Contusion – the most frequent type of damage that can occur both independently and accompanied by other more serious injuries (sprains, fractures, internal injuries). Most often we meet with injuries of skin and subcutaneous tissue, but is possible and bruised internal organs (brain contusion, heart, lungs).

Clinical signs of bruising of the soft tissues of extremities or torso, which occur most often include pain at the site of force application and traumatic edema. After some time (the period depends on the depth of hemorrhage) on the skin there is a bruise. According to its size can not accurately judge the strength or nature of the attack. So, with deep bruises or increased fragility of blood vessels (with hypovitaminosis C in elderly patients) having extensive bruising, going down in relation to their injuries under the influence of gravity. Color of a bruise is an important criterion for determining the limitations of injury.

When injury to first aid: to fix the place of injury, apply a sterile bandage and apply ice.

Folk remedies of injuries

Garden onion. Fresh juice of his or grated onion paste as a compress. The perfect remedy for the injuries especially of the knee.

To injury, bruises, swelling and abrasions to put comminuted protrusion juice fresh herb wormwood. If the injury is strong, apply a thick layer, part of me and moisten with water, without letting it dry.

Apply fresh parsley leaves, make rubdown, lotions, compresses of pulp and juice of fresh aerial parts of plants.

You can make a poultice and a warm bath of leaves and branches of wild rosemary. They not only accelerate the absorption of a bruise, but also have analgesic properties.

Plantain, grass. Valuable fresh as anti-inflammatory and painkiller. Apply mashed or whole sheet to places, albeit with injuries. Juice can be replaced by fresh leaves. Sold in pharmacies. Tincture or ointment from it (1:4). Can partly replace the fresh leaves or juice.

20 g of spruce gum, 15 g of copper sulfate mix thoroughly, bring to a boil. The ointment has a burning effect, but actively treating bruises.

A handful of yarrow flowers and leaves pounded and mixed with internal lard. Ointment applied thinly to inflamed or injured spot.

2 heads of garlic comminuted pour 0,5 l of 6% vinegar, to insist, occasionally shaking, day and filter. Rub brandy injured spot.

Injured spot wrap up the inner side of the sheet noodle, put cellophane and wrap shawls.

In the pulp add sugar and onions to make a sore spot, closing with cellophane and tie a bandage.

With injuries, including bleeding well helps: apples pour milk and cook them until a state of pulp. Warm gruel thick overlay on trouble spots, and tape up 2 -3 times a day. Healing occurs quickly and the scars do not happen.

Take a clean linen cloth and pound it into powder or dust, then mix the powder with vegetable oil in a 1:4 ratio and apply to the affected area.

If a strong contusion is recommended to rub the affected area 2 times a day, tincture of wild rosemary flowers on vodka.

On the injured spot is recommended 1-2 times a day to put gruel of cooked and mashed beans.

Fresh radish juice moistened gauze and attached to the place of injury on the hour, 4-5 times a day.