Arnica and Bruises
I have been meaning to write about this for a couple of weeks now, but kept forgetting. Here is my experience with Arnica (homeopathic remedy) and bruising…
I was outside peeling logs for our garden, the hammer I was using to peel the logs slipped RIGHT onto my knee! Ow! It was so bad I couldn’t even talk or breath for a minute (a very long minute!) I had just gotten into homeopathy, and I had some arnica tabs on hand. I took one when I was able to hobble back in the house. By then it has lumped up and there was a red mark where the hammer hit (and I only had stretch pants on - not even work pants!) Anyways, I took one, and waited an hour and took another and then forgot about it…
The next day I was kneeling and I was like “wait a minute, this should be hurting, I killed my knee yesterday!”. I looked and not only was it not sore when I pushed on it, there was no lump, and I never got a bruise. That little red mark was there on the surface of my skin (happened on impact) but other than that it was perfect!
I wish I had paid attention to see how quickly it worked, but I guess the fact I forgot about it spoke volumes.
I highly recommend having some on hand. You can get it in the homeopatic remedy form, or even as a topical ointment or tincture. Grow some in your garden and make up your own tincture! Either way you can, have some on hand.
- Lea
[originally posted on NFA on 5-28-2006]