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[[File:Arnica chamissonis0.jpg|thumb|right|''Arnica montana '']]
'''Arnica''' is a genus of perennial plant, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family Asteraceae. The genus name Arnica may be derived from the Greek arni, "lamb", in reference to the plants' soft, hairy leaves. Arnica is also known by the names Mountain Tobacco and, confusingly, Leopard's bane and Wolfsbane—two names that it shares with the entirely unrelated genus Aconitum.
==Uses==
{{Uses|migraines}}, {{Uses|headaches}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|piles}}, {{Uses|burning sensation}}, {{Uses|perspiration problems}}, {{Uses|burning sensation in the vagina}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root tubers}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Atisine, Aconitine, Atisenol, Atidine, Hetisine, Hetisinone, Banzolheteratisine, Histidine, F-dihydroatisine, Heteratisine and Several diterpene alkaloids such aheterophyllin, heterophyllisin, heterophyllidine, and hetidine.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Ativisa|ml=Ativisam|sa=Ativisha|ta=Atividyam|te=Ati visa|hi=Atis|en=Indian Atees}}
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|glabrous|sessile|The leaves are variable in shape and size}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|white–violet|10-18|Flowers are Large, hooded and occur in slender racemes or lax leafy panicles. Corolla is hairy. Carpels are five in number}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome||s|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Tuber segment}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
The more common species of Aconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids. They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and delphiniums, and can grow in the shade of trees.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|western Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|open woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|moisty soil area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Aconitum napellus01.jpg|
File:Aconitum-reclinatum01.jpg|Trailing white monkshood (''A. reclinatum)''
File:Aconitum-uncinatum01.jpg|Southern blue monkshood (''A. uncinatum'')
File:Alaskan Monkshood Leaf.jpg|Wild Alaskan monkshood (''A. delphinifolium'') is a flowering species that belongs to the family Ranunculaceae.
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.medicinalplantsanduses.com/aconitum-heterophyllum-medicinal-uses "medicinal plants"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.bimbima.com/herbs/ativisha/3956/ "bimbima"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum "wikipedea"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
