Arnica and Homeopathy
July 25, 2007
Arnica the wonder drug for brain injury
Arjun was two years old when he suffered a major head injury. After days of hospitalisation in the intensive care unit he was discharged, but was soon back to the same ward when he developed traumatic meningitis- an inflammation of layers covering the brain - due to an injury.
After a great effort by the medical staff. Arjun survived but with plenty of residual abnormalities. As he grew up, Arjun was diagnosed with epilepsy and severe learning disorder. His visual-spatial skills, hand-to-eye coordination and short-term memory suffered the maximum damage. Head injury and the resultant inflammation had affected his speech centre in the brain and was also diagnosed as mildly dyspraxic (difficulty in using speech).
Arjun then had under homeopathic intervention, and within seven months of treatment he started showing good signs of improvement. His memory lapses had become less frequent and his coordination between the eye and limbs was much better, speech was also improving. After one year came the most important turning point when his EEG test indicated no abnormality. Arjun was no more epileptic. Now he attends a regular school and is doing well in his studies. He hasn?t suffered from any epileptic fits since then. Arjun was treated with Arnica.
Homeopaths around the world can boast of thousands of such cases cured with a single medicine - Arnica. It is probably the most popular Homoeopathic medicine and is best known for its effectiveness in treating injuries. The wonderful quality of Arnica is that it is very effective for conditions that can be as mild as a simple bruise that one would get on the finger while playing cricket to severe neurological dysfunctions arising out of head or spinal injury.
Arnica is a great help in treating closed wounds and should be avoided in the cases of open injury. It works by increasing the blood supply to an injured area. Thus it is very effective in treating injured tissues and haematomas (collection of blood under the superficial layers) Arnica is also used by many surgeons as a help for post-operative cases. I was amazed by its popularity when I recently met an eye surgeon who uses Arnica on his patients every time he operates. According to him, patients improve much faster and the chance of developing an infection after an operation is highly reduced.
When to use Arnica
Injuries that do not bleed
Arnica is the best bet for concussion injuries, bruises, blows, falls, injuries by blunt weapons. Conditions caused by overexertion
Sore bruised lame feeling in the body after heavy physical activity.
Remote effects of Injuries
Conditions that date back to an injury in the past.
Head and spinal injuries
Arnica plays an important role in treating neurological problems arising out of spinal and head injuries, whether recent or remote.
Tooth extractions, fractures and sprains
It is very helpful in reducing those painful conditions after tooth extraction and other dental operations.
Reduces the swelling in fractures and is also very effective in speedy recovery from sprains .
Arnica for heart
An experienced clinician may recommend Arnica for a senile heart, angina or coronary heart disease
How to use Arnica
Mild-to-moderate injuries can be effectively treated at home using Arnica. It is also sold by the name of Arnica Montana. 30 c potency of Arnica can taken internally 4- 5 times a day. Its use should be discontinued once the desirable relief has been achieved. In cases where the injury is severe and blood loss is uncontrollable, one should immediately contact the local hospital
hello doc,
i am wondering if u have any cure for Multiple Sclerosis?
Hello Dr.
I have been facing with a problem with “left sinus transverse thrombosis”. Taken many treatments but MRI results shows, it still blocked.
Can it be cured through homeopathy? Pls. advise the best treatment.
Thanks
Pratul
my mother faced with an Hemorrhagic stroke which has affected thalamus and ganglionic region..is there any treatment for recovery as earlier dianosed and treated with allopatic medicine.
My 3 yr old fell pretty hard on her tooth and within a few weeks the tooth turned dark gray. It is still getting darker and darker. Is there anything we can do for it now? It’s been about a month since her fall. We did give her Arnica initially and I used a magnetic pulser on her tooth for a few days after the injury.
Any suggestions?
Thank you for your help!
Tara Belderok
Dear soctor,
I had IMI some years ago resulting in serious LV dysfunction due to
lack of oxygen supply to the tissues. LVEF is 35 % and 2/3rd of LV
is dysfunctional. I wonder whether ARNICA will be useful in healing
the injury to the injured / dead muscles.
Hi,
My father got a stroke july 2007 and the left side became paralyzed as well as throat problem. But now he has recovered quite well, except disability in left leg and foot, so he is in wheel chair. Since the stroke he have had severe pain in the hips, front muscle and knee as well as right shoulder. Although the pain in the hips is little bit better now. Here is his medical history:
1.Age/Sex/Country/Climate
81 years
Sweden
Cold winters (snow and rain) and warm summers (humid and c. 23 celcius degrees).
2.Current complaint - from how long
My father got a stroke end of July last year. He became paralysed on the left side: leg, arm, hanging lip corner, cheek, could not eat, weak voice, swollen hand and foot, diarreah and incontinence, incoordination (middle point of the body). Now he can every part of the body more or less, except the left foot. The left hand has is not swollen any more. He swolling problem has improved and he is not incontinent or diarreah. The pain with stiffness and cracking sound is severe in back, hip, knees, shoulders and front muscle in each leg. He can stand for short moments and the balance has improved. Stomach problem with lot of gases. Left leg is involventory moves forwards sometimes and when he yawing the left hand rises. He is in wheel chair. The improvments are good according to the nurses and doctors. Severe detoriation of the cartilages in the hip and knees according to x-ray.
3.Current medicine you are taking
Warfarin, medicine for bp, parcemetol, morphine plaster (lowest dose), Arnica (3 pellets D30 in wet dose) once a day, Ruta grav (D30) one pill twice a day, Rhus tox (D30) one pill twice daily and Causticum (D30) one pill twice daily, Formica rufa 3 pellets (D30) twice a week and Argentum metallicum (D30) 3 pellets twice a week.
4.Sign & Symptom of disease
See under 2.
5.Brief medical history
Back pain for 40 years ago. Asthma which was cured with Noni Juice for 10 years ago. The osteoarthritis became worse during the last c. 2 yrs. About 3 month before the stroke, he started to have more pain, stiffness (difficult to bend the back forward and move right leg. Dim eyesight and slightly swelling of feet. After the beginning of the homeopathic remedies the movement of the left and arm leg has improved, but not the pain.
6.Family Back Ground
His wife died 1981 and unmarried since then. One son. Lives in the same house as his son and relatives in another at the yard. A dog. Lives now at home after 3 month at the hospital. Get assistance with cooking, move between bed and wheel chair, bathing, dressing.
7.Education and Nature of Profession of Patient
Primary school. Garderner, before the retirement. Active and excersing with gardening after he retired. Loves nature and the sea.
9.Desires and aversion of food
Likes almost all food: fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, ice cream, cakes, etc. Disliked spicey food and liked salt. After the stroke he dislikes salt (salty taste in the mouth) and not so much sweets as before.
10.Mind-behavior, anger, irritability, hurry, impatient…etc.. How you are peculiar from other person, public speaking or not .. You can describe all the detail about behaviour, love and affection. For a good prescription mental detail is must be.
Almost never angry or irritated before the stroke. Not really afraid for nothing. After the stroke, sometimes blaming for things he cannot manage. Sometimes feeling little bit hopeless and sad, but we all trying to support him. Excercising daily alone or with help of others.
11.What makes it worse and what makes it better
Cold weather, sitting too long in the wheel chair and moving in the from the bed to the wheel chair makes it worse. When he is sitting in the wheel chair he need to move around, because the pain in the hip and the leg muscle get less.
12.Thirst/Tongue/diabetic
Normal thirst, no remarkable signs on the tongue, no diabetic (tested).