Mountain Arnica (Arnica montana)

山金车shān jīn chēShanjinche

Arnica montana · Plant

Arnica montana
Photo: iNaturalist.org (Elias) (Elias), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

External use only; may cause allergic reactions.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Mountain Arnica for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Joint PainMuscle PainWound PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Mountain Arnica does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Skin Bruise

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Arnica montana and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.