{"id":16043,"remedy_name":"Arnica Montana","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the whole plant of Arnica montana, a perennial herb in the Asteraceae family,. native to Europe, prepared for homeopathic use through potentization. Traditional  Context:  Historically  used  in  homeopathy  for  trauma,  bruising,  and  soreness,. particularly following physical injuries, with applications in musculoskeletal, psychological, and. systemic conditions. It is noted for symptoms like bruised sensations, hematomas, emotional shock,. and denial of injury severity, often aggravated by touch, motion, or rest. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  post-traumatic  conditions,  musculoskeletal  injuries (e.g.,. bruises, sprains, strains), emotional shock, and post-surgical recovery, characterized by soreness,. bruising, and psychological distress. It suits patients with acute or subacute injuries, physical or. emotional,  presenting  with  pain,  swelling,  or  denial  of  symptoms,  often  triggered  by  trauma,. overexertion, or surgical procedures, and typically accompanied by irritability or fear of touch.","modalities":"Worse from: Touch, pressure, motion, rest, night, damp weather, lying on injured side,. jarring.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Arnica is used after severe mental stress orshock.Mentaloremotionalshocks.Never well since a \ntrauma, fright or grief. History of severe physical trauma with chronic men - \ntal or emotional effects. Accident, trauma victims. Nervous, can't bear pain, whole body oversensitive. \nFear of being touched or injured. Feels like a wounded animal. Fear of the approach of anyone.  Fear of \nsickness. Fear of instant death with heart distress. Fear at night. Fear on awakening. Agoraphobia. Fear of \nopen spaces. Fear of crowds, public places. \nViolent attacks of anguish, anxiety with angina pectoris (Aeon.). Easily frightened, unexpected trifles cause \nhim to start. Hypochondriacal anxiety. Fear remains at night after fright (Op.). A sudden fear that rouses one \nfrom sleep at night especially after an accident (Op.). \nHead injury or strokes that effect mental functions. Morose, repentant mood. Overworked and exhausted. \nIndifference to work. Depression from injuries to the head (Nat-s.). Forgetful, what he reads quickly escapes \nhis mind.  Absent-minded. Forgets the word he is about to say. Uncon scious. When spoken to answers \ncorrectly, but relapses. Coma. Muttering delirium. Delirium tremens. \nMorose, delirious. Nervous and mental shock. Sits as if in thought. Says there is nothing the mat ter with \nhim. Feels well in serious cases, because of shock. Sends the doctor home.  Wants to be left alone. Prays \nquietly for her soul. Stupor, with involuntary discharge of feces, typhoid. Stupefaction, loss of sight and hearing, \nfrom concussion of brain. Arnica is used after severe mental stress orshock.Mentaloremotionalshocks.Never well since a \ntrauma, fright or grief. History of severe physical trauma with chronic men - \ntal or emotional effects. Accident, trauma victims. Nervous, can't bear pain, whole body oversensitive. \nFear of being touched or injured. Feels like a wounded animal. Fear of the approach of anyone.  Fear of \nsickness. Fear of instant death with heart distress. Fear at night. Fear on awakening. Agoraphobia. Fear of \nopen spaces. Fear of crowds, public places. \nViolent attacks of anguish, anxiety with angina pectoris (Aeon.). Easily frightened, unexpected trifles cause \nhim to start. Hypochondriacal anxiety. Fear remains at night after fright (Op.). A sudden fear that rouses one \nfrom sleep at night especially after an accident (Op.). \nHead injury or strokes that effect mental functions. Morose, repentant mood. Overworked and exhausted. \nIndifference to work. Depression from injuries to the head (Nat-s.). Forgetful, what he reads quickly escapes \nhis mind.  Absent-minded. Forgets the word he is about to say. Uncon scious. When spoken to answers \ncorrectly, but relapses. Coma. Muttering delirium. Delirium tremens. \nMorose, delirious. Nervous and mental shock. Sits as if in thought. Says there is nothing the mat ter with \nhim. Feels well in serious cases, because of shock. Sends the doctor home.  Wants to be left alone. Prays \nquietly for her soul. Stupor, with involuntary discharge of feces, typhoid. Stupefaction, loss of sight and hearing, \nfrom concussion of brain.","Vertigo":"Chronic vertigo, objects whirl about especially when walking. Vertigo of the elderly. Vertigo with \nnausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Vertigo worse walking, sitting erect, closing eyes. Vertigo worse, head injury . \nVertigo during headache. Vertigo on rising and on moving. \nVision - Diplopia from trauma, muscular paralysis, retinal hemorrhage. Diplopia, with vertigo, on looking \ndownward. High objects appear to lean forward and about \nto fall. Flickering, worse reading or writing, with headache. Lost vision, after a violent blow. On reading, print \nseems to dance in a fog and vanish, must rub eyes. Muscae volitantes. Obscured, lost vision, during headache. \nCOMMENTS - Arnica is allied to wounds and cures hemorrhages of many kinds including strokes, dilatation \nand rupture of small bloodvessels. Vomiting, coughing, purging, accompanied by streaks of blood in vomit. \nExtravasation of blood into the conjunctiva as in whooping cough. Hemorrhages into the tissues of internal \norgans or the skin. \nAn odd symptom of Arnica is \u201ccoldness of the nose.\u201d A case of facial (left) neural gia, face swollen, dark red, \nvery painful to touch, was cured with Arnica (radix), the guiding symptom being \u201ccold nose.\u201d Patient had bitter \ntaste, was very excitable and worse at night. \nEffects of violent cough or sneezing, the child cries before cough comes on (or with the cough) in whooping \ncough. Chronic bronchitis when patients have bruised, weak aching in the chest or great sensitiveness of the \nchest on exertion or walking. \nArn. affects the left upper extremity and the right chest. Putrid excretions (Bapt.), putrid breath, fetid sweat. \nIncessant passing of stool and urine in putrid states. \nNash gave \u201cStupor with involuntary discharge of feces and urine .\u201d \u201cFears being touched or struck by those \ncoming near him.\u201d \u201cPutrid smell from mouth.\u201d \u201cBruised, sore feeling in uterine region, cannot walk erect.\u201d \u201cWhile \nanswering falls into a deep stupor before finishing.\u201d \u201cHead alone or face alone, hot, rest of body cool.\u201d \n\u201cMany small boils, painful, one after another, extremely sore.\u201d \u201cSuddenness\u201d is a feature of Arn. pains and \naction. P. P. Wells related a cure of double pleuro -pneumonia in a child with sudden stabbing pains on both \n \n \nsides of the chest almost preventing breathing. Arnica instantly caused a violent aggravation, the next instant \nrelief was perfect and the child fell asleep breathing naturally. \nKeynote sore, bruised feeling. Bluish discoloration, bruising, better cold applica tions. The bed feels too har d. \nFatigue, \u201cfear of being approached,\u201d an animal -like fear of guarding a wounded area. Can believe nothing is \nwrong when severely injured, sign of shock (Op.). Patient may be irritable and want to be left alone. Can have \namnesia, or nightmares after injury or loss of confidence since injury. Intermittent fear of death. \nA major goutremedy, afraid of joints being touched. Good for flus and mono when there is a sore, achy feeling \nall over. Also acute muscle fatigue in athletes. Superficial tissue trauma. Boils that feel sore and bruised. \nComas from trauma and injury. Any fever with a sore, bruised feeling. For chronic weak joints after repeated \ninjuries. Shock due to trauma or shock from the injury itself. For grief and financial shock.  \nGood for overexertion. It's also used for trauma from blows from blunt instruments, sprains. For post -stroke \nvictims, for injuries and hematomas. For heart attacks from overexertion. For internal bleeding. Achi- ness and \nweakness from the weight of the baby in pregnant women. For people who have a tendency to bruise easily. \nVertigo, worse head injuries and strokes. Also for severe illness when the patient goes into the stupor stage. \nGood after dental work. For vomiting of blood after injury to the abdominal region or injury to th e uterus. \nSensitive to cold damp weather, and hot sun. Worse from touch. Alcohol will aggravate the condition, but may \ncrave alcohol to relieve pain. Also worse tobacco. Sensation worse after an adjustment to spine (Ruta., Rhus-\nt.).","Head":"Hematoma. Head injury.  Headaches from injury to head. Meningitis from injury to head. Periodical \nattacks of migraine. Hot head with a cold body. Brain feels tired. Burning in brain. Con fused, sensitivity of \nbrain with sharp, pinching pains. Stroke victims, with loss of consciousness, involuntary evacuations from \nbowels and bladder, paralysis. Head as if too large. Headache as from a nail. Headaches from strong emotions. \nCold spot on the forehead. Burning or hot spots on vertex. Head throws backwards while walking. Baldness. \nRecurring boils on scalp. Scalp feels contracted. Hematoma. Head injury.  Headaches from injury to head. Meningitis from injury to head. Periodical \nattacks of migraine. Hot head with a cold body. Brain feels tired. Burning in brain. Con fused, sensitivity of \nbrain with sharp, pinching pains. Stroke victims, with loss of consciousness, involuntary evacuations from \nbowels and bladder, paralysis. Head as if too large. Headache as from a nail. Headaches from strong emotions. \nCold spot on the forehead. Burning or hot spots on vertex. Head throws backwards while walking. Baldness. \nRecurring boils on scalp. Scalp feels contracted.","Eyes":"Bloodshot. Eyes sunken. Black eye from injury.  Traumatic ulceration with much hemorrhage into \nanterior chamber. Expedites absorption of clots, in retinal hemorrhage. Bruised iris after cataract operations. \nBruised, sore feeling in eyes after close work. Eyesfeel tired and weary after sightseeing, moving pictures. \nLachrymationburning. Photophobia. Righteye protrudes, looks larger than left. Must keep eyes open, dizzy on \nclosing them. Photophobia. Pupils contracted, dilated.","Ears":"Shooting in and around ears. Blood from ears. Suppurating otitis with stupor. Cartilages of ears as if \nbruised. Bruised pain in external ears. Sensitive to shrill noise. Sensitivity to loud sounds. Hearing impaired \nfrom injury to the head. Dull hearing, after concussion. Hardness of hearing. Deafness after typhus. Noises \nin ear caused by rush of blood to the head. Humming.","Face":"Face hot and red, with cold legs. Sunken, very red, pale. Acne sore and painful. Bruised pains. \nChilliness during headache. Herpes in face. Ruddy, congested, bluish red in strokes, fevers. Lower jaw hangs \ndown, paralysis. Red ness and burning of one cheek. Cheeks puffed, red. Swelling of parotid gland during \nmeasles. Throbbing and stinging pain, in swollen cheeks.","Mouth":"Soreness of gums after teeth extraction (Sep.). Dry and thirsty. Bitter taste (Coloc.). Taste as from \nbad eggs. Fetid breath. Taste disgusting, putrid, slimy. Bad taste after operation. Empyema of maxillary sinus. \nBright red, puffy fauces. Saliva diminished. Swallowing is prevented by sort of nausea as if food would not go \ndown. Heat in lips. Lips burn, swollen and cracked. Lower lip trembles, while eating.  \nNose - Bruised, from above downward. Swellin g of nose. Nosebleeds after injury. Nosebleeds after every fit \nof coughing after washing face, dark fluid blood. Nose feels sore, cold. Violent sneezing from overlifting. Nose \nfeels sore, cold. Post-nasal drip. Catarrh of antrum. Burning pain in typhoid f ever. Nosebleeds during typhoid \nfever. Ulcerated nostrils. Empyema of maxillary sinus. \nPerspiration - Sour sweat at night. Sour or offensive sweat, sometimes cold. Several transitory sweats all \nover at night, with anguish. Worse when sweating. Sweat partial on front of body. Sweat followed by faintness.","Throat":"Acute tonsillitis, swelling of soft palate and uvula. Bright red, puffy fauces. Burning, when swallowing. \nStinging in back of throat. Raw, sore feeling. Crack ling in trachea, when lying down. Hoarseness from \noveruse of voice. Hoarseness, worse exertion, colds or getting wet. Hoarseness early in morning. Voice deep \nor low, muttering. \nTongue - Tongue dry, almost black. Biting, burning and scraping at root of tongue. Tongue, dry, almost black. \nRed stripe down centre of tongue. Tongue coated white. Tongue coated yellow. Tongue dry with brown streak \ndown middle.","Chest":"Burning or rawness in chest. Sharp pains under false ribs. Bruised, aching sensation in chest on \nwalking. Sensation as if all ribs were bruised, when coughing. Bones and cartilages of chest are painful, worse \nmotion, breathing or coughing. Heavy sensation l ower chest. Sharp pains in chest, taking the breath away, \nbetter pressure. Pain in intercostal muscles. Pleurodynia (Ran-b.. Bry., Cimic.). \nConstitutions - Adapted to sanguine, plethoric persons, disposed to cerebral congestion. Persons easily \nmade train-sick or seasick. It is suited to persons who are sensitive to mechanical injuries and who feel the \neffects of them long after. Teste noted it for plethoric red-faced persons. \nCough - Cough produced by weeping and lamenting. Dry cough from tickling low down in trachea. Cough \ncauses bloodshot eyes or nosebleed. Violent, spasmodic cough with facial herpes . Cardiac cough, \nparoxysmal, at night during sleep, worse exercise. Whooping cough, child cries before coughing.  Cough \nafter measles. Cough in sleep without waking. Sudden pain as if heart is squeezed or had got a shock. Strain of heart from violent running.  \n \n \nWeakened heart muscles. Palpitations after any exertion. Palpitations after any shock or injury. Palpitations \nshake the whole body. Angina pectoris, with severe pain in elbow of left arm. Sharp pain in heart. Heart pains, \nleft to right. Horror of constant death with card iac distress at night. Cardiac dropsy with distressing dyspnea. \nFatty heart and hypertrophy. Pulse feeble and irregular. Weak fluttering of pulse. Pulse hurried. Pulse quicker \nthan beat of heart. \nKidneys - Cutting pain in kidneys. Piercing pain, as from kn ives plunged into kidneys, with chilliness and \ninclination to vomit. Involuntary dribbling with constant urg ing. Has to wait a long time for urine to pass. Urine \nhas dark brick -red sediment. Bloody urine from mechanical causes. Urine in small quantity, st aining napkin \nyellow-brown. Red urine in liver com plaint. Scanty, red urine, very offensive. Brown clear urine which \nimmediately becomes whitish and turbid. Asthma with inclination to move about. Asthma with sleeplessness before midnight. Asphyxia \nneonatorum. Dyspnea with hemoptysis. Short, panting breathing. Children lose their breath when angry. Raw, \nsore feeling in morning. Pneumonia, approaching paralysis. Can't expectorate, but must swallow whatever is \nloosened by coughing. Bloody expectoration. Hemorrhage after mechanical injuries. Offensive, green, \npurulent, blood -streaked expectoration. Spitting up of black, thick, viscid blood, or bright red, frothy blood, \nmixed with mucus and coagula. Pneumothorax from external injuries. Pleurisy after mechanical injuries.  \nPleurodynia (Bry., Ran-b., Cimic.).","Stomach & Abdomen":"Belchings, tasting of bad eggs after coughing. Eructations of bitter mucus. Oppressive gases pass \nupward and downward. Stomach distended with wind. Pain in stomach during eating. Pinching, spasmodic \ngriping pain in stomach. Pressure as from a stone. Feeling as if stomach were pressing against spine. As \nif a lump in stomach. Hiccough. Motion sickness. Nausea with burning and scratching in throat. Retching at \nnight. Fetid vomiting. Vomiting of dark, red coagulated blood. Vomiting of blood after injuries. V omiting of \nfood, mixed with blood. \nStools - Dysenteric stools with muscular pains. Brown or white diarrhea. Offensive, brown, bloody,putrid \ninvoluntary stools. Stools look like brown yeast. Must lie down after every stool. Stools a re bloody, foamy, \npurulent, acrid involuntary during \nsleep. Ribbon -like stools, from enlarged prostrate or retroverted uterus. Stools consisting of bloody, slimy \nmucus, with urging and violent bellyache. Undigested stools. \nTeeth - Swollenjaw after dental w ork. Pains after dental work, injuries.  Soreness of gums after teeth \nextraction (Sep.). Gums sore, swollen during dentition. Sore and aching after trauma.  Beating and tingling \nin gums, during toothache. Throbbing, toothache. Excruciating, cutting, tearing,  in teeth. \nTemperature - Chilly with heat and redness of one cheek. Coldness of part lain on. Thirst during chill. Must \nuncover but it chills him. Shivering over whole body. Shivering, as if dashed with cold water. Internal chills \nwith external heat. Heat and redness of head with coolness of rest of body. Internal heat, feet and hands cold. \nHead or face alone hot, body cold. Heat flushes, with thirst. Influenza fever. Intermittent fever. Typhoid fever. \nSeptic and traumatic fevers. Colic, with retention of urine. Colic, resembling dysentery. Cramps from epigastrium down over \nthe bowels, then foul stools. Tympanitic distension. Distended with offensive flatus. Flatus smelling of rotten \n \n \neggs. Bruised pain, in sides of abdomen. Sharp pains from side to side. Sharp thrusts through abdomen. Sharp \npain in region of spleen, taking away breath. Swashing in abdomen as from water. Loss of appetite. Loathing very sight of food. Canine hunger. Loss of appetite \nand sourness of stomach of brandy drinkers, creates a disgust for brandy. Aversion to milk and meat. Aversion \nto broth, smoking tobacco. Longing for vinegar. Desires sour, alcoholic drinks. Constant desire to drink, but \nknows not what for, as all drinks are offensive. Thirst with dry mouth.","Urinary & Genital":"Genitals bruised and much swollen. Swelling of penis and scrotum, bluish-red. Hot swelling of scrotum \nafter injury. Spermatic cords painfully swollen. Relaxed testicles. Hematocele. Phimosis from friction. \nHydrocele caused by a bruise. Violent continu ed erections often waking. Seminal emission during caress. \nImpotence from sexual excess or abuse. Erysipelas of scrotum. Menses, early, hot, profuse. Uterine hemorrhage from mechanical injury after sex. Hemorrhages \nbright red or mixed with clots. Bloody discharge between menses. Ulcers of uterus with a tendency to bleed. \nLabia painfully swollen. Prolapsus caused by concussion. Ovarian region f eels as if sprained, obliging her to \nwalk bent. Threatened miscarriage from falls etc. Soreness of the whole body during pregnancy. Feeling as if \nfetus were lying crosswise. Cannot bear fetal movements, cause nausea and vomiting. Labor pains, weak \norceasing. Bruised parts after labor. Soreness and lameness of parts after deliv ery. Puerperal fever. Violent \nafter-pains, worse breast-feeding.","Extremities":"Bruising, muscle soreness, or joint pain, with a sensation of being beaten or battered. Sprains, strains, or contusions, with tenderness and swelling, worse from touch or. pressure. Stiffness or aching in injured areas, often post-overexertion or trauma, resembling. myofascial pain. Dermatological:. Ecchymosis or hematomas, with purple or black discoloration, often painful to touch. Superficial swelling or inflammation around injured sites, worse with motion. Occasional petechiae or small hemorrhages post-trauma, linked to capillary fragility. Arnica montana (Leopard\u2019s Bane) 130. Psychological:. Emotional shock or denial, with patients minimizing injury severity or refusing help. Irritability or sensitivity, particularly when touched or approached, with fear of pain. Restlessness or anxiety post-trauma, often with disturbed sleep or nightmares. Systemic:. Fatigue or exhaustion following injury, with a sensation of weakness or collapse. Heat sensations or mild fever post-trauma, often with flushed face or warm skin. Generalized soreness or malaise, worse at night or during rest, resembling post-. exertional fatigue. Post-Surgical:. Swelling, bruising, or soreness after surgery, with slow recovery or prolonged pain. Sensitivity at incision sites, with aggravation from bandages or pressure.","Neck & Back":"Backache from muscle strain, overuse.  Great soreness and pain in back, as if bruised or beaten. \nBack sore and aches, worse overlifting. Agonizing pain in back and hips before urination. \nBruises on back from injuries, blows. Violent pain, in spine, as after sudden rising up after long stooping. \nCervical vertebrae tender. Muscles of neck weak, head falls backwards or any side. Sacrum as if beaten. \nBladder - Retention of urine in bladder from over exertion after labor. Urine retained, with aching and pressing \nin bladder. Bladderaffections after mechanical injuries. Bladder tenesmus with very painful uri nation. \nTenesmus of bladder with diarrhea. Bladder feels full and sore, the pressure of urine hurts him. Cutting pain \nin orifice of urethra at end of urination. Infants scream from pain in bladder. Constant dribbling of urine after \nlabor. \nBreasts - Sore nipples. Mastitis from injury. Tumors of breast from injury (Bell -p., Con.). Violent after -pains, \nworse nursing. \nCausations - Mechanical injuries. Fright, financial loss, anger. Overuse of any organ. Surgical operations. \nInsect stings. Splinters.","Skin":"Fatigue or exhaustion following injury, with a sensation of weakness or collapse. Heat sensations or mild fever post-trauma, often with flushed face or warm skin. Generalized soreness or malaise, worse at night or during rest, resembling post-. exertional fatigue. Post-Surgical:. Swelling, bruising, or soreness after surgery, with slow recovery or prolonged pain. Sensitivity at incision sites, with aggravation from bandages or pressure.","Sleep":"Unrefreshing sleep. Involuntary stools during sleep. Sleepless and restless when overtired.  Can't \nfall asleep, fantastical illusions while lying awake. Frequent yawning in evening, without sleepiness. Yawning \nbefore chill. Comatose drowsi ness, awakens with hot head, drops to sleep as he answers. Nightmares.  \nHorrors in the night. When dreaming sees black forms of spectres, ghosts, spirits. Dreams of death. Dreams \nof being buried alive, suffocation. Dreams of mutilated bodies. Anxious and terrible dreams, awakes in terror, \nthen sleepless. Awful dreams, of robbers and murderers."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}