arthritis or strainer/overworked muscles. Here is a recipe to make a high potency oil and salve.
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Arnica flowers
- 2 oz. of high proof alcohol (180 proof or higher)
- 18 oz. of carrier oil (Emu Oil is the best but most any carrier oil will work)
Directions
- Place Arnica flowers in a blender and blend until they are a fine powder
- Place the powder in a bowl and add the alcohol (1:1 ratio of powdered Arnica to high proof alcohol)
- With your hands work the alcohol into the dry powdered Arnica Flowers
- Place mixture in a container with a tight fitting lid and place in a cool, dry place overnight
The next day… - Place mixture back in the blender and add 18 oz. of oil (1:9 ratio Arnica powder to Oil)
- Blend until you feel the mixture getting warm
- Allow this mixture to sit in the blender for 3 days blending until the mixture gets warm 5 times each day
After 3 days… - Strain the mixture (to remove the solids) through a fine butter muslin (or for better yield use a “potato ricer”)
Potato Ricer