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Arnica Montana

Arnica montana
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Arnica Montana
PreparationTincture of whole fresh plant. Tincture of root. Clarke
3X–30X, Ø
Third to thirtieth potency. Locally, the tincture, but should never be applied hot or at all when abrasions or cuts are presentDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Over-sensitiveness of the whole body. Pain, as if beaten or bruised as outer parts. Pain, as if sprained in outer parts, and in the joints.

▲ Worse

Bad effects, even inflammations, from mechanical injuries, falls, bruises and contusions

▼ Better

in the evening at night; from contact and motion; even from noise

The full Lippe text, by section

General

Arnica montana.

Mind And Disposition

Depression of spirits and absence of mind. Shedding of tears and exclamations after rage. Great sensitiveness of the mind, with anxiety and restlessness. Unconsciousness, (like fainting after mechanical injuries).

Declines To Answer Any Questions

Quarrelsome.

Head

Giddiness, with nausea, when moving and rising ; better when lying. Burning and heat in the head, the rest of the body is cool, (night and morning, worse from motion, better when at rest). Pressure on one temple, as if a nail had been driven into it. [10] Cutting through the head, as with a knife, followed by a sensation of coldness. Stitches in the head, especially in the temples and forehead. Effects from concussion of the brain.

Eyes

Inflammation of the eyes with suggillation after mechanical injuries.

Ears

Stitches in and behind the ears. [15] Pains in the ears, as from a bruise.

Nose

Tingling in the nose, and bleeding.

Face

Heat of the face, the body being cool. Sunken, pale face. Redness of one cheek. [20] Hot, red, shining swelling of one cheek. Burning, hot, cracked lips.

Mouth

Toothache, with swollen face. Dryness of the mouth, with much thirst. Tongue coated white.

Throat

Burning in the throat.

Appetite and Taste. Bitter taste, especially in the morning. Putrid taste. Aversion to food, especially to meat.

Desire For Vinegar

Thirst for cold water, without fever. Longing for alcoholic drinks.

Stomach

Frequent eructations, especially in the morning, empty, bitter, putrid, as from rotten eggs. Nausea, and empty vomiturition. [35] After drinking, vomiting of what has been drank. Vomiting of blood, (dark, clotted).

Abdomen

Cutting, colicky pain in the abdomen. Tympanitis. Colic, with strangury.

Flatus, Smelling Like Rotten Eggs

Frequent stools -small, consisting of mucus. Involuntary stool during sleep -thin, brown, or white. Stools of undigested matter, or of blood, or pus. Diarrhoea, with tenesmus.

Urinary Organs

[45] Tenesmus from spasms of the neck of the bladder. Involuntary discharge of urine at night, when asleep, and during the day, when running. Urine brown-red, with brick-dust sediment. Bloody urine. Frequent micturition of pale urine.

Men

Purple-red swelling of the penis and testicles, after mechanical injuries. Painful swelling of the spermatic cords, with stitches into the, abdomen. Women. Soreness of the parts after a severe labor. Violent after pains. Erysipelatous inflammation of the mammae and nipples.

Respiratory Organs.

Breath Fetid, Short, And Panting

Excessive difficulty of breathing. Burning or rawness in the chest. Sensation of soreness of the ribs. Hooping-cough, after crying ; from tickling in the oesophagus ; with expectoration generally of foaming blood, mixed with clots of blood ; sometimes in the evening with putrid mucus, which cannot be expectorated, but must be swallowed again. [60] Cough worse in the evening till midnight, from motion, in the warm room, and after drinking. Stitches in the chest, (left side), aggravated from a dry cough, with oppression of breathing ; worse from motion, better from external pressure.

Back

Tingling in the back. Great soreness of the back.

Upper Extremities. Tingling in the arms.

Sensation Of Soreness Of The Arms

Sensation, as if the joints of the arms and wrists were sprained.

Lower Extremities. Sensation of soreness in the legs. Tingling in the legs. White swelling of the knee. [70] Hot erysipelatous inflammation and painfulness of the foot. Gout.

Tearing, Drawing, In Outer Parts

Pricking, from without, inward. Pressing, in inner parts. Tingling, in outer parts. Twitching of the muscles. [80] Ebullitions, and burning of the upper part of the body, with coldness of the lower of the body. Bleeding of internal and external parts (vomiting of blood).

Sleep

Sleepiness during the day, with inability to sleep. Drowsiness, with delirium.

Fever

Pulse very variable, mostly hard, full and quick. [85] Chilliness, internally, with external heat. Great chilliness, with heat and redness of one cheek. Chilliness as soon as he lifts the cover of the bed. Chilliness of the side on which he lays. Heat. Dry heat over the whole body, or only in the face and on the back. [90] Perspiration smelling sour or offensive -sometimes cold. Intermittent fever ; chill in the morning or forenoon ; drawing pains in the bones before the fever ; changes his position continually ; breath and perspiration offensive.

Skin

Petechiae. Many small blood-boils. Hot, hard, shining swelling (from the stings of insects.) Suggillation.

Complete text of the Arnica Montana entry in Lippe - Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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Clinical (Clarke)

Indicated for (Boger)

Absorbent actionAlternations ofAnswers, sleeps thenAppetite, lost, by day onlyArms, hanging down, amelBed, lumps inBilateralBlack, darkBlood, rushes of, upwardBlood, watery, mixed with clotsBoils, small and soreBones, breaking, injuries, bruised painsBursaeChest, region, deep inCoccyxCough, painfulDelirium, haemorrhage, afterDreams, laborious, exhaustingEars, noises, tinnitus, Meniere's diseaseEpigastrium, chill, fromEpigastrium, lumpEructations, cough, withEructations, eggs, of badEyes, bloodshotEyes, pupils, dilate and contract alternatelyEyes, red, agg., vomiting or hiccoughFace, ruddy, floridFace, swollenFace, swollen, rightFear, approachGangrene, traumaticHaemophiliaHaemorrhage, brightHaemorrhage, lumpy, clotsHawking, mucus, bitterHead, injuries toHead, injuries to, stupefaction, afterHeart, soreHeart, squeezingHeart, turns over, twists, etcHeartbeatHeat, internal, with cold external partsHips, morbus coxariusHips, to hipHowls, with angerHurt, fears beingLiver, lump, belowLiver, posteriorMind, alternating withNeck, eruptionNeuralgia, stump, ofNevusNipples, sore, tenderNothing, ails himPains, coldPleurisyPneumonia, cerebral typeReabsorbentShock, mentalShock, nervousSick, says, is notSkin, bluish, injury fromSore, pains, afterStomach, lumpStool, acridStool, foamyStreptococcus, infectionSwallowing, noisyThroat, fullToes, tremorUlcer, bleedingUrinary organsUrination, slowUrine, bloodyUterusUterus, nursing, aggUterus, septicUterus, subinvolutionVaricoses, insanity, followed byVaricoses, insanity, with+9 more