Old Wives' Tales About Remedies For Healing 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.
Bruise Massage
While massaging the bruise can break up the blood clot, massaging the bruise is only going soothe the area if done gently or aggravate the area if done too roughly. While a massage can be very gentle, you'll find that it stimulates the flow of blood to the area. When you are dealing with broken blood vessels, this is not something that you want to encourage at this point. If you do end up wanting to massage the area, do it very gently and with the expectation that you may be making the discoloration worse.
Grated Black Pepper
There is an old wives' tale that tells us that pepper actually makes the blood leave the site of a bruise. Pepper may have some substances in it that can reduce the pain a little bit, but the fact of the matter is that putting pepper on a bruise is likely going to cause a mess. You can find other remedies that do the same thing or much better, so keep the pepper in the spice rack.
Baking Soda
Now we've gotten to remedies that can be helpful some of the time, but generally not nearly as much as others profess. Baking soda is very beneficial when you're desirous of calming down inflamed (as in burned) skin, and it might even soothe a portion of the discoloration, but in all actuality it is not going to affect a bruise that is very dark, and it will not cause the bruise to heal any quicker.
Raw Meat
This is one a lot of us have seen and perhaps we have even experienced, but raw meat, no matter how good the cut, isn't going to help you cure the bruise. I've heard plenty of debates over what kind of meat is best for the job, and the answer is that they are all about the same. The only benefit for putting raw meat against a bruise is that it presumably just came out of the freezer, and the cold can help reduce swelling. The meat belongs on your dinner plate, not on your bruise.
Take some time to figure out which, if any, of these old wives' tales have the potential to be helpful to you, and which ones are just a lot of baloney. Find a cure that really delivers, and leave these old, unproved cures alone. - 17273
Bruise Massage
While massaging the bruise can break up the blood clot, massaging the bruise is only going soothe the area if done gently or aggravate the area if done too roughly. While a massage can be very gentle, you'll find that it stimulates the flow of blood to the area. When you are dealing with broken blood vessels, this is not something that you want to encourage at this point. If you do end up wanting to massage the area, do it very gently and with the expectation that you may be making the discoloration worse.
Grated Black Pepper
There is an old wives' tale that tells us that pepper actually makes the blood leave the site of a bruise. Pepper may have some substances in it that can reduce the pain a little bit, but the fact of the matter is that putting pepper on a bruise is likely going to cause a mess. You can find other remedies that do the same thing or much better, so keep the pepper in the spice rack.
Baking Soda
Now we've gotten to remedies that can be helpful some of the time, but generally not nearly as much as others profess. Baking soda is very beneficial when you're desirous of calming down inflamed (as in burned) skin, and it might even soothe a portion of the discoloration, but in all actuality it is not going to affect a bruise that is very dark, and it will not cause the bruise to heal any quicker.
Raw Meat
This is one a lot of us have seen and perhaps we have even experienced, but raw meat, no matter how good the cut, isn't going to help you cure the bruise. I've heard plenty of debates over what kind of meat is best for the job, and the answer is that they are all about the same. The only benefit for putting raw meat against a bruise is that it presumably just came out of the freezer, and the cold can help reduce swelling. The meat belongs on your dinner plate, not on your bruise.
Take some time to figure out which, if any, of these old wives' tales have the potential to be helpful to you, and which ones are just a lot of baloney. Find a cure that really delivers, and leave these old, unproved cures alone. - 17273
About the Author:
Carolyn Cooper is known as a renowned expert on bruising causes through a collaboration of her educational experience in nutrition and her real life expertise with nutritional supplements for athletes ranging from children to the pro ranks. Get a free Special Report on bruising causes and see what she's done to get past the heartaches of easy bruising and prevent bruising.
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