ARNICA FLOWERS EXTRACT 4:1
Product No. P01203
Arnica is a woodland plant in the same family as the sunflower, native to Central Europe and the western United States. Its yellow flowers are collected at the end of summer and dried for medicinal use.
Arnica contains sesquiterpene lactones of the helenanolid type, predominantly ester derivatives of helenalin and 11,13-dihydrohelenalin. Additionally, the herb contains flavonoids (e.g., isoquercitrin, luteolin-7-glucoside, and astragalin), volatile oil (with thymol and its derivatives), phenol carbonic acid (chlorogenic acid, cynarin, caffeic acid), and coumarins (umbelliferone, scopoletin).
The fresh or dried flowers are used medicinally. The root is also used in European herbal preparations.
Arnica is used topically to treat sprains, bruises, and muscle pain. Arnica can be used externally in a muscle rub, cream or diluted tincture to speed the healing of wounds, bruises, sprains and swellings, and it increases resistance to infection. Applied over any unbroken surface it will ease pain, relieve rheumatic joints and stiff muscles, and painful, swollen feet.
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