By Gabriel Foster
Location – Crownstein city, Alondale County, Asentralight
Specialist – Dr. Thomas Fitzgerald, Apothecary
Patient – Cassandra Bedford
Healing Center – Rumaral Clinic
Dr. Fitzgerald: Hello Ms. Bedford, I trust the nurse took good care of you during the exam.
Cassandra Bedford: Yes doctor, she was great.
Dr. Fitzgerald: I see here from your chart that the issues you came in for last month are almost fully resolved, however you obtained a few bruises that we can address today.
Cassandra Bedford: Yes, I have two or three of them on my left knee. I slipped on the pavement earlier today. They still sting.
Dr. Fitzgerald: You’re lucky they’re just bruises and not actual cuts. A bruise is an injury affecting rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin. As you know Ms. Bedford, bruises are caused by physical injury. Certain underlying conditions may allow for bruising to be more commonplace, so simple lifestyle remedies can help greatly, though I have at least one herbal remedy for you, should you decide to go that route instead. These are the lifestyle remedies to choose from:
- ICE PACK – Place one immediately on the bruise spot where the injury most recently occurred. Keep the ice pack on the bruise area for 30 minutes. The sooner you can place that ice pack on the injured area, the more effective it will be in keeping the swelling down. The swelling most times does more damage than the bruise itself.
- POULTICE 1 – Utilize your “greens”, whether fresh or dry as a suitable remedy. Collect oatmeal, wheat bran, comfrey, or charcoal. Implement by grinding the charcoal, bind it in a cloth, make wet in warm water, and put it over the bruise for several hours. Repeat until the affected area is improved.
- POULTICE 2 – Utilize 4 parts each of “slippery elm” powder and “wild indigo” powder, 2 parts “myrrh gum” and 1 part “prickly ash” powder.
- POULTICE 3 – Utilize a wet brown paper, by dipping it in “blackstrap molasses” and covering the bruise with it.
- POULTICE 4 PLUS – Utilize bread blended with water or milk. Utilize a paste of arrowroot and water or even cornstarch plus castor oil. Utilize some boiled “slippery elm bark”. Utilize some grated raw cabbage and do utilize chopped boiled onion. Finally, you can utilize potatoes.
- VITAMINS – Vitamin C can be taken in amounts of 2,000 mg. Bioflavonoids can be taken in amounts of 100 mg. Vitamin E is 400 IU, and Selenium in amount of 500 mcg. Last, but not least, is Zinc, in 30 mg.
Cassandra Bedford: That’s a lot of options doctor; I can start something in there today for sure, but what’s the herbal remedy you said I could use?
Dr. Fitzgerald: Of course! The herbal remedy is bromelain. Take 150 to 400 mg, 3 times daily via an empty stomach, to treat the bruise and swelling. This anti-inflammatory feature can be found in the substance of pineapples. Take with small amounts of magnesium and L-cysteine.
Cassandra Bedford: That doesn’t sound too bad, I’ll decide which to start with, thank you doctor.
Dr. Fitzgerald: Your welcome Ms. Bedford, please see the nurse on your way out, I’ll have her print the remedy list for you.
GF Wisdom | Bruises! They will happen despite your best efforts to avoid. Make sure you have your own healing angel in the form of the right natural remedy. ~ Gabriel Foster
Natural Health Safety Information: The remedies and health guidelines provided here, are to be treated for educational purposes only. The information outlined is not intended to replace any medical advice or directive from your physician.
