What’s the big deal about arnica? Well it’s said arnica helps with:
- Relieves sprains and strains
- Heals bruises
- Treats sore feet
- Used to treat arthritis and rheumatism
- Applied over the skin to relieve pain to a sore throat or gargling is recommended.
- Poor health conditions
- Urinary renal illnesses
- insect bites
- regenerates tissue from falls, stabs and cuts
- Heals acne
- Muscle aches
- Sprains
- Used to treat alpoecia neurotica (an anxiety condition leading to hair loss)
- Helps prevent post workout soreness
So what is it in arnica that allows all these benefits to happen in our body?
Well I found out that the arnica flowers contain a number of sesquiterpene lactones including helenalin and dihydrohelenalin. Click link for more info on those compounds.
Basically the science behind arnica’s compounds possess the ability for the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
There are many different ways people can take arnica and arnica comes in many different forms. Tomorrow find out which way arnica can be consumed and what will work best for your needs.