A shock or a fall and the affected area can quickly swell and turn blue. The cause: the small blood vessels that rupture and diffuse their blood under the skin. As long as it’s only superficial, nothing serious. But the area can remain painful for several days and be marked with an ugly blue.
An anti-blue cocktail
To accelerate the disappearance of the bruise, mix: 1.5 ml of essential oil ofhelichrysum Italian oil, 1.5 ml of cypress HE and complete with vegetable oil ofarnica up to 10ml. Apply to bruise twice a day. For application on the face, dilute further at the rate of 2 to 3 drops in 1 teaspoon of arnica oil, and care should be taken to avoid the eye area. Cypress is contraindicated in case of hormonal problems (mastosis, fibroma), as well as during the pregnancy and thefeeding with milk.
Express Solution
Apply 1 to 4 drops of Italian helichrysum EO as quickly as possible, massaging in to make it penetrate well. Depending on the pain, repeat every 20 minutes, up to 3 to 4 times in a row, spacing out according to the improvement. If the surface is large, dilute 6 drops of HE in 1 teaspoon ofvegetable oilcalophylle or arnica ideally.
The advice in +
Italian helichrysum essential oil is a must-have in the aroma kit. Powerful anti-haematoma it can, if applied quickly, prevent the formation of a bruise. If thehematoma is already there, it makes it possible to accelerate its resorption. It is even more effective combined with arnica – well known to enthusiasts ofhomeopathy – here in the form of vegetable oil.
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