1. Arnica Montana
This is because it contains compounds that are known to have an anti-inflammatory effect that can be absorbed through the skin. Another study found that applying a 20 percent arnica ointment to the skin sped up healing time when compared with a placebo. If using oral arnica, it is usually best to let the pill dissolve under the tongue.
An arnica mouth spray should also be used to coat the underside of the tongue.
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of topical vitamin K versus placebo in the prevention and clearing of laser-induced purpura. The patients were divided into pretreatment and posttreatment groups; the 11 patients in the former group applied vitamin K cream to half of their face and vehicle alone to the other half of their face twice daily for 2 weeks before laser treatment.
However, the side of the face treated with vitamin K cream after laser treatment had significantly lower scores of bruising severity when compared with the side treated with placebo.
So, What Is Vitamin K?
Vitamin K is an umbrella term for a group of compounds that share a similar chemical makeup, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The primary members of the vitamin K club are:
Vitamin K1: Also called phylloquinone, this is found in plants.
Also called phylloquinone, this is found in plants. Advertisement
One of the four fat-soluble vitamins (along with vitamins A, D and E), vitamin K is best known for its essential role in producing proteins that promote blood clotting.
What Is Vitamin K?
Vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin that has many important roles within the body as it plays a part in the various stages of wound healing via blood clotting (coagulation), skin growth (epithelization), and supporting collagen formation (collegenation).
It also has a part in calcification and mineralization (bone health) – which is a growing area of study alongside calcium and vitamin D supplementation. When applied topically, Vitamin K has demonstrated the ability to improve wound healing, reduce scarring (from wounds), and also improve the appearance of bruised skin and lessen the time for the bruise to disappear. Vitamin K’s wound healing was studied by treating high-frequency electrocautery wounds with a 1% Vitamin K cream against a control without Vitamin K. Significantly more healing was observed in only 14 days in the Vitamin K patients.
Other studies have shown similar benefits and it’s why many doctors recommend Vitamin K creams post surgery to aid in wound healing – even though the exact mechanisms of how Vitamin K helps isn’t completely understood yet. On follow-up appointments the doctors were impressed and fellow patients were envious at his decreased bruising.” Bill Levins, Reviva’s President.