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[post_content] => The sunny yellow Arnica montana plant thrives in wild mountain meadows and calcium-poor peat soils. Although its long stems and delicate petals look fragile, arnica is a very vigorous plant that easily survives the elements. This external resistance is a clear indication of the strong structural forces that arnica carries.
About 150 pharmaceutically active ingredients are found in arnica’s flower clusters. Among these are valuable and effective substances such as flavonoids, carotenoids, sesquiterpene lactones and precious essential oils. The fine silica content gives the arnica structuring and shaping forces and helps to regenerate tissue after blunt injuries such as bruises or contusions. Arnica has been shown to relieve pain and speed up the healing process; no wonder it’s so popular with athletes and sports massage therapists.
Arnica is an alpine plant and for this reason it does not thrive in the lowland clay soil at Weleda’s biodynamic gardens in Derbyshire. So Weleda sources biodynamically cultivated arnica from the Scottish Black Isle. Each July herb grower Duncan Ross makes a ten-hour drive with a freshly-harvested crop. The day before, Duncan and his team carefully lift each arnica plant, roots and all (planta tota), washing the roots and removing any discoloured leaves. The plants are then placed upright in containers, with their roots in fresh water, for the journey to Weleda Head Office. In the cool twilight hours, over 100 kilos of whole fresh plants are transported.
The Weleda gardeners take delivery of this precious cargo in the early morning. It’s all hands on deck, as it is critical the arnica plants are processed as soon as possible in order to capture the plant’s vitality. The arnica passes from the outside world of the garden to a cleaner world of tincture production and manufacturing. Outdoor clothing is exchanged for whites, PPE, and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) regulations.
The gardeners keenly check each plant before it is finely chopped. Organic grain alcohol and purified water are then gradually mixed with the arnica, and the fresh macerate is allowed to infuse for two weeks with occasional stirring. The contents are pressed and 50% arnica tincture is ready to use. The large Giusti is primed, ready to receive the fresh arnica tincture and other aromatic ingredients to make the Weleda Arnica Muscle Soak.
Arnica is a welcome sight post-marathon or after physical activity that renders the muscle a little weary. Ideally, full the full arnica effect, opt for an oral preparation such as the homeopathic Muscular Pain Relief Oral Spray, together with external application such as Arnica Massage Balm, or Arnica Bumps & Bruises Skin Salve, for maximum benefit.
“We recommend approaching pain from the outside in with external application of topical herbal pain-relieving balms and salves, and from the inside out with homeopathic oral preparations. Weleda’s medicinal Muscular Pain Relief Oral Spray contains a mixture of three traditional remedies Arnica, Ruta and Rhus tox, for the symptomatic relief of muscular strains and associated aches and pains. This combination offers symptomatic pain relief without the common contra-indications and side effects often associated with muscular pain relief. With warming balms to ease stiffness, cooling gels for tired limbs, lotion sprays for bruises that are too sensitive to touch, tablets for acute pain as a first aid remedy, and relaxing muscle soaks, Arnica has most pain management needs covered!”
Evelyn Liddell
Homeopathic Pharmacist
Weleda UK
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Material published in this section of the website does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Society of Homeopaths.
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The sunny yellow Arnica montana plant thrives in wild mountain meadows and calcium-poor peat soils. Although its long stems and delicate petals look fragile, arnica is a very vigorous plant that easily survives the elements. This external resistance is a clear indication of the strong structural forces that arnica carries.
About 150 pharmaceutically active ingredients are found in arnica’s flower clusters. Among these are valuable and effective substances such as flavonoids, carotenoids, sesquiterpene lactones and precious essential oils. The fine silica content gives the arnica structuring and shaping forces and helps to regenerate tissue after blunt injuries such as bruises or contusions. Arnica has been shown to relieve pain and speed up the healing process; no wonder it’s so popular with athletes and sports massage therapists.
Arnica is an alpine plant and for this reason it does not thrive in the lowland clay soil at Weleda’s biodynamic gardens in Derbyshire. So Weleda sources biodynamically cultivated arnica from the Scottish Black Isle. Each July herb grower Duncan Ross makes a ten-hour drive with a freshly-harvested crop. The day before, Duncan and his team carefully lift each arnica plant, roots and all (planta tota), washing the roots and removing any discoloured leaves. The plants are then placed upright in containers, with their roots in fresh water, for the journey to Weleda Head Office. In the cool twilight hours, over 100 kilos of whole fresh plants are transported.
The Weleda gardeners take delivery of this precious cargo in the early morning. It’s all hands on deck, as it is critical the arnica plants are processed as soon as possible in order to capture the plant’s vitality. The arnica passes from the outside world of the garden to a cleaner world of tincture production and manufacturing. Outdoor clothing is exchanged for whites, PPE, and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) regulations.
The gardeners keenly check each plant before it is finely chopped. Organic grain alcohol and purified water are then gradually mixed with the arnica, and the fresh macerate is allowed to infuse for two weeks with occasional stirring. The contents are pressed and 50% arnica tincture is ready to use. The large Giusti is primed, ready to receive the fresh arnica tincture and other aromatic ingredients to make the Weleda Arnica Muscle Soak.
Arnica is a welcome sight post-marathon or after physical activity that renders the muscle a little weary. Ideally, full the full arnica effect, opt for an oral preparation such as the homeopathic Muscular Pain Relief Oral Spray, together with external application such as Arnica Massage Balm, or Arnica Bumps & Bruises Skin Salve, for maximum benefit.
“We recommend approaching pain from the outside in with external application of topical herbal pain-relieving balms and salves, and from the inside out with homeopathic oral preparations. Weleda’s medicinal Muscular Pain Relief Oral Spray contains a mixture of three traditional remedies Arnica, Ruta and Rhus tox, for the symptomatic relief of muscular strains and associated aches and pains. This combination offers symptomatic pain relief without the common contra-indications and side effects often associated with muscular pain relief. With warming balms to ease stiffness, cooling gels for tired limbs, lotion sprays for bruises that are too sensitive to touch, tablets for acute pain as a first aid remedy, and relaxing muscle soaks, Arnica has most pain management needs covered!”
Evelyn Liddell
Homeopathic Pharmacist
Weleda UK
Material published in this section of the website does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Society of Homeopaths.