Arnica salve has a strong reputation in holistic health care, and this comes with good reason. Massage therapists, Athletes, even Surgeons use it regularly for recovery, chronic pain and bruising. Each of these realms in health care are asking the same thing of this woodland flower… Pain relief please! And we get, so much mor than just that, Arnica balm brings relief of swelling, bruising, and inflammation, even edema. Arnica balm gladly delivers its help for these complaints.
Enchantment Creek has developed Arnica Pain Balm which is a powerful remedy offering relief from sports injuries all the way through to arthritis. Our clients LOVE this product so much because it works better than others available at the health food stores. This arnica slave is a very special blend of plants. This trio was designed to create a more holistic remedy, and when I say, it was designed by nature, that is the absolute truth. These three plants grow alongside one another in the forest, and help to make the the common requests of Arnica salve that much more effective, this truly is a one of a kind blend that will be your go to for pain relief.
Getting Down in the Dirt
Arnica cordifolia is a plant that has been on my harvesting, and medicine making list for many years. Not only is it blanketing our industry, but this sun-shining flower covers the woodland floors of the Rocky Mountains and beyond. In our region, she grows in pine forests of the mid to upper elevations. Overlaying the spring-time ground in a bright, yellow, daisy look-alike flower. Arnica cordifolia is a lovely welcome to the harvest season for herbal enthusiasts everywhere.
There are many species in the composite family. Arnica cordifolia being a cousin to the common garden daisy. AND my favorite member to work with is Arnica cordifolia, the scent that is offered from this particular species is much more pleasant and comes through nicely in the salve. When in her perfect habitat she is a prolific grower, this, making wild harvest sustainable by nature. Sustainability is the only way I feel appropriate to use wild plants in the farmacy.
How She Works With Our Body
Arnica has the reputation of being very effective. BUT, the exact why and how is not usually explained. Along with volatile oils, sterols and glycosides, Arnica salve becomes active with these powerful phytochemicals. The flower, leaf and stem contain high levels of volatile oils that give off a pleasant spring scent, and making Arnica cordifolia is a very resinous plant. This shows a high concentration of active ingredients, that are particularly alcohol and oil soluble.
Arnica salve is best applied to pain of the joints and muscles, bug bites, bumps and bruises too. If you want to apply heat to your injury, arnica is going to be the best friend you can ask for in recovery. Arnica cordifolia is a vasodiolator and cardio stimulant. Both of these aspects will assist the body in moving fluid away from injury sites. Arthritic conditions as well as Sports Injuries benefit greatly from gentle movement of fluids. Arterial blood is then shifted to skeletal muscles, the brain and lungs, instead of pooling in the injury areas, this action allowing for inflammation to be soothed. While also encouraging the natural self healing powers of the body.
New Friends of Arnica balm from the farmacy
While Arnica’s volatile oils, glycosides and sterols are all a wonderful beginning to relief. The special blend of fresh plants that are featured in the Arnica Pain Balm from Enchantment Creek, is truly what makes it so effective. The Farmacy adds Clematis and Pedicularis to the mix. Both of these plants are traditional in Western Herbalism. Generally, they have been applied by Herbalists as tinctures, but topically they offer powerful pain relief that adds beautifully to arnica’s circulation enhancement. Both pedicularis, and clematis help to soothe nervous system pain through dilation of the vascular system and .
Pedicularis – Wood Betony
Clemaits – the Vine of The Rockies
Clematis is the third of our Pain Balm’s trio. Traditionally, Clematis is used for relieving headaches. In the case of headaches, generally they are difficult to treat. But, Clematis eases those that are tension related. It can also help with chronic nerve pain. The same chemicals that encourage relief internally as a homeopathic herb, offer topical relief as a counter-irritant to joints.
A Well Balanced Trio
When creating remedies with plant friends for the farmacy, I always keep this in mind. Nature holds a well balanced and chaotic ecosystem, just like our bodies. Homeostasis is a relatively stable state of equilibrium, this isn’t a flat line state. There is always a push from one side to the other in a nice happy dance of shifting. This creating a consistently chaotic state that balances on all sides. When herbs are applied in this way, they become that much more effective.
Apply Arnica Balm from the farmacy liberally to unbroken skin. Massage it into muscles and joints as needed. OR apply it to painful areas before getting into a bath. It is also recommended to be used under heat wraps or hot pads. I and all of my clients KNOW you will love this particular blend of arnica, pedicualris and clematis, head on over to the farmacy, online and get your home apothecary stocked.
