Bringing out bruises

contributed by Ethnomedica 19 Jan | 22:28

My mother in law said when she had a knock it was treated with a tincture of arnica. It was rubbed onto unbroken skin to bring the bruise out.

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From Greater London (UK) in the 1950s

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