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tx
musculoskeletal system
sprain/strain
botanicals

primary herbs

Allium cepa: compress for pain (Weiss, p. 345)
Arnica montana (toxic): acute stage: half tbsp. to half liter cold water as a compress; renew frequently. Pain, resorption of blood (Weiss, p. 345)
Chelidonium majus (toxic): externally for sprains (Ellingwood, p. 315)
Gaultheria procumbens (oil): locally, anodyne
Hamamelis virginiana (leaf): muscle aches, strains (Mitchell, p. 79)
Humulus lupulus: pain of (NCNM Botanicals)
Hyoscyamus niger (toxic) (oil): locally after acute stage (Weiss, p. 345)
Hypericum perforatum
Juniperus communis: locally: spirit, after acute stage is past (alternatively Angelica spirit or Acorus calamus (toxic) spirit (Weiss, p. 345)
Lobelia inflata (toxic): pain of (NCNM Botanicals)
Rhus toxicodendron (toxic): according to indications (NCNM Botanicals)
Ruta graveolens (toxic): wrist sprain (NCNM Botanicals)
Symphytum officinale (toxic) (root): compress for pain (Weiss, p. 345)
Urtica spp.: counterirritant: sprain, strain (Weiss, pp. 261-262)
Valeriana spp.: pain of (NCNM Botanicals)


complementary herbs

sprain: Melaleuca cajuputi + Camphora officinarum (Sherman)
sprain: as poultice: Symphytum officinale (toxic) (leaf) + Senecio jacoboea (toxic) + Sambucus nigra (leaf) (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 202)
sprain, strain: Humulus lupulus (glands): 10 g., ointment base 20 g., apply locally (Weiss, p. 345)

formula: stimulating liniment: tinctures of:
Symphytum officinale (toxic), 2 dr.
Arnica montana (toxic), 2 dr.
Hypericum perforatum, 2 dr.
Capsicum frutescens, 2 dr.
Mentha piperita (oil), 30 drops
Use locally: rub in well with friction, not over open lesions (NCNM Botanicals)


footnotes