..that Dr. Weil recommends?
1. Apply cold compresses, such as ice cubes or a package of frozen peas wrapped in a towel. The faster you get a compress onto the injury, the sooner you'll reduce swelling and pain.
2. Rub a little tincture of arnica or arnica gel onto the bruise. Arnica (Arnica montana) comes from a plant in the daisy family that grows in the Rocky Mountains, and it's wonderful for bruises, sprains, and sore muscles. Aloe vera, from a succulent plant native to Africa, also soothes skin irritation. Kathi Keville, author of Herbs for Health and Healing (Rodale, 1996), makes a bruise compress with one tablespoon tincture of arnica, St. John's wort flowering tops, witch hazel bark or chamomileflowers, four drops of lavender essential oiland two tablespoons cold water.
Source:http://www.drweil.com
