0 a substance made from a plant, also called arnica, that can be used to treat bruises (= injuries where the skin is dark and sore as a result of being hit by something) --
Get me an arnica bath.
The ingredients of anthroposophic medicines are all of natural origin: used are mineral/metallic, vegetable or mineral raw materials e.g. quartz, sulphur, gold, copper, silver, arnica, chamomile or marigold.
The area contains marshes and subalpine forests with many plants that grown in alpine meadows, including usagi-giku (arnica unalascensis), and rare animals such as ermine and alpine accentor.
Bruises are reabsorbed more quickly after the use or application of arnica.
However, a small study reported that topical arnica actually increased pain 24 hours after calf exercises.
Arnica gel is often sold as a homeopathic medicine, in which case the concentration of arnica within it is lower than an undiluted gel.
A scientific study found that the application of topical arnica had no better effect than a placebo in the treatment of laser-induced bruising.
In the higher levels grow mountain arnica and maiden pinks, and in the valley areas western marsh orchids and early purple orchids.
