🌿 Why These Botanicals?

Arnica is intentionally at the center of the formula, but discomfort doesn’t always feel like a bruise. We selected complementary herbs to broaden the kinds of everyday body-care needs one Arnica formula can address.

• Arnica — Bruised-feeling areas; soreness and tenderness
• St. John’s Wort — Sharp, stabbing sensations; nerve-like sensitivity
• Black Seed — Tender, sore areas; sensitive discomfort
• Plantain — Tender, irritated areas; physically stressed skin
• Ginger — Stiff, achy areas; warming comfort
• Rosemary — Tired, stiff muscles; overworked areas
• Marjoram — Tight, stiff areas; muscular overuse
• Turmeric — Achy, stiff areas; tenderness
• Roman Chamomile — Tender, sensitive areas; soothing support

Arnica is the beginning of this formula—not the end of it.

How to Use

Apply a small amount to the desired area and gently massage into the skin until absorbed.

Use as desired following everyday activity, exercise, sports, physical work, or whenever an intact area feels like it could use additional botanical body care.

For external use only. Because the formula contains Arnica, do not apply to open wounds or broken skin. Avoid contact with the eyes and mucous membranes. Do not ingest. Discontinue use if irritation occurs.

Significant injury, severe or persistent pain, substantial swelling, loss of function or other concerning symptoms should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare professional.

What to Expect

Arnica Plus Herbal spreads smoothly and absorbs quickly without leaving behind the heavy, waxy coating associated with many conventional Arnica balms.

Its botanical aroma combines bright Bergamot and Sweet Orange with herbaceous Rosemary and Marjoram, warming Ginger and Turmeric, soothing Roman Chamomile, and deeper resinous notes from Frankincense and Myrrh.

The result is an easy-to-use everyday topical designed to be kept nearby and reached for whenever life leaves something bumped, sore, tender, stiff or overworked.

Orthosilicic Acid (OSAC), Nigella sativa Oil, Arnica Oil* (flowering tops and organic olive oil), St. John’s Wort Oil* (flowering tops and organic olive oil), Hyaluronic Acid, Etherium Gold, Aloe Powder*, Plantain Extract* (organic alcohol), Fulvic Acid, Bergamot Essential Oil*, Marjoram Essential Oil*, Frankincense Essential Oil*, Ginger Essential Oil*, Myrrh Essential Oil, Sweet Orange Essential Oil*, Roman Chamomile Essential Oil*, Turmeric Essential Oil*, Rosemary Essential Oil*, Choline Citrate, Potassium Sorbate (naturally derived from cassava), D-alpha Tocopherol.

*Certified Organic

The Science Behind Our Patent-Pending Delivery System

Skin is designed to be a barrier, which makes topical delivery a formulation challenge. Ætherbal’s patent-pending delivery system was developed around two important considerations: molecular size and the need to work with both water- and oil-compatible botanical compounds.

Research has demonstrated that molecules below 500 Daltons are more likely to pass through the skin barrier. At the foundation of our system is Orthosilicic Acid, with a molecular mass of approximately 96 Daltons, well below the approximately 500-Dalton molecular-size guideline commonly discussed in skin-permeation science.

Whole-plant extracts add another layer of complexity, but a vast majority of the active constituents of plants are at or below 500 Daltons, making them excellent candidates for topical delivery. Arnica Plus Herbal combines infused botanical oils, a whole-plant alcohol extract, aromatic essential oils and aqueous ingredients with very different chemical characteristics. Our amphiphilic system was designed to work with both water- and oil-compatible constituents rather than forcing this diverse botanical formula into a predominantly water- or oil-based vehicle.

The herbs are the botanical intelligence. Our delivery system is the formulation technology.

What is Arnica Plus Herbal best for?

Think everyday bumps and everyday overuse.

Reach for it when an area feels bumped, bruised, sore or tender, or when a particular muscle or body area feels stiff, sensitive or overworked. The additional herbs also broaden the formula for sensations that feel sharp, stabbing or nerve-like rather than simply achy.

Why use Arnica?

Arnica has centuries of traditional topical use and remains one of herbalism’s most recognizable plants for bruised-feeling, sore and overworked areas. It has also been investigated in human research involving post-exercise muscle soreness and other musculoskeletal applications.

Arnica therefore gives this formula a familiar and well-established botanical foundation.

Why add St. John’s Wort?

Because not everything feels like a bruise.

Within this formula, St. John’s Wort broadens the botanical profile toward sensations described as sharp, stabbing, nerve-like or unusually sensitive, complementing Arnica’s stronger association with bumped, bruised-feeling, sore and tender areas.

Is this just an Arnica cream?

No.

Arnica is intentionally the hero ingredient, but “Plus Herbal” is an important part of the name. We paired Arnica with St. John’s Wort, Black Seed Oil, Plantain, Ginger, Rosemary, Marjoram, Roman Chamomile, Turmeric and other botanicals to create a much broader everyday body-care formula.