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| | King's American Dispensatory, 1898: Arnica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Arnica flowers are liable to adulteration with various composite flowerheads, as anthemis, inula, and calendula. |
 | | Internally, in large doses, arnica causes heat in the throat, nausea, vomiting, purging, spasmodic contractions of the limbs, difficulty of respiration, and sometimes inflammation of the alimentary canal, and coma. |
 | | Externally arnica is used in the form of an infusion, a fomentation, or diluted tincture of the flowers, both to prevent and discuss local inflammations, to remove ecchymosis, and as a dressing for cuts, lacerations, contusions, etc. For this purpose the infusion is attended with the least danger. |
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