Arnica
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A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnicamontana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as anarcotic and stimulant.
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A medicinal herb with yellow flowers that belongs to the sunflower family. Used as an anti-inflammatory for strains, sprains, bruises and muscles soreness.
Don't eat it. Arnica contains the toxin helenalin, which can be poisonous if large amounts of the plant are eaten.
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[Eastern medicine], sometimes used by Russian Gulags.
Used as a [painkiller], but isnt really that effective.
Been known to make people [insanely] good at sports -
A plant of the daisy family that bears yellow, daisy-like flowers, native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere.
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a substance made from a plant, also called arnica, that can be used to treat bruises (= injuries where the skin is dark and sore as a result of being hit by something)
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