She slept all night, in fact she lost practically no sleep during the four weeks she spent in bed. She had daily massage and gentle active movements from the first; the surgeon saw her on the Sunday in case an operation were necessary to join the fragments to the bone. He decided against it and was very surprised how quickly the swelling had disappeared and remarked on the absence of rise of temperature which was usual after such a severe injury. I did not explain to him that it was due to the Arnica.
The great man was in too much of a hurry. I asked the patient whether she felt any difference after taking Arnica and she affirmed positively that each dose relieved the discomfort and made the pain bearable. The nursing home sisters were also agreeably surprised how wonderfully well the arm got on. The movements at the elbow joint are almost perfect; and there is no disfiguring swelling, and the union of the fragments is sound. Arnica plus massage and active exercises produces rapid convalescence.
I remember another lady some years ago who slipped in the bath and managed to get a backward dislocation of the left elbow. After an x-ray, the dislocation was reduced under an anaesthetic, and the elbow was firmly secured with a bandage which was taken down daily and massaged.
The result was perfect freedom of movements after three weeks; and this lady always clamoured for her nightly dose of “morphia” which kept her free from pain for twenty-four hours. “And it never made her feel stupid,” she added, “her head must be very strong not to be affected by morphia.” I never enlightened her; she never knew she had nothing but doses of Arnica m. So you see, Arnica acts and it is not due to faith either – it relieves the acute pains of fractures and dislocations in a most satisfactory manner.
Now Arnica is not only of great use in recent injuries, but it still acts years after, if the after effects of accidents persists. I knew a young woman who suffered for several years from agonizing and recurrent headaches after a motoring accident; after a few doses of Arnica, she lost them for good. All the usual dopes had been of no use!.
Lately I have seen some striking examples of the marvellous effects of Arnica in the late results of accidents. A boy of 8 years of age fell down some steps and within a day or two developed a severe squint after it, which lasted for 8 months; he was under an eye hospital with a view to an operation later on. Arnica 30 night and morning and within a month the squint had disappeared!.
A woman of the working classes fell down a flight of stairs on to her back and thought she had broken it. Ever since for ten long years, she had suffered from agonizing backache and stiffness which did not give her much peace.
She tried all sorts of treatments, she was curetted, she had her uterus stitched up; she was given Radium to stop her periods, she swallowed pounds of pain killing medicines; she had her back x-rayed and massage and light and still the backache was ever a part of her, until she had Arnica 30; it eased up after the first dose and she lost it for good after a couple of weeks; it went gradually; and suddenly she realized one morning that she had felt no pain for several days.
She has now been free of this pain for several days. She has now been free of his pain, which had lasted for ten years, for over six months. Yes, wonders will never cease!.
And it is so easy to prove to yourself the power which homoeopathy possesses; the power which a kind providence has given to this golden mountain daisy to charm away the pains of fractures, of sprains, of concussion and all kinds of other injuries, which happened months ago. Yes, the proud knight of the mountains is ready and willing and waiting to serve you. Aye, in the words of the palmist: “Lift up your eyes to the hills from whence cometh your help”.
N.B. – There is no need to restrict yourself to the high potencies, Arnica in low potencies, works very well. As a girl in my teens, I had a white owing to a heavy thunderstorm which raged all night. I took Arnica 3x for heavy head, the bruised feeling as if beaten all over, and it made me feel fresh and cleared my head. Housewives who overdo themselves spring cleaning and are stiff and tired and all in, should take Arnica 3x or 6x.
They would soon recover their old vim and the stiffness would go. – Also ramblers who have walked too far and feel stiff and weary, would feel refreshed, if they took a dose or two or Arnica. The same for tiredness and stiffness after any form of excessive physical exercise, such as tennis, gardening or boxing, etc. The patrician Romans used to employ slaves to give them massage, to tone up their overtired muscles after exercise; Arnica will take the place of massage and make you limber and active.
