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ARNICA MONTANA

ARNICA MONTANA
arnPolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
Source
🎯 It acts as a primary remedy for the effects of physical trauma, injuries, and bruising, helping to resolve internal bleeding and tissue damage.
About: Arnica is the premier remedy for any physical injury, whether recent or long-standing, especially when there is a bruised, sore, or beaten feeling. It is uniquely suited to people who fear being touched or approached because they are afraid of being hurt again. It is also used for conditions involving blood vessel weakness, such as bruising, hemorrhages, and circulatory stasis.
👤 Constitution
Typically plethoric (full-blooded) individuals who are sensitive to pain and touch, often feeling as though their body has been beaten or bruised.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Sore, lame, bruised feeling all over the body.
Boericke
Everything the patient lies on feels too hard.
Boericke
Fear of being touched or approached.
Boericke
Head hot, body cold.
Boericke
Black and blue spots (ecchymosis).
Boericke
Traumatic injuries, falls, and blows.
Boericke
Stomach feels as if pressing against the spine.
Boericke
Fetid breath and taste like bad eggs.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Use for mental shock, trauma, or delirium where the patient denies being ill and fears being touched.
Fear of being touched or having people come too close.
Oversensitive to pain; says there is nothing wrong with him.
Unconscious or delirious, but answers correctly when spoken to before relapsing.
Indifferent, morose, or unable to perform continuous work.
Fear of open spaces (agoraphobia).
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
3rd to 30th
Centesimal
🕒As directed
📝Locally, the tincture, but should never be applied hot or at all when abrasions or cuts are present.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
IPECACUANHAACONITUM NAPELLUS
🚫 Antidotes
CAMPHORA
🔄 Compare With
LEDUM PALUSTRERHUS TOXICODENDRONBELLIS PERENNISHYPERICUM PERFORATUM
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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