Chilean solidago
StarSolidago chilensis
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Brazilian and wider South American folk medicine the leaves and flowering tops of this goldenrod, used as a substitute for European arnica, are applied for bruises, sprains, burns, wounds and superficial inflammation, and taken internally for rheumatic and inflammatory complaints and gastric disorders (Goulart et al., 2007; Liz et al., 2008). Experimental pharmacology has confirmed marked anti-inflammatory and gastroprotective activity of leaf and inflorescence extracts.
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Botanical Description
Solidago chilensis, known in South America as Brazilian arnica, arnica-do-campo or arnica-silvestre, is an erect perennial herb of the daisy family widespread across temperate and subtropical South America, including Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Spreading by creeping rhizomes, it sends up leafy, often reddish, hairy stems to around 1 m, clothed in numerous narrow, lanceolate, sessile leaves with toothed margins. The small golden-yellow flower heads, each with both ray and disc florets, are crowded into a dense, pyramidal, plume-like terminal panicle typical of the goldenrods, blooming in summer and autumn. A vigorous coloniser of grasslands, roadsides and disturbed ground, it is also a frequent garden and weedy plant well beyond its native range.
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