How to reduce swelling when sprained foot is swollen?

The sprain of the foot is commonly known as "ankle sprain" and medically known as ankle sprain. In daily life, people go up and down stairs, take buses, go hiking, play basketball, kick three balls, accidentally step on the air or bump into stones and stumps. These are easy to cause sprained feet. Many people hold an indifferent attitude towards sprained feet, thinking that "it will be fine in a few days". Although patients with minor sprains can indeed relieve their symptoms through a few days of self-care. However, the severity of most patients with acute foot sprain is bound to be above moderate, and some serious ones will also cause ankle dislocation, fracture and even toe joint fracture.

Attention should be paid to patients with sprained feet when acute injury occurs.

(1) After the injury, you must do the following actions: rest, ice compress (24-48 hours), compression and foot lifting to reduce bleeding and swelling and improve the healing speed.

(2) Protect and fix the ankle joint for one to three weeks.

(3) After three weeks, the joints gradually moved.

(4) Normal activities can be resumed after about four to eight weeks.

Treatment of sprained foot by external application of traditional Chinese medicine

Sanqi Huoxue Ointment makes use of the principle of human meridian conduction, so that the medicine can reach the sprain site quickly, and can open blood vessels, promote blood circulation and repair damaged joints and soft tissues in a short time. At the same time, it can also enhance the cell vitality of the body, improve the physiological defense ability of the body, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, so as to achieve the goal of completely curing foot sprain.