REMEDY | INDICATIONS |
CALENDULA | Clean cuts with sharp, shooting pains. Heals and prevents infection. Sunburn, minor burns. Can be used in tincture or salve for external application. |
ARNICA MONTANA | First remedy to think of in trauma to soft tissue. Bruising, swelling. Person has fear of being touched in injured areas. Sore, bruised feeling from overexertion. Emotional trauma as a result of physical trauma. |
HYPERICUM | Injury to nerves or parts rich in nerves such as tailbone, hands or feet. VERY PAINFUL injuries. Shooting, tingling pains. Minor puncture wounds, bites. |
RHUS TOX | Older injuries with stiffness. Worse on beginning to move, better after moving for a while. Worse cold damp weather or before a storm. Better warm shower or massage. Strains from over-lifting. “The rusty hinge” remedy. |
BRYONIA | Sprains, bursitis, dislocations all much WORSE MOTION. Area is very swollen, like a sack of water around the injured joint. Person feels very irritable and is thirsty for large gulps of water. |
RUTA | Injury to tendons or ligaments or periosteum. Tennis elbow. Sprained wrist. Worse cold damp weather. Bruised feeling. |
LEDUM | Bruises that turn purple and yellow. Injured part feels cold yet is better cold compress. Pains travel upwards. Insect bites. |
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