arnica uses

ARNICA

Originally from the mountainous regions of southern Russia, Europe and America, arnica, perennial, traditionally involved in herbal medicine to treat local inflammatory disorders, traumatic or infectious origins.

Rich in anti-inflammatory and analgesic principles, it is used by the pharmaceutical industry for the manufacture of salves and ointments. It is commonly prescribed in trauma and sports medicine.
Medicinal properties of arnica

 

 

 

 

INTERNAL ARNICA USES

Only in homeopathic medicine. Traumatology: treatment of bruises, inflammation, limited bleeding and post-traumatic pain. Cardiology: Cardiovascular Risk Prevention and Protection capillaries. Ophthalmology: prevention and treatment of retinopathy and macular degeneration. Surgery: treatment of certain postoperative pain.

EXTERNAL ARNICA USE

Traumatology: treatment of contusions, sprains, shock, bruises, edema and post-traumatic inflammation. Rheumatology: joint pain, muscle pain, osteoarthritis, arthritis, tendinitis. Phlebology: Venous disorders and phlebitis, venous insufficiency and varicose veins. Dermatology: treatment of insect bites, boils, inflammatory dermatoses.

INDICATIONS OF ARNICA USES

First-line treatment of skin trauma, muscle and joint. Treatment of post-traumatic inflammation and bruising. Treatment of venous diseases.

OTHER INDICATIONS SHOWN

The efficacy of Arnica tincture to treat certain inflammatory ENT disorders, sore throat, viral and bacterial tonsillitis, gingivitis, aphthous ulcers and oral pain was described clinically because of its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial.

History of use in herbal medicine arnica

Arnica is one of the oldest medicinal plants mentioned by the authors. There are descriptions of its therapeutic properties in the medical treatises of ancient Greece. So Pedanius Dioscorides, a physician and botanist famous Greek of the first century, the names "alcimos" or "healthy", and one can assume that it was used since prehistoric times. This popularity among therapists, allowed him to be, throughout the history of medicine, the most commonly used herb for the treatment of trauma.

Botanical description of arnica

It is a perennial plant, from a height of 20 to 30 cm. In France, it grows in pastures fixtures, on siliceous earths. It supports downy leaves, ovoid and tanned. Their heads, 5 or 6 cm wide, are orange yellow. The base of the flower is a rosette. Its fruit, such as seed, is surmounted by a pappus, with brown or white bristles. Arnica has a light sweet fragrance. The picking is done at the beginning of flowering or May-June The drying occurs rapidly.

Composition of arnica

The flower (the whole flower head) is primarily used in herbal medicine. However, all structures of the plant (leaves, stems, roots and seeds) can be operated depending on the type of preparation.

 

 

 

BENEFITS RECOGNIZED

Millennium weapon against traumatic injuries, used both in traditional herbal medicine and the pharmaceutical industry, this plant has always been proven, both for the treatment of traumatic injuries (sprains, bruises after shocks, etc.) for those rheumatic or skin pathologies. This is no concern that this plant in its various preparations made in pharmacies or at home, can be used, respecting the usual precautions.

WARNING

Trauma, injury may hide another. That is why we must be cautious in treating an inflammatory response after a shock, a sprain or strain. If it is recommended to treat these lesions as first line by arnica preparations, persistence or associated pain may indicate a bone or joint damage. Recourse to a doctor and prescription of any radiograph are always recommended.

Research arnica

Recognized health utility by many public health agencies and widely used in the pharmaceutical industry, this plant continues to be of clinical research for diseases that usually deals. Indeed, numerous double-blind studies (with and without placebo) are conducted regularly and are intended to verify the effectiveness, the mode of action of the active ingredients on damaged tissues and right dosages in herbal medicine (but also in medicine and pharmaceutics) to create new medications.