Can safflower oil treat soft tissue injuries?

Safflower oil is a relatively common Chinese medicine. Its most obvious effect is that it has a good therapeutic effect on bruises and injuries. It also has a good therapeutic effect on soft tissue injuries. The most obvious effect is anti-inflammatory and analgesic, which can promote the recovery of symptoms. During the treatment process, patients should also pay attention to diet adjustment, eat more foods that help soft tissue recovery, and avoid eating raw, cold and irritating foods.

Can safflower oil treat soft tissue injuries?

Safflower oil can treat soft tissue injuries. Safflower oil is composed of artificial cinnamon oil, white camphor oil, cinnamon leaf oil, turpentine, cinnamaldehyde, methyl salicylate, dragon's blood, and liquid paraffin. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, expelling wind, relaxing muscles and relieving pain. It is often used for rheumatic bone pain, limb numbness, bruises, insect bites, and is also effective in treating soft tissue injuries. Soft tissue injury refers to a large category of trauma syndromes caused by direct or indirect violence, or long-term chronic strain on soft tissue or skeletal muscles. After the tissue is injured, microcirculation disorders and aseptic inflammation occur, causing local swelling and pain.

Pay attention to the timing of treatment

However, patients with soft tissue injuries should choose the right time to use safflower oil. Safflower oil should not be used when soft tissue injury has just occurred. Soft tissue injury is manifested by subcutaneous microvascular rupture, mucosal bleeding, muscle tearing, nerve damage, and tissue fluid infiltration. The patient's injured area (including skin and joints) will experience swelling, pain, limited movement, etc. If the injured person uses safflower oil immediately, it will accelerate the dilation of blood vessels in the injured area, accelerate blood circulation, cause tissue fluid to seep out, and the bleeding will worsen accordingly. The result is that the swelling becomes more and more severe and the pain becomes more and more intense.

In fact, it is not just soft tissue injuries, but also sprains, etc. It is recommended to use safflower oil at the beginning. Here, Baozhilin pharmacist teaches you the correct response measures when soft tissue injury occurs: the simplest and most effective way at this time should be cold compress to reduce bleeding and relieve pain. The materials used for cold compress are first ice water or ice water mixture; secondly, ice packs for medical cooling. Of course, popsicles, ice cream, etc. can also be used instead. Each cold compress should last for 15 to 20 minutes, once every 3 to 4 hours.

It can be seen that when soft tissue injury first occurs, the main symptoms are blood vessel rupture and tissue fluid infiltration. At this stage, it is forbidden to use blood-activating drugs because this will promote tissue fluid infiltration and aggravate the patient's swelling and pain symptoms. Therefore, safflower oil can treat soft tissue injuries, but it cannot be used when they occur.