Purple bruise on knee

Bruises appear on the knees for no reason. It may be that you don’t remember when you bumped into it, it may be caused by blood stasis, or it may be due to other physical illnesses. So if you want to know what causes purple bruises on your knees, you need to rule them out one by one based on your physical condition. Only after a confirmed diagnosis can you prescribe the right medicine. If it is caused by blood stasis, it can be adjusted through daily diet.

Blood stasis refers to a syndrome type in traditional Chinese medicine. Blood stasis means that blood circulation is not smooth and there is blood stasis. Blood stasis syndrome can be seen in many diseases. Generally speaking, any blood that leaves the meridians cannot dissipate in time and stagnates in a certain place, or the blood flow is not smooth, the circulation is blocked, and it accumulates in the meridians or organs in a stagnant state, which is called blood stasis.

1. Symptoms of Blood Stasis Constitution: Bruising for no reason

Some people are thin, their hair falls out easily, their skin color is dull, their lips are dark purple, their tongue is purple or has bruises, their eye sockets are dark, their pulse is weak, etc. Some have age spots before they reach old age, and some often have pain in certain parts of their body, such as women are prone to dysmenorrhea during their menstrual period, and this pain will be more severe at night. This kind of person has a blood stasis constitution.

The blood stasis constitution is caused by long-term imbalance of the seven emotions, injuries to the muscles and bones, and long-term illness. People with blood stasis constitution are susceptible to complications of obesity, weight loss, irregular menstruation, depression, etc.

If a person's complexion is not very good, not only is the complexion dull and the skin dark, but there are often bruises, dark eye sockets, dull or even purple lips, and the skin is always dry, then he may have a blood stasis constitution, because these are all symptoms such as internal obstruction caused by the poor blood circulation in the body.

2. Physical signs: Dull complexion, rough skin, frequent bruises, and easy bleeding gums.

3. Personality: They are generally introverted, easily annoyed and forgetful.

4. Common diseases: prone to stroke, chest pain, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.

To sum up the above, I believe everyone knows whether they have a blood stasis constitution. If so, how should they regulate it?

1. First of all, you must start with promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, rather than rushing to take supplements. Below, the editor will teach you how to use food therapy to dissolve blood stasis. You must know that all medicines are toxic. Obviously, it is not okay to always take medicines, so we must start with our daily diet, which is the safest, healthiest and simplest.

People with blood stasis constitution should eat more foods that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Vegetables such as hawthorn, leek, onion, garlic, cinnamon, ginger, etc. are suitable for people with blood stasis constitution in winter; raw lotus root, black fungus, bamboo shoots, purple eggplant, konjac, etc. are suitable for people with blood stasis constitution in summer; seafood suitable for people with blood stasis constitution include crabs and sea cucumbers.

3. Dietary therapy: stewed pig's feet with glutinous rice wine

Preparation method: Wash the pig's feet, cut them into pieces, and blanch them in boiling water to remove the blood. Put half a bottle of glutinous rice wine, several pieces of peeled ginger, several peeled hard-boiled eggs and pig's feet in the pot, then add water. Put it on the fire and simmer for three or four hours. You can eat 1-2 small bowls a day, and drink alcohol while eating pig's feet and eggs. Women with yang deficiency and blood stasis constitution who suffer from dysmenorrhea, delayed menstruation, dark purple menstrual blood, breast hyperplasia, uterine fibroids, and chloasma, can eat this medicine for a winter and in the spring you will find that your faces will be rosy and your dysmenorrhea will be significantly alleviated.