DISCOVER WHICH REMEDIES CAN HELP POST-SURGERY FOR A SPEEDIER RECOVERY

My husband has recently been through hernia surgery. It was open surgery, not key-hole surgery, due to the type of hernia. This means the procedure was more invasive, took longer and the pain after general anesthetic, was pretty severe.

The nurses warned him that he would have some extensive bruising and swelling in the abdominal area, but not to worry too much, because that is normal. They also gave us a bagful of different painkillers. My husband was adamant he would not take anything stronger than paracetamol, as he is quite sensitive to pharmaceutical medication in general. The nurses just smiled and put some strong painkillers in the bag regardless and, since one of the side effects was constipation, they gave us a bottle of laxative too.

As my husband is not going to be very mobile for a while, the idea of giving him laxative and have him try to run to the toilet, did not seem like a good one. Not to mention the whole logic of giving medication that gives you additional symptoms, so that you need added medication to fix what the previous meds wrecked, is just crazy to me.

Thankfully, I already had a plan: once home, I made a water remedy with Arnica and Bellis Perennis and gave my husband a teaspoonful at frequent intervals, until he fell asleep. I had put a box of paracetamol by his bedside, just in case.

The following morning he was refreshed, no pain, no bruising and no swelling. Of course he is still going to take it very easy for the next few weeks, but he has no need of any medication.

Bellis Perennis is the common daisy. It is an incredible aid to heal muscle tissue, in cases of deep injury or trauma and surgery certainly falls into the category of trauma. This is why Bellis P. is one of the great remedies to keep handy in cases like post c-section, facial surgery or any surgery where deep soft tissue is cut or bruised.