Prevent and heal scars naturally

As soon as possible after injury, two important holistic tools can be used: Rescue Remedy, and arnica.

Rescue Remedy is a blend of five flower essences suitable for acute situations. It comes in drops, spray, and cream. The spray is the most versatile, as it can be used both internally (two squirts on the tongue) and externally on a person or in the air.

Homeopathic arnica is also useful after trauma, and can be taken frequently, even every 10 minutes, until things have calmed down.

Arnica can be continued while healing, and other homeopathic remedies may apply.

- Ledum for deep puncture wounds

- Hypericum if nerve pain radiates from the wounds

In addition, tissue salts can speead healing or address complications.

- Kali mur if there is any swelling, following the dosage on the bottle, until swelling is relieved

- Calc sulph to help speed healing, especially in case of infection

- Silica for wounds that weren't cleaned properly, pus, etc.

I stopped taking arnica after my sutures came out and began taking Calc Sulph, the tissue salt for slow healing wounds. I wanted my cuts healing quick!

Nutrition should emphasize:

- Vitamin E (bean sprouts, all whole grains especially sprouted wheat, all nuts and seeds but especially almonds and hazelnuts)

- Vitamin C (all sprouts, cabbage, parsley, bell peppers, rose hips, tomatos, citrus fruit)

After my sutures were removed, I kept my cuts dry and covered for 24 hours. After that, the doctor said, I could wash them gently with soap and water.

I could also begin doing salt water soaks and applying comfrey salve.

If you don't have ocean nearby, unrefined sea salt in warm water is the next best thing. It really took the redness out of the wounds and things started looking better already.

I applied comfrey salve at least three times a day. Comfrey is a powerful skin healer, and other herbs can be helpful too, such as calendula, horsetail, and plantain.

This is the part the applies to folks with old scars as well.

The last step is regular (at least twice daily) massage with a blend of corsican Helichrysum italicum essential oil in rose hip seed oil. This reduces inflammation and itching and heals even old scar tissue.

Heli oil is expensive, but it only needs to make up 4% of the final blend. If you purchase the 10% heli and mix it 50/50 with rose hip seed oil, you'll have a lot of scar treatment oil to go around!

The important thing is to get the right Helichrysum italicum oil. There are several different kinds, but the kind we want is from Corsica. I'll provide some links to the right oil below.

You can also add some carrot seed oil, which can also help.

Apply the oil to your scar or healing wound (wait until it's healed enough to massage--do not apply this to open wounds) and rub/friction across the line of injury.

The goal is to direct the fibers of the tissues to lay the correct way. While normal connective tissue and skin follows a certain direction, scar tissue gets laid down fairly chaotically. You can help make sure it gets laid down right.

In the case of an old scar, your goal is to actually break up the old scar tissue so that it can be realigned.