You've heard about Lindsey Vonn, the Olympic skier, and her shin injury? In an attempt to get her recovered enough to compete in all her events, they are trying a number of desperate measures. She is having manual lymph drainage, which is a type of massage that I know very little about, other than it exists and is very popular in Europe. They are slathering her leg in castor oil, which puzzles me, since I thought that was an internal, not topical, treatment. And, finally, they are also topically applying a certain type of Austrian cheese. Huh? I know cheese is in many ways a magical substance, but I was totally unaware of its physical healing properties. (Obviously, mentally it makes everything bettah.)
Dunno. I'm thinking that if you have a huge debilitating sports-injury bruise and you're looking to Alpine products to heal it, you might be better off with arnica.
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Maybe cheese massages are why the Austrian ski team is so often gut, ja? And they get to eat the leftovers. Can you eat arnica? On purpose, that is.
That's a good question. Arnica isn't toxic, per se, but you don't see anyone dressing their salad with it, either.
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