Bruises!! How to make them fade fast!

A few weeks ago I dropped a 10lb weight across three of my toes. I limped all day and the swelling was very painful. The bruise crawled up the top of my foot from my toes to about halfway towards my ankle . When I got home from work that evening I went to my herb stash and cross-referenced what I have on hand with bruise/sprain/broken bone healing. Turns out I had most of the recommended herbs on hand. I combined 1 Tbls of each of these dried herbs, St.Johns Wort, Arnica Flower, Comfrey, Yarrow and Plantain into a sock and tied it closed. I soaked the sock in rubbing alcohol (vodka would have worked but I was out) and let it sit for 30 mins. I used this as a cold compress on my toes. I let it sit on there for 1 hour then took 1 dropper of Yarrow tincture and applied green salve.  The bruising turned darker and started to look like an "old" bruise by the next day. I kept the herb sock in the freezer and used it every few hours for the next couple days. To my amazement, the pain and swelling was 90% better after just 48 hours and the bruising was gone in less than a week (actually I'd say 5 days). To me this is a huge improvement because I personally bruise easily and terribly and they tend to last weeks! Below is the instructions for the bruise remedy I used.



Bruise Be Gone!

1 tablespoon dried of each 
  St. John's wort (soother anti inflamatory)
  Comfrey (bone mender, contact healer)
  Yarrow (known for stopping bleeding)
  Arnica (contact healer "bruise healer")

  Plantain (my go to heal all herb)

Place these herbs into a old clean sock and knot closed. Soak the sock in enough alcohol to cover the herbs ( you can use rubbing, wintergreen or any 80 proof (or higher) drinking alcohol. I soaked mine in a coffee cup covered with foil. Chill this in freezer for 30 mins. Remove from alcohol , squeeze lightly to remove excess, reserve remaining alcohol in cup.
Place over bruised area and cover with plastic wrap, the alcohol will evaporate very quickly if you don't. Leave in place 30mins-1hour, then remove. Place sock back into cup with reserved herbal alcohol and cover, you can use this for several days,adding more alcohol as needed. Do this 4-6 times a day until things are improved.