SECTION 10.
ARNICA.
General Indications
Heat of the face with cold nose and ears, or heat in the head with coolness of the body - bruised, sore feeling in parts affected - bed feels too hard - inflammatory conditions with excessive tenderness to the least knock or jolt - ailments from injuries, especially falls and blows.
Minute Dose
See Section 56, B - C.
Officinal Dose
Adult, 3 to 30 drops of the tincture in water. Child, see Section 56, B.
In treatment of Ailments from Injuries, and also for Boils Carbuncles and Shingles, apply flannel cloths wrung out of hot water, containing Arnica tincture - a tablespoonful to the pint of water - reapplying the saturated cloths as often as seems needful.
(A) Arnica administered even in minute doses is a superior remedy for Idiopathic Mania - Paralytic conditions - General Cachexia - Vertigo, with heat in the head - Inflammation of the Meninges of the brain, with dropsical effusion - Amaurosis - Nose - bleed - Dysentery, stools bloody - Exhausting Diarrhea - Flooding after labor - Hemorrhage from injuries - Renal colic, stone lodged - Hemorrhage from injuries - Renal colic, stone lodged - Very tender Gout, with greatest dread of being struck - Shingles, controls the pain - Rough spots upon the skin - Blisters upon the lips - Roseola - Heat rash; specific - Carbuncle, mortification prevented, and all danger averted; may apply cold cream - Boils, especially crops of small boils, true specific - Squint or Spasm of new born babes - Abdominal pains of pregnancy, also anoint with Arnica glycerol 1 part to 3 - Baby's breasts swollen, hard and tender; anoint with Arnica oil or glycerol; same for sore nipples. Ladies subject to sore nipples should bathe the breasts and nipples daily, in advance of labor, with dilute Arnica tincture - Bee sting, Arnica tincture applied gives instinct relief - Deafness, Arnica tincture diluted one - half with water, a few drops in the ear, twice a week, cured a case of long standing in a few weeks.