Arnica-Heel®
Arnica-Heel®
Drops Composition:
100 g cont.: Arnica montana D3, Bryonia cretica D4, Acidum benzoicum e resina D3, Colchicum autumnale D4, Mercurialis perennis D3, Eupatorium cannabinum D4, Solanum lycopersicum D3, Echinacea angustifolia D3 5 g each; Rhus toxicodendron D6, Eucalyptus globulus D4, Baptisia tinctoria D4, Solanum nigrum D4, Solanum dulcamara D4, Apis mellifica D4 10 g each. Contains 35 vol.-% alcohol.
Indications:
(Sub)acute and (sub)chronic inflammation of a localised or generalised nature. Contraindications:
Pregnancy and hypersensitivity to tomato plants or to the genus Rhus of the Anacardiaceae family.
Side effects:
None known.
Interactions with other medication:
None known.
Dosage:
In general 10 drops 3 times daily. Package sizes:
Drop bottles containing 30 and 100 ml.
Pharmacological and clinical notes
Arnica montana (mountain arnica)
A feeling of exhaustion, sepsis, furunculosis, foetor ex ore. Bryonia cretica (bryony)
Inflammation of all serous membranes, polyarthritis, pleuritis, great thirst, constipation (black faeces).
Acidum benzoicum (benzoic acid)
Polyarthritis acuta et chronica with ammoniacal urine (like horse urine), endocarditis. Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron)
Rheumatism and gout, gastroenteritis, autumn diarrhoea, neoplasm phases (colchicine as mitosis-inhibiting factor).
Mercurialis perennis (dog’s mercury)
Rheumatic disorders, polyarthritis with endocarditis, influenza, sepsis, functional disorders of the liver.
Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony)
Intermittent fever, influenza, pyelitis, cystitis, adnexitis, fluor albus.
Rheumatism, influenza, bronchiolitis, pain in the whole of the body. Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved cone flower)
Inflammatory and septic diseases, to increase the mesenchymal defenses. Rhus toxicodendron (poison oak)
Rheumatism, worsening of the disorders upon starting to move (feeling of stiffness), neuralgia, polyarthritis, diseases of the mucosa and connective tissue, conjunctivitis.
Eucalyptus globulus (blue gum)
Antipyretic in influenza and catarrh, hoarseness with a feeling of rawness in the throat. Baptisia tinctoria (wild indigo)
Septic conditions, coated tongue with a dark streak in the middle, typhus diseases, malodorous ulcerations on the mucosa,
gangrene.
Solanum nigrum (black nightshade)
Cerebral irritation, spasms in cerebral affections and pseudomeningitis, disorders of the peripheral circulation, disorientation.
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet)
Worsening of condition in wet weather; after being drenched by rain, onset of tonsillitis, rheumatism, polyarthritis.
Apis mellifica (honey bee)
Inflammation of an exudative nature, accompanying (toxic) oedema, meningitic irritation, burning and stabbing pains.
Based on the individual homoeopathic constituents of Arnica-Heel, therapeutical possibilities result for the stimulation of the body’s own defenses, especially in the case of inflammation, abscesses, phlegmons, empyema, angina tonsillaris, pyelitis, cystitis, influenza, polyarthritis and reaction phases of all kinds, particularly when there is a tendency for sepsis to develop. Also for meningitic irritation and otitis media (in addition to Chelidonium-Homaccord), polysinusitis (in addition to Traumeel S tablets and possibly Naso-Heel S).
Arnica-Heel is an important complementary remedy to numerous other Heel biotherapeutical agents, e.g. to Traumeel S tablets, Mercurius-Heel S, Osteoheel S, Cruroheel S, Belladonna-Homaccord, Aconitum-Homaccord, etc. (also, for example, to Psorinoheel and Galium-Heel, when there is resistance to therapy), to Lymphomyosot in lymphatic diathesis and renal diseases (Albumoheel S, Reneel, Berberis- Homaccord, Plantago-Homaccord, etc.) also for scarlet fever, lymphangitis, carbuncles, furuncles, endocarditis, polyarthritis rheumatica, for abscesses and phlegmons, and further, to be administered for contusions, dislocations, fractures and injuries of all kinds (in alternation with, or in exchange for Traumeel S liquid).
The dosage is adjusted according to the disease, the clinical appearance and the stage of the illness: 10 drops 2-4 times daily. In acute disorders, 10 drops every 15 minutes for several hours.