How To Use Arnica For Falls, Shock, Sports Injuries & Surgery

[Many thanks to Kjetill Ken Oftedal, BSc, MDSKH for allowing me to reprint his clearly informative article on Arnica montana; we both want to encourage and inspire you as you care for your family in the days ahead.]

Arnica in homeopathic potencies is the trauma remedy par excellence. It is safe for all ages. The plant’s healing properties were first recognized way back in the 12th century, and arnica is now one of the most popular alternative medicines in the world. This remedy is a great place to start if you want to learn about the healing effectiveness of homeopathic remedies. Having some handy with you at all times, many opportunities will arise for you to use it and see rapid results.  

The potencies 30C, 200C, and 1M are most frequently used. Arnica can be obtained from quality health food stores in 30C and 200C, and from online homeopathic pharmacies in the higher potencies.

It should be noted that Arnica will not interfere with normal medication. What it does is to stimulates the organism to greatly accelerate trauma self-healing. If this seems incredible, so is electricity.

Treatment with Arnica after a traumatic encounter with an escaped gorilla might even convince a diehard skeptic. Arnica gives a turbo boost to the body’s God-given healing powers, provided directly from the pharmacy of Nature. Mountain goats eat the plant after suffering falls.

Below are described a number of situations where this marvelous natural trauma remedy will ensure great relief. Treatment suggestions are given.

Injuries & Arnica’s Role In Treating Head Injuries
Give Arnica as the first remedy after an injury. It will reduce bruising, swelling, pain and promote rapid healing.  Use the potency 200C or 1M. Arnica can be repeated once a day for some days, as necessary.  

The role of arnica in treating serious injuries like head injuries and spinal injuries requires a special recommendation here. It can minimize the post injury effects and can be a great boon for those who go into coma after the injury. Its special role in helping the patient to come out of coma after the injury is what puts Arnica in the special category of treating head injuries. (source)

If the injury is really severe, Arnica 1M can be repeated a number of times every 15 minutes or so. Use your judgment.

“I recall the case of an oil rig worker who had fallen from a height of 10 meters a decade before he came for treatment. He had been suffering from debilitating physical pain ever since the injury. After taking Arnica 10M every day for a month he experienced great relief.” ~Dr. Oftedal

Another condition where arnica does great wonders is in re-absorption of blood. Whether it is brain hemorrhage or bleed in the retina, Arnica accelerates the absorption of clot. (source)

Accidents
After a serious accident, such as a car accident, or a great fall, give Arnica 1M several times (at intervals of 5, 15 or 30 minutes) until the patient improves.  For less serious accidents, potencies of Arnica such as 200C and 30C, or lower, can be used. (However, I have often been surprised at the rapid healing with low potencies such as 3C.)

Medical doctors would do well to use Arnica in treating concussions. Rapid results will be seen with the potencies 200C and 1M.  Some intensive care units are already doing this in conjunction with a homeopathic practitioner or doctor.

Please note: arnica cream should not be used on open wounds – if there is an open wound, you can take arnica internally and instead use calendula on the wound.

Operations
One can judge the efficacy of Arnica in healing injured tissues from the fact that many general surgeons as well as plastic surgeons around the world have started to use this homeopathic medicine to promote healing and minimizing the post-operative infections. After operations, Arnica 1M or 200C once a day will greatly accelerate recovery. Staphysagria 200C is often used with arnica post-op.

Henry Mentz, MD advises his patients to begin taking arnica tablets two weeks prior to surgery and three weeks post-op. (source)

Childbirth
Women will get back on their feet rapidly after childbirth if they take Arnica daily for a few days –using 1M if the going has been rough. Alternate days with Staphysagria 200C to heal cuts and lacerations or a Cesarean. High dose Vitamin C can shorten labor, lessen pain, and reduce stretch marks.

Dental work
After dental work, taking a pill of Arnica 200C or 1M once or twice some hours apart will do wonders to eliminate pain and discomfort, especially after tooth extractions. Follow up with Staphysagria 200C in dental operations.

Sports
After martial arts events, boxing matches, wrestling, exhausting races, repeating Arnica 1M once a day for some days, followed by Arnica 200C a day or two will restore your form.

Athletes in team sports such as football, soccer, rugby, lacrosse, etc. will find Arnica quite useful for minor to severe injuries after games. Kicked shins, sprains, rough tackles, concussing headers, jarring falls, sharp elbowing, etc. all take their toll on the body and if allowed to accumulate can suddenly cut a career short.

The Armed Forces will find a great ally in Arnica –the fighting soldier’s remedy.

Emotional shock
Arnica is the perfect remedy to relieve the shock suffered by victims of robbery, rape and beatings, which are so prevalent these days. Here high potencies such as 1M should be used, although 200C will probably do.

Body pains
Arnica cream is quite effective for healing body pains and bruises after having been pummeled (such as after boxing matches), but not on open wounds. Use the cream several times a day, as needed.

Remember that even old injuries respond well to the application of Arnica cream.

Animals and plants
Animals also respond well to Arnica – as do plants. A couple of pills can be dissolved in their drinking bowl, or sprayed onto the tongue with a plastic syringe.  The same types of situations and potencies for humans also apply to animals.

If you see a tree that has been excessively pruned or mangled, dissolve some pills of Arnica in a bucket of water and pour it on the roots.

Homeopathy is an effective, non-toxic and inexpensive way to solve acute and chronic problems and maintain one’s health. It activates and makes use of the God-given inborn healing capacities that He designed into our bodies.

Homeopathic remedies have an indefinite shelf life if handled and stored properly. Keep medicines away from strong light, heat, and strong odors like camphor, menthol, perfume, coffee beans, etc. which will antidote them. Also, the EMFs from our phones will completely annihilate them at as close as 10 inches, so carried together in a purse is not a good idea w/o an RFID blocking bag!

Reputable Sources To Order: 

Helios, a huge pharmacy in the UK carries 3,500 remedies; Washington Homeopathic Products (WHP) where you’ll get the most for your money; Hahnemann Labs; Also, Pure Formulas, Hyland’s, BoironUSA, and some can be found at iHerb.

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