Arnika: Profile and tips worth knowing

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• Arnika: Profile and tips worth knowing
• The meaning as a traditional medicinal plant
• Wanted poster of Arnica
• Arnica itself grow in the garden
• Tips

Arnica has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant

Arnika: Profile and tips worth knowing

The arnica is one of the most well-known medicinal plants from the traditional naturopathy. The plant from the order of the aster-like (Asterales) but also has a decorative look to offer, which makes it quite attractive for cultivation in the garden.

Next article The cultivation of arnica in their own garden

The meaning as a traditional medicinal plant

Arnica has been known by important people (such as Hildegard von Bingen) as an effective natural medicine for several centuries. Regionally, therefore, the most common trivial names for the arnica have become established throughout Europe over the centuries:

Arnica is not only one of the so-called Marienpflanzen, which play a role in the herbal consecration to Maria Himmelfahrt. Arnica bouquets used to be placed on the corners of cereal fields where the useful arnica fly (Trypeta arnica) could lay their eggs on it. Arnica should have a positive effect on the following health complaints:

From an internal application is strongly advised against self-dosage, but it can also cause allergic skin irritation in external use.

Wanted poster of Arnica

Arnica itself grow in the garden

For cultivation in the garden for healing purposes you should get as far as seeds of the genuine arnica, since the cultivars cultivated for the industrial cultivation usually contain less high active substance concentrations. Due to the toxic components in arnica plants, you should use them as a maximum as an external preparation for muscle and joint complaints anyway. In terms of location, the plants are relatively undemanding, as long as there is no strong competition from neighboring plants. Sowing is possible under glass from February and outdoors from the month of May. However, the flowers often appear only in the third year after sowing the seeds.

Tips

Collecting arnica for your own use is not allowed everywhere, as the plant is protected in different countries. An alternative is the cultivation in the garden, because here also on a cultivation free of any contamination can be respected.