arnica

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He had complained to his mother before bedtime, and she gave him arnica, which is a homeopathic remedy.

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  1. noun Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Arnica in the composite family, having opposite, simple leaves and mostly radiate heads of yellow flowers.
  2. noun A tincture of the dried flower heads of the European species A. montana, applied externally to reduce the pain and inflammation of bruises and sprains.

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  • There were wood blossoms, Indian paintbrush, arnica, and white monkeyflowers and others he didn't know the names of and so he called them just plain wildflowers. —  Garwood, Julie - Prince Charming
  • I gave him a little medicine (arnica) for his wife, whose face was burned by smoking over gunpowder. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II, 1869-1873
  • Homeopathic remedies, including arnica, are not effective for muscle soreness following long-distance running. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • He had complained to his mother before bedtime, and she gave him arnica, which is a homeopathic remedy. —  Sand in the Gears
  • A quick google search brought up these precautions for arnica: —  pilgrimsteps
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  1. New Latin Arnica, genus name.

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  1. New Latin, origin unknown; perhaps a perversion of Ptarmica, q. v.
 

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