Bruises

[kitten645]

I bruise so easily that my doctor once asked me if there was a history of abuse in my family! He ran some tests and told me I had thin blood. He just advised me to not take anything to make it worse like asprin. I did have an accident once and had a huge bruise on my leg. A Chinese friend of mine gave me something from a Chinese herbalist to rub on it and it worked. Of course the label is all in chinese so I have no clue what it's called! It smelled like Eucalyptus and was in a bottle with a sponge top that you just rubbed on. I'll see if I can get anymore info from her.
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[sparks19]

Thanks Kitten... I would love to try it

[kitten645]

Okay I'm home now...the bottle says Zheng Gu Shui External Analgesic Lotion[IMG][/IMG]

Maybe you can find it online? Good luck!
Claudia

[kitten645]

Bruise remedy

[sparks19]

Awesome thank you so much.

[Catty1]

sparks19 - do you get your iron levels checked regularly?

I'm sure you do...just suggest that if your doc doesn't ask the lab for it, get a ferritin done too. I just found this out last year...ferritin is the part of the red blood cell that actually GRABS the iron and uses it.

From what I remember, that means your blood can be high in iron - but your body isn't getting any if the ferritin is a tad out of whack!

Just a thought. I hope these bruise treatments help you soon!

[sparks19]

sparks19 - do you get your iron levels checked regularly?

I'm sure you do...just suggest that if your doc doesn't ask the lab for it, get a ferritin done too. I just found this out last year...ferritin is the part of the red blood cell that actually GRABS the iron and uses it.

From what I remember, that means your blood can be high in iron - but your body isn't getting any if the ferritin is a tad out of whack!

Just a thought. I hope these bruise treatments help you soon!

Well I only know they tested me a lot while I was pregnant because of my history with low iron and they were surprised that my levels were so good during pregnancy.

I haven't had them tested since but I bruised a lot during pregnancy too.

So I'm not sure what's up