Trauma
We
are easy to be hurt when we have sport, or to do something else.
We feel pain on the skin or bone, the skin turns bruise and
swelling and we hardly are able to move the arm, wrist or legs.
People are educated and experienced to run into the hospital for
help. Here we introduce some Chinese tips to solve the trauma by
yourself.
If
the affected area shows swelling, but no purple color, you can
cover the affected area with warm towel. Then massage on the
area little bit with light force. If there are both swelling and
the skin color has changed into purple, you can use cold towel
first to cover the affected area for 20 min to maximum hour to
stop bleeding. Twenty min of cold patch is enough to reduce the
bleeding. It should not be used for a long time. Otherwise, it
will only make the later recovery slower. After the stop of the
bleeding, change to warm towel to cover the affected area.
Repeat two to three times a day. You can also massage slightly
on the affected area little bit to speed up the reduction of
swelling.
(1). Chestnut
Material: chestnut (Li zi), not cooked or processed at all. .
Preparation: Remove the out shell of the chestnut. Bite into
pieces in your mouth. Put the chestnut mud on the wounded area.
Function: it works to reduce swelling and pain.
(2). Red hot pepper
Material: Red hot pepper and Vaseline.
Preparation: Grind the hot pepper into powder (you can get the
powder in grocery store). Take some Vaseline that is five times
of that of the pepper powder. Melt the Vaseline in a pot. Add
the pepper powder in, mix well. Cool the mixture down quickly.
How
to use: smear the paste on the wounded area. Cover with several
layers of gauze. Chang the pepper-Vaseline paste every day.
Function: It works to release pain and swelling.
(3). Crab-cook wine
Material: Crab and some cook wine.
Preparation: Dry the crab over the oven. Grind it into powder.
How
to use: Drink the powder, 10g each time with the help of
drinking cook wine to swallow.
Function: Clear fire, reduce swelling and pain.
(4). Soy oil
Material: Soy oil some.
How
to use: drink the soy oil, 9g each time. Once in the morning and
once in the evening. In winter, it should be drink after warm
little bit.
Function: Cold blood and stop bleeding, swelling and pain.
(5). Chinese Flowering crabapple (Hai Tang hua)
Material: Chinese Flowering crabapple, 250 g.
Preparation: Grind into mud.
Application: Apply on to the affected area. It works to reduce
swelling. You can also use this way to treat ulcer (abscess) on
skin.
(6). White turnip (Luo pu)
Material: Turnip some amount.
Preparation: Wash the turnip, chop into small pieces, grind into
mud.
How
to use: Apply the turnip mud on to the affected skin area.
(7). Chinese Chives (Jiu chai)
Material: Chinese chives roots.
How
to use: Wash the roots, grind into mud, apply onto the affected
bone area. This is used for fractioned fingers and other bones.
You can use Chinese chives leaves instead of its root, or you
can use both the leaves and the root together.
(8). Eggplant (Qie zi)
Material: Eggplant, one; cook wine, some.
How
to use: Dry the eggplant, grind into powder. Drink the powder,
10g each time, twice a day, with the help of cook wine for
swallow.
Function: it works to reduce swelling and pain.
(9). Green Chinese onion (Da chong)
Material: Green Chinese onion, some amount.
How
to use: Grind the green Chinese onion into mud. Dry fry to warm.
Apply the warm mud on to the affected bone area. Replace with
warm mud again when the first one turns cold.
(10). Pepper (Hu jiao), green pepper (Hua jiao), Chinese onion (Da
chong)
Material: Pepper, green pepper, and Chinese onion, each amount.
How
to prepare: Grind all the material into powder or mud. Apply it
on to the affected skin area, fold with gauze. Change the powder
once a day.
(11). Ginger
Material: Ginger, one. Salt, one teaspoon.
How
to prepare: Grind the fresh ginger and the salt together into
mud/paste. Apply to the affected area. Fold with gauze. Repeat
every day. You can also use the ginger and Chinese chives
together.
Function: to reduce swelling and pain.
(12). Vineger
Material: Ginger, one. Salt, one teaspoon.
How
to prepare: Grind the fresh ginger and the salt together into
mud/paste. Apply to the affected area. Fold with gauze. Repeat
every day. You can also use the ginger and Chinese chives
together.
Function: to reduce swelling and pain.
(13). Crab (Xie) for
bone fraction
Material: Crab one.
How
to use: Wash the crab. Grind into mud (without any cook). Eat
the mud 150g (without the bone dregs) with the drink of the cook
wine little bit. Apply the dregs on to the broken bone area (not
open fraction).
Beside the use of the Folk therapies above, you can also try to
use the acupressure technique.
Principle:
(1). Press acupuncture point with your fingers. Do not use sharp
material.
(2). Try not to massage the affected area too long, except if
the trauma has been there after one day. After massage, cover
the affected area with warm towel or similar material. Far
infrared lamp is another choice. Rinse in warm water is another.
It is better to add fresh ginger pieces in the water.
(3). Press the mirror points of the affected joint, or the
opposite point of the joint. For example, if the affected joint
is the inside ankle, its mirror point is the inside ankle of the
another foot, and its opposite point is the outside ankle of the
same foot. This is one of the tips for us as acupuncturist to
choose acupuncture point. Try the miracles.
(4). Before the swelling disappears, do not move the affected
joint too much. We do not recommend you to start physical
exercise too early. This is opposite from what you may have
learned before but we feel it reasonable in our clinic
experience. Try to know the difference by yourself.
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