As it happened, I tripped last night and hurt badly one part of my face, elbows, knees; worsening an ankle that was already mildly sprained. It didn’t feel that bad then but when I got up this morning I had a sore, swollen face and paining joints! The fact that it has been bitterly cold the last few days and expected to get worse, as the weatherman predicts, didn’t help the matter. But since the doc wasn’t going to be available before 10 am I decided to follow my mum’s advise and treat the bruises the natural way. It worked and how! I am in the office now(10:20 am), typing this out and the only place its still hurting is the part of the cheekbone under the left eye. This is what I tried:

• Had a glass of hot milk with 1 tsp. of haldi(turmeric). [It didn't taste as bad as I thought it would!!]
• Tried cold compression on cheekbones and other visible bruises. I didn’t have broken skin. Apparently, it shouldn’t be used over broken skin.
• Hot fomentation on the ankle, knees and elbows.
• Finally, applied some cabbage and onion juice on the affected areas.

Its working and hopefully I will get to be fighting fit after another round or two of the above. Thankfully, without any medicine popping

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