Arnica Benefits + How to Make Arnica Cream for Bruises
Herbs with Rosalee
Rosalee de la Forêt
4.9 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
One of my favorite arnica benefits is for bruises! In this episode, I’m going to show you how to make an arnica cream using Arnica montana. Once you start making this cream, you’ll never want to be without arnica’s benefits again because it is so effective at relieving the pain, swelling, and inflammation caused by bruises, contusions, and sprains!
I’m also going to share why arnica is way better than ice for injuries and give you a step-by-step guide on how to make arnica cream for bruises.
You’ll come away from this episode knowing:
► Why arnica is so effective in decreasing swelling and accelerating the healing process of bruises and sprains… even in bringing some relief to swollen arthritic joints!
► Safety information you need to know when working with arnica
► Why it’s so important to source your arnica carefully
Show snippet:
“Early on, I gave Arnica salve to a friend who danced professionally. Not long after she called to tell me that the salve magically erased her daily bruises. I couldn’t send her too much!”
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Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. She's a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and teaches many popular online courses. Read about how Rosalee went from having a terminal illness to being a bestselling author in her full story here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Herbs with Rosalie podcast, a show exploring how herbs heal as medicine, as food, and through nature connection. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm your host, Rosalie de la Foray. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm an herbalist teacher and the best-selling author of the books, Alchemy of Herbs, and Wild Remedies. I created |
| 0:22.4 | this podcast to share trusted herbal wisdom so that you can get the best results when relying |
| 0:26.9 | on herbs for your health. I love offering up practical knowledge to help you dive deeper into the |
| 0:33.2 | world of medicinal plants and seasonal living. My goal is that you'll walk away from each episode feeling inspired to start working with |
| 0:41.9 | herbs in your everyday life. |
| 0:44.5 | Each episode of the podcast is available on my Herbs with Rosalie YouTube channel, as well |
| 0:49.9 | as your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:52.6 | Transcripts and recipes for each episode can be found at |
| 0:55.8 | Herbs with Rosalie Podcast.com. To get the latest news as well as fun bonuses, be sure to sign up |
| 1:02.6 | for my weekly herbal newsletter. Okay, grab your cup of tea. Let's dive in. One of my favorite Arnica benefits is for bruises. |
| 1:13.6 | In this episode, I'm going to show you how to make an Arnica cream using Arnica, Montana. |
| 1:18.6 | Once you start making this cream, you'll never want to be without Arnica's benefits again, |
| 1:22.6 | because it's so effective at relieving pain, swelling, and inflammation caused by bruises, |
| 1:28.1 | contusions, and sprains. I'm also going to share why Arnica is way better than ice |
| 1:33.9 | for injuries and give you a step-by-step guide on how to make Arnica cream for bruises. |
| 1:41.3 | By late April, heart-shaped leaf spears begin emerging from the ground near my home. |
| 1:46.0 | They are small at first, but persistent, sometimes covering entire areas as far as the eye can see. |
| 1:53.0 | Each day the leaves are noticeably larger and by early May the entire forest floor is radiating with their golden blooms. Arnica |
| 2:02.1 | Cordifolia, or Heartleaf Arnica, grows ubiquitously through the Great Lakes region and the |
| 2:08.6 | western half of North America. Spreading by rhizomes, it is often found growing in thick clusters |
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