How to remove bruises on legs at home

Bruises do not exist only for those who lie on the couch for days and do nothing. A sharp turn, an unsuccessful maneuver - and collisions with a table or nightstand can not be avoided. Throbbing pain, redness, and a terrible purple bruise is already spreading on his leg. Chill is the first aid from a cosmetic disaster, but a package of frozen vegetables or chicken carcass is not always at hand.

We start the blood circulation

24 hours after hitting the blue part of the leg, warm compresses are applied up to +40 degrees. Do not use hot water or heating pads. The bruised place can be gently massaged, dispersing the blood with light pressure and stroking. Heat combined with mechanical action accelerates the resolution of the bruise, but in order for a cosmetic defect to disappear in 5 days, a maximum of a week, it is advised to use pharmacy ointments or herbal compresses.

Therapeutic lotions

1. Remove the husks from the onion, chop the vegetable, and it is better to grind in a blender. Squeeze out excess juice, apply vegetable mass to a bruised place. Wind on top with a plastic bag and a sterile bandage, leave for an hour. Wash the onions with water, and to remove the characteristic smell, add vinegar or lemon juice to the liquid. From 3 to 5 masks per day.
2. If there are bananas in the house, the pulp can be eaten or used to make desserts, and the peel can be applied to the bruise for 2-3 hours. Fix with a regular or elastic bandage so that it does not slip. Yellow fruits contain vitamins that strengthen blood vessels, so their peel accelerates the resorption of the hematoma.
3. It is necessary to carefully check the makeup bag, and it is sure to find a bag of clay in it. Dilute the component with warm water to make a sticky slurry. Apply a thick layer to the damaged part of the leg. Wait until the clay dries and rinse. To bruise began to resolve on the third day, from 4 to 6 procedures are required per day.
4. The problem will be solved by the broth of Ledum: 2 cups of the plant per cup of boiling water. Brew, and 15 minutes to keep on minimum heat. Strain the broth, cooled to room temperature, and combine with a spoon of natural honey. Dip a piece of gauze in a drink from rosemary and attach to the leg. Hold until tissue is dry.
5. In summer, bruises on the lower extremities can be controlled with the help of plantain. Tear out a few fleshy sheets, rinse under running water, and crush. Lubricate the hematoma profusely with gruel, wrap it with a bag and a bandage or scarf on top.
6. The lucky ones who have poor coordination and have to constantly cover up bruises with foundation cream are advised to keep parsley alcohol tincture on hand. Pour 50 g of leaves, with chopped roots, 250 ml of alcohol. To prepare the mixture in a glass jar, tightly cork with a plastic lid, and for 14 days in the bedside table or under the bed. Soak cotton swabs or gauze in a liquid and apply to the hematoma until it comes off.
7. Grate uncooked potatoes and squeeze gently. Put in a gauze bag - and on a bruise. An alternative is starch. Dilute the dry component with warm water, stirring constantly. Dense gruel to treat the bruised area. Wash off when starch dries.
8. At the pharmacy you can buy powder or pills of a badyagi, or a mummy. Make a paste of dry matter and water. Grease a bruise profusely, wrap it with a bandage on top. The compress from a badyaga is changed twice a day. Mummies are washed off when dry, and used 6 times a day.
9. Accelerates hematoma resorption vinegar, table or apple.Combine it with water (1 to 2), and add a teaspoon of salt in a glass of the mixture. Stir thoroughly until the dry component is completely dissolved. Soak gauze in the product, and keep the compress in a bruised place for 40 minutes. There are 3-4 procedures per day.
10. Eliminates the problem of wormwood. Finely chop the grass or grind, dilute with warm water. Treat the hematoma with a thick layer of wormwood. Wash off the rest of the plant when the mask dries.
11. A bruise two days ago can be removed with vodka. Heat alcohol, dip cotton cloth or gauze in it, squeeze. Put a wet bandage on your leg, wrap it with a bag and a scarf. Vodka and heat accelerate blood circulation, and the hematoma disappears in just 4-6 days. Compresses should be repeated daily, preferably before bedtime.
12. You will need a cabbage leaf, which is slightly beaten off with a hammer or knife handle, so that the juice comes out. Put it on a bruise, wrap it with cling film and a handkerchief. Keep 4-6 hours. An alternative is burdock leaves.
13. You can make lotions from castor oil, prepare decoctions of St. John's wort, calendula or coltsfoot. Add rosemary or lavender essential oil to the infusions.
14. It is recommended to lubricate the hematoma with alcohol tincture of Arnica, and at the same time take a homeopathic remedy inside.
15. Soy flour helps some. Pour it with warm water to get a viscous mass. Treat the bruise with soy dough, wrap it with a bandage. Remove after 4 hours, and rinse skin with water.

Pharmacy products

Fans of traditional medicine, who are distrustful of folk recipes, can buy special ointments to get rid of bruises.

Minor lesions are advised to be treated with Troxevasin, which dilates and strengthens blood vessels. "Indovazin" is an ointment with an analgesic effect, it is recommended for extensive hematomas that cause discomfort.

“Troxerutin” and “Lyoton”, “Badyaga Forte” are also for sale. The latter remedy is used carefully so as not to burn the skin. Apply no longer than 2 hours, then rinse with milk to remove cosmetics, or wash with a cotton swab with alcohol.

Ineffective ointments "Sinyakoff" and "Darsonval." Budget options that help with bruises, bruises and scratches are “Rescuer” and “Zhivinka”. After warming up into the hematoma with massage movements, it is advised to rub the “Heparin” ointment.

To prevent the bruise from blurring, the leg should be rewound with an elastic bandage, or wear compression stockings.

You can buy creams containing vitamin K or rutin, as well as lead water, from which compresses are made.

Important: Some "experts" offer to draw on a bruise iodine grid, which should accelerate resorption. It is better to refrain from such experiments, they can result in burns and serious complications.

If bruises appear frequently and for no reason

The diet should be enriched with parsley, sweet pepper and carrots, oranges and other citruses. Walnuts and spinach, olive oil and a rosehip broth are useful. The products contain a lot of ascorbic acid, which increases vascular tone. Vitamin C strengthens the capillaries, and they do not burst with a light blow or bruise.

People who are forced to spend a lot of time in a standing position should rest their legs above their heads for 20 minutes while resting. In this position, it activates the outflow of lymphatic fluid, and bruises pass faster.

It is useful to wipe the lower limbs daily with a towel dipped in ice water, or take cool foot baths. Low temperatures tone up blood vessels, remove swelling and tension, due to which fragile capillaries burst.

If small blue spots constantly appear, heels should be discarded. With the permission of the doctor to master such varieties of sports as swimming and running. Perhaps it's time to buy a bike, and abandon public transportation.

The advice of a doctor should not be neglected. Bruising may indicate vascular disease, diabetes, or liver disease. Especially if they occur not only on the legs, but also on other parts of the body.

Hematoma and death

Do not self-medicate if a bruise:

• constantly increasing, but the swelling does not go away;
• hurts, or begins to rot;
• accompanied by fever and dizziness;
• red spots appear around the bruise, or fluid is released from the injured area.

It is forbidden to open the hematoma to release blood. Such manipulations are carried out only by the surgeon, in a clean room and with sterile instruments. If you cut a bruise with a fish knife or pierce with a needle, you can introduce an infection. Further - blood poisoning, intoxication of the body, and premature death.

Bruises do not adorn either men or women, so there are so many ways to deal with this cosmetic defect. Non-traditional remedies have a minimum of side effects, but pharmacy gels and ointments cope with the problem faster. The main thing is to use these methods in moderation, and follow the instructions.

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