knee injury- Herbal vs Homeopathic Arnica

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Hi Chris...

 

I am so glad you had such a wonderful experience with arnica... Thank you also

for mentioning how great it is for bruises... For bruises, muscular injuries

and many types of muscular soreness, you can't go wrong. In fact it should be

in every first aid kit!

 

But please forgive me for wanting to make sure everyone knows you were talking

about homeopathic arnica vs. herbal arnica.

 

Herbal arnica is poisionous and should never be taken internally. Homeopathic

arnica is prepared from herbal arnica, but is diluted, also known as potentized,

until usually well past Avagadro's number. For everyone who is not a chemistry

major, that means there are no remaining atoms left of the originial substance.

So basically you have removed the crude material until you are left with just

the essence of the herb, mineral, etc.

 

At this point it is no longer herbal but homeopathic- and while we are here at

this point, let me clarify truly homeopathic remedies are more than just dilute.

Instead the known curative powers of the given remedy match the unqiue symptom

picture of the person. So if someone were to be injured and break a bone,

Arnica could help bruising and muscular soreness, but since it does not cover

broken bones, the more homeopathic remedies for mending the bone would be

calcarea carb, calcarea phos, symphytum, etc...

 

Thank you Chris for sharing your validation of arnica... And thank you for

being part of Searching-Alternatives.

 

Be Well,

Misty

http://www..com

 

Chris <nrg wrote:

I can vouch for the Arnica for the swelling and bruising. Last year I had to

have 8 jawbone surgeries. After the first one the one side of my face was

very swollen and I had a big black and blue mark on my cheek. The surgeon

recommended taking arnica orally and also to rub it on the side of my face

for all subsequent surgeries which I did. I had no bruising at all and very

little swelling. What a miracle herb !!

 

Chris

 

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Sunday, June 15, 2003 8:44 PM

[s-A] knee injury

 

 

> Help,

> My 17 year old daughter sustained a knee injury when she was kicked in the

knee during a soccer game. She was seen by a medical doctor as it was

extremely swollen. He took an xray and wanted to drain it by my medically

oriented husband supprising said no. After a week the MD saw her again.

The swelling is down but the knee is still stiff and won't straighten

completely. The MD wants to do an MRI and then possibly do surgery (which I

already told my daughter I would not consent to). Its amazing how these

MD's use fear to proceed with treatment - he stated that if there is a

problem with the cartalige it will not heal on its own and it would require

surgery - funny how cartiledge that can't heal will heal after surgery

although it will require 4-6 months. My personnal feeling is it would heal

on its own given 4-6 months. I curently have my daughter on an MSM,

glucosamine and condroiten supplement. I am also considering NSF thearapy

but the only therapist in our area is 2 hours away and not fully certified.

Any suggestions and/or supporting documentation (for my doctor is god

husband) would be appreciated

> Thank you,

> Cheryl Rounds

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