What’s in the Mix? Blending Ideas and Prompts is a weekly exercise designed to spark your imagination and get your creative juices flowing. Each week you’ll find a question, a suggestion or a prompt that will help you identify where you’re stuck, where you are flowing and where you need more education. Mostly, prompts are just fun!
About This Week’s Prompt: This week I’m testing your knowledge of not only an essential oil’s therapeutic properties, but also your knowledge of their latin names. To help, here are links to Chamaemelum nobile and Matricaria chamomilla.
I receive lots of questions about blending, and I love it! It tells me that people understand the potency of essential oils and that they need to be used with care and respect. There can be uncomfortable, even dangerous, consequences when used incorrectly.
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Hi! I would use German/blue chamomile, Matricaria recutita. While both chamomile varieties have anti-inflammatory action, German chamomile is known for this action due to its content of chamazulene, and gives blue chamomile its blue color and is an artifact of distillation.
Yes! You’re absolutely correct Kathy… well done!
I would choose Matricaria chamomilla (recutita??) for the inflamed elbow as it is great for injured inflamed joints, ligaments, and tendons and with the additional benefits of being good for the skin and also stress relieving. Cool blue for hot red.
You’re so smart Sarah! 🙂