| Arnica extract is an excellent treatment
for muscles: sprains, strains, stiffness, bruising, swelling
and local tenderness. The herb can be used externally as
an ointment or internally as a homeopathic remedy. Arnica
also has a long history of usage among Native Americans as a
major healing plant. Clinical research has shown the
effectiveness of arnica. In 1991 a British study on
hospital patients with acute injuries showed that arnica
relieved stiffness in 98% of the patients tested. Arnica
may have many preventive benefits as well.
Marathoners use the
arnica extract before they race to improve their
performance and minimizing their pain that can result
from muscle sprains or strains, stiffness, or swelling.
You should not take arnica internally
unless it is in the proper dilution.
There are a few people who may be
sensitive to the compound helenalin that is in
arnica. If you develop a mild rash, then you probably are
one of those people and should stop using arnica
immediately.
Arnica is also known as:
Arnica montana, mountain daisy, leopard's bane, wolf's bane,
Mountain tobacco
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