Common Name: Arnica flowers
Use: healing bruising, dermal bleeding and inflammation.
Comment: antibacterial, antifungal, rubefacient, counter-irritant.
Tincture: 1:5 @ 25% ?
Purposes: (See also Disease: Signs & Symptoms)
Used In: (See Formulas)
Properties:
Irritant
Stimulant
Vulnerary
Contraindication(s): Practitioner only (internal use).
Clinical: 2 ml per 100 ml tincture.
Clinicals:
topical
Constituents:
| Alkaloid |
| Amine | Tryamine and b-phenylethylamine. |
| Bitter glycoside | Arnicin - 4%. |
| Essential oil | 0.5 - 1.0%. Including thymol esters, arnidol, faradiol, and the sesquiterpene arnicolide. |
| Flavonoid | s. Including kaempferol (decreases growth), quercetol (increases growth). |
| Polyacetylene | s. Antibacterial, antifungal. |
| Resin |
| Sesquiterpene lactone | s. Including autumnolide, heneladin. Anti-tumor activity. |
| Tannin | s. |
Materia Medica: (See Materia Medica.)
| Analgesics | NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| Analgesics | MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM |
| Anti-atheroma agents | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |
| Central Stimulants | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |