How to remove swelling from a bruise - folk remedies

• August 24, 2018
• Treatment methods
• Maria Egorova

“If I knew where I would fall, I would spread some straw” - this proverb, which came from the people a long time ago, characterizes such a phenomenon as a bruise like no other. It is very difficult to insure against bruises for both adults and children. Because of them, the skin, soft tissues, muscles, joints are damaged - depending on the severity of the injury. It is very important to know the rules of first aid for such an illness and be able to cope with it. There are many folk remedies for the treatment of bruises and hematomas. If you decide to help yourself at home if you are injured, this article will be of interest to you.

Damage level

By severity, bruises are divided into four categories:

1. Minor soft tissue damage.
2. Bruise accompanied by swelling and hematoma.
3. Injury involving damage to muscles, tendons and joints.
4. Extensive damage to soft tissues and organs.

Treatment of bruises with folk remedies will be effective only for the first two categories. The remaining two should only be treated by a doctor.

How to treat a heel

When you bruise your heel, it is important to quickly relieve swelling and inflammation. Any traditional methods are used after a medical examination.

1. Boric alcohol Rub the bruised heel with boric alcohol in the morning and evening. This procedure helps accelerate the resorption of the hematoma.
2. Wormwood, oak Mix dried wormwood grass with crushed oak bark. Spread 1 tbsp. l. each type of raw material into earthenware dishes. Brew 300 ml of boiling water. Leave under the lid and towel for two hours. Warm baths are performed with the expressed infusion, immersing the affected heel for 25-30 minutes. You can make lotions for two hours.

First aid

To successfully combat a bruise, it is very important to provide first aid in a timely and competent manner. What does it consist of:

• immediately and throughout the day, apply an ice compress to the site of the bruise (ice, frozen meat or a frozen towel - your choice);
• under no circumstances apply anything warm or rub in warming ointments for the first two days to prevent the swelling from growing;
• if the pain cannot be tolerated, you can take analgesics;
• To prevent fluid from accumulating and swelling to subside, you need to massage the bruised area.

If there is no improvement within two days, then you definitely need to visit a doctor for advice and qualified help.

Bruised leg

If you are unlucky and you get a leg bruise, then for the next 24 hours you will have to move as little as possible in order not to injure your already injured limb. If you have already received first aid and a day has passed since the injury, if you have a minor bruise of category 1 or 2, you can begin treating a bruised leg with folk remedies.

Compresses for the injured leg can be made in many ways. Explore three options:

1. Onion. Finely chop the onion or grind it in a blender. Place the resulting pulp on gauze and apply a compress to the bruise every three hours for 20-30 minutes.

2. Wormwood. Soak the stems of wormwood in boiling water for 15 minutes, then chop and place the wormwood porridge on cheesecloth. Apply the wormwood compress for half an hour three times a day.

3. Potato. Peel the potatoes, cut into slices half a centimeter thick, place on gauze and apply to the bruise. You can leave this compress on overnight.

Do not forget that treatment of bruises with folk remedies is possible only after you are absolutely sure that your injury is not serious.

Hand bruise

An injured hand can be treated with all sorts of ointments that will help relieve swelling and pain. The ointment should be rubbed in with light circular movements until absorbed. If you decide to start treating a bruised hand with folk remedies, you will need some components to prepare a healing ointment. Namely: mint, calendula, string, chamomile, butter.

Place three tablespoons of butter in a bowl and place in a water bath. As it melts, add herbs to the butter: half a tablespoon of chamomile flowers, the same amount of calendula and string. You need to take a sprig of mint, chop it finely and add it at the end of cooking. It is necessary to boil the mixture for about three minutes and, after mixing everything thoroughly, leave to cool. As soon as the mixture becomes warm, strain it through cheesecloth and put it in the refrigerator. This folk remedy for treating bruises relieves swelling and pain very well; it should be stored in the refrigerator or in a dark and cool place. Rub it four times a day into the bruised area without pressing.

Knee bruise

A knee bruise is a very painful and dangerous injury. If such damage occurs, you should definitely see a specialist. If he diagnoses you with a “1st degree bruise,” it means that the danger has passed and you can begin treatment with folk remedies. Knee bruises can be conveniently treated with ointment and compress.

Wormwood ointment is very easy to make and is very effective for such injuries. Take wormwood and grind to make three tablespoons. Mix with three tablespoons of Vaseline and place the mixture in an oven preheated to 120 degrees for a couple of hours. After the allotted time, take out the finished ointment and mix thoroughly. Once the ointment has cooled, rub it into the sore spot three times a day.

During breaks between ointment treatments, you can apply a cabbage leaf to your knee, securing it with a loose bandage or elastic bandage.

Breast bruise

When choosing methods for treating a breast bruise, care should be taken, especially during pregnancy, to avoid potential harm to health. Use only safe and proven homemade varieties, agreed upon with your doctor.

1. Starch Potato starch has a pronounced disinfectant effect. Places several spoons into an earthenware bowl. Gradually add cool water and mix with a wooden spatula until it reaches the consistency of thick sour cream. Spread the mass on a piece of bandage and fix it to the hematoma for an hour three times a day.
2. Calendula ointment Grind dried calendula leaves in a mortar. Combine 10 g of powder with 20 g of melted chilled goose fat while vigorously kneading. Spread the ointment on cotton swabs and place it on the bruises. It is advisable to repeat every 8 hours until severe pain disappears.
3. Cabbage A juicy leaf of white cabbage is chopped into thin shavings and rubbed with a wooden spoon or with your hands. The pulp is distributed over the skin of the chest. Cover with film and apply a loose bandage for an hour and a half. Repeat every four hours.

Bruised joint

A very painful type of bruise is a joint bruise. Not only is it painful, it is also dangerous; with such a bruise, be sure to visit the hospital in the first hours after the injury. After the doctor is convinced that the injury belongs to category 1 or 2, you can help with drug therapy with folk remedies.

Start treating bruised joints with a healing compress. To prepare it, chop the plantain and mix with honey in a one-to-one ratio. Place the mixture on gauze and apply to the injured joint for two hours. This compress can be alternated with wormwood. Soak the wormwood in water for half an hour, then grind it in a blender. Pour four tablespoons of wormwood into a glass of vodka and place in a water bath. Keep the tincture covered over low heat for twenty minutes. Cool, strain through gauze and apply cotton pads or gauze to the injured joint.

Important: at home, using folk remedies, treatment of a joint bruise should only be carried out with the approval of a doctor.

Use of late serratus in folk medicine

There are many different recipes used in folk medicine using the late clove herb. Here are some of them:

A decoction for gastritis, stomach ulcers and as an expectorant for bronchitis:

Take 10 grams of herb, pour one glass of boiled water, simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain through cheesecloth or a sieve. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day.

Collection for bronchial asthma

Take 1.5 teaspoons of late clove herb, St. John's wort, knotweed, coltsfoot, yarrow, plantain, cinquefoil and 1 teaspoon of wild rosemary. Grind everything thoroughly and mix. Pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture into 100 ml of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, pour into another bowl and leave for another 20 minutes. Strain through cheesecloth. Take 3 times a day, 1/3 cup before meals. The course of treatment is 1 month.

Infusion for hypertension

Take 10 grams of chopped herb, pour 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, strain. Take half a glass 3 times a day before meals.

Collection for liver diseases

Take 1 tablespoon each of clove herb, elecampane root, rose hips, chamomile, sage, St. John's wort, knotweed and peppermint. Grind thoroughly and mix. Then pour 1 tablespoon of the resulting mixture into 200 ml of boiling water and leave for 20 minutes in a sealed container. Pour into another bowl. Infuse again for 20 minutes, strain through cheesecloth or a sieve. Take 100 ml of infusion 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 1-2 months with a break of 10 - 15 days.

Decoction for constriction of cerebral vessels, hypertension

Pour 30 grams of chopped herbs into half a liter of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, strain. Take 1-2 tablespoons 1 time per day 30 minutes before meals.

Bruise-hematoma

A hematoma is scary because in the absence of necessary and timely treatment, suppuration and sepsis can occur. A hematoma appears when there is a strong or indirect blow, as a result of which there is a discrepancy and tears of the soft tissues. If you suspect a hematoma, move folk remedies for treating bruises to the background. The first is a visit to the doctor. After the check and the doctor prescribing medications for treatment, you can ask about the advisability of home treatment for a bruise.

In addition to the pharmacy bodyagi, you can try to get rid of the hematoma with this remedy: take two hundred grams of onions, chop them in a blender and mix with a tablespoon of sea salt. Wrap the pulp in gauze and apply to the hematoma. Cover the top with film and a warm blanket. You need to keep the compress for at least half an hour three times a day. The course is five days.

Another recipe for treating bruises and hematomas with folk remedies: two tablespoons of coltsfoot + two tablespoons of oregano + half a liter of vodka. Pour vodka over the herbal mixture and leave in a dark, warm place for two days. Strain and apply a cloth soaked in the infusion to the hematoma overnight until the condition improves.

Knee treatment

A knee injury that does not require medical attention can be effectively treated using recipes recommended by traditional healers. Their arsenal is diverse, which allows you to choose options suitable for eliminating pain, swelling and bruising from the knee joint:

1. Laundry soap In order to reduce acute pain and relieve swelling, take grated brown laundry soap - 100 g and lamp oil - 150 ml. With vigorous stirring, add camphor powder and ammonia - 60 g each. The mass should acquire a homogeneous consistency. Spread a little ointment on a cotton rag and leave it on the affected knee for three hours.
2. Oil, vinegar Combine table vinegar (9%) with vegetable oil and slightly warmed water in equal volumes with vigorous stirring. Soak a natural fiber napkin with the product and cover the swollen knee. Place a film on top and strengthen the compress with a warm scarf. A session lasting 4-5 hours is done once a day. Suitable for eliminating bruises for children.
3. Tar, resin, lard It is necessary to mix melted lard, cooled to room temperature, with birch tar and spruce resin in equal volumes in a glass jar. Leave in a warm place for 24 hours. Used as a healing compress for a bruised knee.
4. Coltsfoot, oregano Place the dried foliage of coltsfoot with oregano herb in a glass container with 300 ml of vodka. With daily shaking of the contents, keep the vessel in a dark cabinet for three days. The tincture expressed through gauze is used as the basis for a compress, practiced at night.
5. Camphor alcohol To intensify the elimination of severe hematoma, camphor alcohol is rubbed into the knee daily at night.
6. Aloe, honey Cut fleshy aloe leaves older than three years are washed, cut lengthwise and the juicy pulp is carefully selected into an earthenware bowl. Rub it with a wooden spatula with honey. Take the components in equal volumes. The ointment, which has a strong anti-inflammatory effect, is distributed over the bruised knee area with light rubbing movements every eight hours.
7. Radish: A fresh, washed root vegetable is grated and the juice is squeezed out through a piece of gauze, and applied as a lotion to a bruised knee twice a day.
8. White clay White clay, which should be diluted to a creamy state with slightly warmed water, helps immediately after a bruise to avoid excessive swelling and the spread of hematoma. Compresses with this mass are performed every four hours.
9. Zucchini Grate peeled fresh zucchini. The cooling slurry is wrapped in a bandage around the knee and kept for at least an hour. Repeat up to five times a day. Can be replaced with fresh cucumber.

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Soft tissue bruise

The most common type of bruise is a soft tissue bruise. You can get this injury without even noticing it, even in an apartment, by hitting a table leg, a sofa, and so on. Typically, a soft tissue injury falls into category one or two. This means that treatment of soft tissue bruises with folk remedies takes place. The main thing is to start it as early as possible.

For such injuries, a compress of aloe leaves with honey helps very well. Grind the five lower leaves of the plant with a blender and mix with a tablespoon of honey. Apply to the bruise, cover with film and secure with an elastic bandage.

You can buy calendula tincture at the pharmacy and rub it on the bruise at night.

Shoulder bruise

For shoulder injuries, ointments and compresses prepared from what every housewife has in her kitchen are very helpful.

Take fresh beets, grate them on a fine grater, squeeze out the juice and soak a linen cloth or gauze in it. Apply to the sore spot and cover with plastic. Warm with a towel and remove after an hour. This compress can be done every couple of hours.

Raw potatoes are also a great help for bruises. It can be grated or simply cut into thin slices. Place the potatoes on cheesecloth and apply to the injured shoulder. Secure with an elastic bandage. You can change the bandage after a couple of hours.

Even laundry soap can help cope with a bruise. Grate it on a fine grater and mix with the yolk of one chicken egg. Apply to the bruised area. After an hour and a half, rinse with warm water. The procedure can be repeated up to five times a day. If the injured area is difficult to fix with a bandage, then you can simply rub it with laundry soap - this is also an effective folk remedy for treating bruises.

First aid for bruises

As soon as the unexpected happens and a person is injured, you must immediately apply something cold to the injured area: ice, a heating pad with cold water, or at least a cold compress. If your arm or leg is bruised, it would be good to apply a tight bandage. The cold compress is changed as it warms up by again soaking the cloth in cold water. This technique slightly anesthetizes, relieves swelling and localizes the bruise, preventing it from spreading wider.

After 2-3 days, treatment proceeds as follows: a warm compress or a warm heating pad is applied to the injured area. You can also take a warm bath or go to UHF therapy. This will help to quickly reduce the area of ​​hemorrhage, and then it will completely resolve.

After the pain has completely passed, you can do a massage or self-massage on the bruised area, especially if it was a bruised limb and the mobility of the joints is somewhat limited. Massage will help to avoid the negative consequences of a bruise and completely restore the motor function of the limbs.

Head contusion

The head is generally a very dangerous place; it must be protected from all kinds of influences, especially injuries. If you or your child suddenly suffers a head injury, seek medical attention immediately. Only a doctor can determine the severity of your injury. If the bruise was minor, then discuss treatment with folk remedies for a head bruise.

How can you relieve the pain of the injured area? Camphor alcohol, for example. Soak a cotton pad with camphor and apply to the bruise. Hot salt can also relieve pain in the injured area. Heat it in a frying pan and pour it into a clean sock. Tie it in a knot and apply it to the bruise using dabbing movements. Do not forget that heating a bruise is permissible only 24 hours after receiving the injury and providing first aid.

Important: if you have a severe bruise, treatment with folk remedies will not help - you need to see a doctor.

Elbow bruise

The elbow is a rather painful place, as there are a lot of nerve endings there. After bruising an elbow, many people experience spots in front of their eyes due to pain. To relieve pain, take the “Star” balm and rub the bruised area. The essential oils contained in this product will distract you from pain and help resolve hematoma and swelling. Another remedy is banana peels. Turn it inside out and wrap it around the bruise with a bandage. The substances contained in banana peels will help relieve swelling and pain.

Damage to the musculoskeletal system

In life, not only athletes, but also any person can get injured in the form of a bruise or sprain:

• Street;
• Work;
• Vacation;
• Transport;
• Swimming pool;
• Dacha or home.

Let's take a more specific look at their overview characteristics.

Injury

This injury occurs as a result of closed mechanical damage to tissues or organs, which is not visually accompanied by violations of their anatomical integrity.

Superficial tissues are often exposed to these damages:

• Skin;
• Subcutaneous tissue;
• Muscles;
• Periosteum.

In this case, when a person is bruised, he experiences intense pain and internal bleeding, which can injure neighboring tissues through compression.

Subcutaneous hematomas that appear at the site of a bruise are first blue in color, and then, closer to recovery, change their color from yellow, then green, and then pink.

Stretching

This injury is the result of overstretching or overloading a longitudinal force along the muscle tissue. Most often it is the ankle or knee joint.

A sprain is caused by injury to the ligaments that connect the muscle to the bone tissue. In this case, individual fibers of the ligament are torn, followed by hemorrhage. The person then feels swelling and joint pain when moving. Sprains or ruptures of ligaments go in tandem with bruises of the joints.

Initial actions

It’s not difficult to get a bruise, but to remove it, you need to work hard. The most effective remedies for bruises and sprains have always been folk recipes. However, when starting first aid to alleviate the condition after a bruise or sprain, you need to know the fundamental points.

1. Initially, you need to clean the area of ​​the bruise from dirt. If there are scratches or wounds, they are treated with hydrogen peroxide or a solution of slightly pink potassium permanganate.
2. Then you need to immobilize the affected area, or, if possible, not disturb it.
3. If a ligament is sprained, it is necessary to bandage it tightly.
4. If there is a bruise, apply cold to the area to narrow the blood vessels and reduce possible internal bleeding.

After a day since the bruise appeared, it is treated with heat, compresses, and rubbing.

At this point in our story, we want to distract you a little and talk about the seriousness of minor injuries.

Have you fallen on the street, twisting your ankle in a hole in the sidewalk? This often happens to many people. Everyone knows about this problem of our road infrastructure. But it's not that.

Your bruise is turning purple and not yellow, as it should be, and some strange pulsation has also begun?

Our advice! See a doctor urgently! Perhaps an infection got under the skin through the wound. Don't miss out!

Treatment of bruises with folk remedies in adults

Treatment of an adult differs from treatment of a child in that children also need to be reassured. After receiving an injury, the little man often experiences panic and tears. In this regard, it is much easier for adults to endure the blows of fate. An adult himself knows and understands that a “smelly” onion will be beneficial and will help get rid of a bruise, but the child still needs to be persuaded to use the compress. An adult himself will ask for additional bitters in order to recover faster. And the methods for home treatment of bruises with folk remedies for adults differ from those for children.

For an adult patient, you can prepare alcohol tinctures for a speedy recovery. For example, an alcoholic infusion of arnica. To do this, you need to take a couple of tablespoons of arnica, pour a glass of vodka and place in a water bath. Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly, and cover with a lid. Simmer for five minutes and remove from heat. Let cool and strain the tincture through cheesecloth. While it is warm, soak gauze or linen in it and wrap the area of ​​the bruise. Wrap the top with cellophane and a warm towel. You can only keep the compress with arnica tincture for half an hour, so as not to irritate or burn delicate injured skin.

In adults, treatment of bruises with folk remedies is very successful. Why? Maybe because all the necessary components for composing and preparing medicinal products are always available at home. Or maybe it’s because adults don’t really trust doctors and rely more on Mother Nature, using remedies that have been proven for more than one generation. It seems that both reasons apply. As well as a number of others who are driven by a conscious choice of means of treating bruises.

Breast treatment

Injuries to soft tissues in the chest area with the occurrence of a hematoma without damage to the ribs are treated with proven home remedies.

Herbal varieties

In the absence of contraindications, after receiving medical recommendations, use the following recipes based on herbs known for anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antitumor medicinal properties:

1. Burdock, violet, speedwell, wheatgrass You will need dried crushed plant materials - violet flowers, speedwell foliage, wheatgrass rhizome - 20 g each and burdock root 30 g. The mixture is combined in a glass container with a liter of vodka. They are kept under a tight cork in the dark for five days. The strained tincture is used to apply compresses to the hematoma area. Leave overnight.
2. Nettle, wild rosemary Mix nettle leaves and wild rosemary herb, 100 g each. Leave in a closed glass container with 100 ml of vodka for four days. Add 100 ml of fresh pomegranate juice and leave for another two days. For 15 days, apply compresses to the affected area of ​​the chest, practicing them at night.
3. Birch, barberry You will need dried barberry leaves - 50 g and fresh birch buds - 100 g. This mixture is poured into a glass vessel with 100 ml of vodka. After five days of infusion, strain the tincture through cheesecloth. Every evening I apply a compress based on this product, leaving it until the morning. The minimum course duration is 10 days.
4. Oak, St. John's wort, marshmallow It is necessary to combine St. John's wort herb - 30 g with marshmallow foliage and oak bark - 20 g each. The dry components are crushed in a coffee grinder. Pour into a bottle with 500 ml of vodka. Seal tightly and place in a dark cabinet for four days. After straining, compresses are made daily with a healing tincture, timed at night for two weeks.

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