To activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis and reduce swelling, you can take Chinese herbs such as earthworm, sumac and blood exhaust.
1. Turtle Worm: salty flavor, cold nature, small poison; attributed to the liver meridian. It has the effects of breaking blood stasis, renewing tendons and connecting bones, and is used in treating bruises, fractures, impediments in the abdomen (tangible or intangible lumps in the abdomen, with a feeling of distension and pain), and blood stasis and menstrual occlusion (menstrual occlusion due to stasis of blood and stagnation of menstruation). Pregnant women should be avoided.
2. Sumac: sweet, salty, flat; attributed to the heart, liver, spleen meridian. It has the efficacy of promoting blood circulation, eliminating blood stasis, subduing swelling and relieving pain, and is used for bruises and injuries, musculoskeletal fractures, post-partum abdominal pain, menstrual dysmenorrhea, carbuncle, swollen sores and poisons, and stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen. Pregnant women and menorrhagia should not be used.
3. Blood exhaust: sweet, salty, flat; to the heart, liver meridian. It has the efficacy of activating blood circulation, resolving blood stasis, stopping bleeding, promoting muscle growth and convergence of sores, and is used for bruises, heart and abdominal stasis and pain, traumatic bleeding, sores and ulcers that do not converge. It should be avoided in pregnant women and during menstruation.
Specific treatment and medication is recommended to follow the doctor’s advice, should not be self-medication.