Pierre Michael

Applying for my natural medicine sand badge. Here are the bits:

Dry mullein leaf for a tea, infusion or decoction - https://permies.com/p/1284141
Create an infusion of horsetail - https://permies.com/p/1290671
Make arnica infused oil - https://permies.com/p/1290663
Make garlic infused vinegar - https://permies.com/p/1290667
Make a St. John’s Wort blossom tincture - https://permies.com/p/1285697
Make an Arnica Salve - https://permies.com/p/1292266
Make a ginger root decoction - https://permies.com/p/1291393
Make a Comfrey Leaf Poultice - https://permies.com/p/1290677

Hello,

Applying for my textiles badge here.
Here are the relevant sand badge bits:

Sew a small pillow - https://permies.com/p/1282345
Make twine - https://permies.com/p/1283725
Quick darning - https://permies.com/p/1287263
Woven basket - https://permies.com/p/1286764
Sew a patch - https://permies.com/p/1287267
Crochet or knit a dishcloth - https://permies.com/p/1292464

Finally!! After probably 20 hours of effort, I completed my dishcloth. Can’t say that there will be a lot more knitting in my future. Over 10” in both dimensions.

Made 2 cups of uncooked rice. Close to 4 cups of cooked rice in a rice cooker.

Reused a little over 3 gallons of shower water to water some mint. It helped that the shower was in a common house and was used regularly at the SKIP event. The water gathered rather quickly.

Made a salve using arnica flower oil and beeswax.

6oz finished oil (volume) to 1.3oz beeswax (weight).

Melted in a water bath.

Made a ginger syrup with equal parts sugar and (30min boil) ginger decoction that I had previously made here:
Pierre's Ginger Decoction

After adding the sugar and bringing up to temperature, I let the mixture boil together for 5 minutes. Then poured into a container after cooling and labeled.

Made a BB page for an Arnica Salve
Posted the live link in the natural medicine page

https://permies.com/t/164668/pep-natural-medicine/PEP-BB-arnica-flower-salve

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create an arnica flower salve using plant material you harvested.


(from: Britannica)

Additional Information:
  Homemade Arnica Salve Recipe
  Benefits of Arnica
  DIY Arnica Salve

Minimum requirements:
  - Create a healing salve
  - Use arnica flowers

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
  - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
  - Flowers in oil with a description of the oil and other ingredients you used in the oil or added to salve
  - Making the salve
  - Finished salve in a labeled container

Created my first BB post. Please review.
It is linked appropriately in the natural medicine page now.

https://permies.com/t/164656/pep-natural-medicine/PEP-BB-Medicine-Sand-GingerSyrup