In the 1970s, when I was in my twenties, I accidentally broke my left elbow joint during a wrestling play with my friends. At that time, the affected area was only slightly swollen and the pain was not too severe. It was amazing. After simple treatment, he was basically cured. However, several years later, the pain in the affected area still persists, resulting in limited movement. After learning about it, the neighbor's old lady gave me a recipe: take a pound of soybeans, boil them and cool them, then mash them into a paste (the more crumbly the better), spread them out in a dry place, and wait until the water in the soybean paste evaporates. , then put it into a porcelain basin, pour about half a pound of high-quality rice vinegar, mix well (not too dry, but not too thin), and set aside. Apply the paste mixed with soybeans and vinegar to the injured area, wrap it with plastic cloth, and wrap it with gauze on the outside. There is no need to open it when sleeping at night. After three days, it was removed, the swelling and pain subsided, and the patient gradually recovered. It is as strong as the other arm when it comes to work.
Three years later, I was pulling a cart filled with stones across a ditch. Because I was going uphill too hard, my right calf suddenly felt like I had been hit by a wooden stick, causing extreme pain. Within ten minutes, the calf gradually turned purple and became swollen rapidly. I didn't go to the hospital and recovered using this method while resting in bed.
Fan Yongping, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Beijing Tiantan Hospital: In clinical practice, soybeans are generally not used directly as medicine, but are sprouted into soybean rolls for clinical use. However, the "Heritage Classic" records that soybeans "can be grinded raw and smeared into bloated meat, boiled and drunk to kill turtle poison and relieve pain." "Bielu" states that this product can "dispel blood congestion, dissipate accumulation of internal cold in the five internal organs, and remove numbness and swelling." Li Shizhen believes that soybeans can "activate blood and relieve various poisons". Therefore, according to ancient Materia Medica, soybeans have the functions of promoting blood circulation, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. At the same time, vinegar is also a drug rarely used in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. However, in ancient medical books, such as Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", there are records of using vinegar to treat traumatic sore throat. Li Shizhen also believes that vinegar can "disperse blood congestion". From the literature records, it is not difficult to see that there is good evidence to use soy vinegar paste to treat local swelling and pain caused by bruises.
In the article, the author boils a pound of soybeans, cools them in a porcelain basin and mashes them into a paste. After drying, pour about half a pound of high-quality rice vinegar and mix well. After it dries slightly and becomes a paste, apply it on the injured area, wrap it with plastic cloth, and wrap the outside with gauze. It has a significant effect on treating bruises. I have personally experienced it twice, and both have reduced swelling and pain. Promote the healing of trauma. The principle is that the medicinal power of soybeans and vinegar promotes local blood circulation, thereby achieving the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain. However, it is worth reminding imitators that folk prescriptions like these for treating bruises are only suitable for use when the affected area is small. Once the imitations are ineffective, they should seek medical advice as soon as possible to avoid delaying the condition.