Old Wives' Tales About Remedies to Heal Bruising, Debunked!
A humorous thing about old wives' tales is that sometimes they can end up as being believable. Consider, it was not very long ago, that we had no way of knowing how beneficial things like blueberries and apple cider vinegar could be for us. However, the contrary can also be true, and you'll learn that there are many of these urban legends out there that get promoted as fact, in particular when we are discussing natural conditions like bruising. Bruises are present for different lengths of time for each of us, and it is too easy to accept that someone has found a magic cure for bruising when truth of the matter might just be the existence of a unusually strong immune system. Take enough time to ponder how to weed out any of these unproven cures that might have been relayed to you as the finest bruise treatment ever. You may just discover that there are no silver bullets.
Massaging the Bruise
Although massaging a bruise can help break down the blood clot, use of massage is only help the area if it is done gently, or it will antagonize the area if done too roughly. Although a massage can be done gently, you'll discover that it increases the flow of blood to the affected area. When you are dealing with bleeding from broken blood vessels, improving blood flow is not something that you need to encourage at this point. If you do decide that you want to massage the area, do it extremely gently and with the realization that you could be making the discoloration worsen.
Black Pepper
I've heard an old wives' tales about how pepper can actually make the blood leave the bruise location. Pepper may contain substances in it that can ease the pain a small amount, but if the truth be known, the application of pepper onto your bruise is probably just going to make a mess. There are other cures that do the exact same thing and do it in a much better way, so just leave the pepper in its shaker.
Baking Soda
We are now getting to remedies that may help out a little bit, but probably not nearly as well as people say. Baking soda may be very helpful when you're trying to calm down irritated (as in burned) skin, and it might actually soothe part of the inflammation out, but the truth of the matter is that it will not help with a bruise that is overly dark, and it is not going to make the bruise heal any faster.
Raw Meat
We've all heard this one, and a lot of us have seen, or perhaps we have even experienced, but raw meat, no matter how expensive the cut, is unable to help you cure the bruise. I've listened to plenty of discussions over what variety of meat is best suited for the job, and the simple fact is that they are all similar. The only benefit for putting raw meat against a bruise is that it presumably just came out of the freezer, and the coldness may help reduce swelling. The meat should be on your dinner plate, not on a bruise.
Try to determine which, if any, of these old wives' tales is going to be beneficial for you, and which ones are just so much bunk. Discover a remedy that actually works for you, and leave these old, purported remedies for others. - 17269
Massaging the Bruise
Although massaging a bruise can help break down the blood clot, use of massage is only help the area if it is done gently, or it will antagonize the area if done too roughly. Although a massage can be done gently, you'll discover that it increases the flow of blood to the affected area. When you are dealing with bleeding from broken blood vessels, improving blood flow is not something that you need to encourage at this point. If you do decide that you want to massage the area, do it extremely gently and with the realization that you could be making the discoloration worsen.
Black Pepper
I've heard an old wives' tales about how pepper can actually make the blood leave the bruise location. Pepper may contain substances in it that can ease the pain a small amount, but if the truth be known, the application of pepper onto your bruise is probably just going to make a mess. There are other cures that do the exact same thing and do it in a much better way, so just leave the pepper in its shaker.
Baking Soda
We are now getting to remedies that may help out a little bit, but probably not nearly as well as people say. Baking soda may be very helpful when you're trying to calm down irritated (as in burned) skin, and it might actually soothe part of the inflammation out, but the truth of the matter is that it will not help with a bruise that is overly dark, and it is not going to make the bruise heal any faster.
Raw Meat
We've all heard this one, and a lot of us have seen, or perhaps we have even experienced, but raw meat, no matter how expensive the cut, is unable to help you cure the bruise. I've listened to plenty of discussions over what variety of meat is best suited for the job, and the simple fact is that they are all similar. The only benefit for putting raw meat against a bruise is that it presumably just came out of the freezer, and the coldness may help reduce swelling. The meat should be on your dinner plate, not on a bruise.
Try to determine which, if any, of these old wives' tales is going to be beneficial for you, and which ones are just so much bunk. Discover a remedy that actually works for you, and leave these old, purported remedies for others. - 17269
About the Author:
Carolyn Cooper is known as a well known expert on bruising causes through a collaboration of her educational experience in nutrition and her real life experience with natural supplements for athletes ranging from children to the professional ranks. Get a free Special Report on bruising causes and see what she's done to get beyond the heartaches of easy bruising and prevent bruising.
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