A shock or fall and the affected area can quickly swell and turn blue. In question: the small blood vessels which 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 a nasty blue.
An anti-blue cocktail
To accelerate the disappearance of the bruise, mix: 1.5 ml of essential oil ofhelichrysum Italian, 1.5 ml of cypress essential oil and complete with vegetable oil fromarnica up to 10 ml. Apply to the bruise twice a day. For application to the face, dilute more at a rate of 2 to 3 drops in 1 teaspoon of arnica oil, and care will be taken to avoid the eye area. Cypress is contraindicated in the event of hormonal problems (mastosis, fibroma), as well as during pregnancy and thefeeding with milk.
Express solution
Apply as quickly as possible 1 to 4 drops of essential oil of Italian helichrysum, massaging in order to penetrate well. Depending on the pain, we renew every 20 minutes, up to 3 to 4 times in a row, spacing out depending on the improvement. If the surface is large, we dilute 6 drops of EO in 1 teaspoon ofvegetable oil, calophylle or arnica ideally.
Advice in +
The essential oil of Italian helichrysum is one of the essentials of the aroma kit. Powerful antihematoma it can, if applied quickly, prevent the formation of a bruise. If thehematoma is already there, it accelerates its absorption. It is even more effective combined with arnica – well known to followers ofhomeopathy – here in the form of vegetable oil.
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