In the process of moving, I found some old dit da jow (aka "hit wine"). I bought it years and years ago in some horribly foolish conditioning scheme, but it turned out it was well worth it's money in terms of the seemingly magical way it made bruises disappear. Lo and behold, it still works after who knows how long (I thought it would have evaporated) - one of my middle fingers has been painfully jammed for a while now, the joint still being swollen, but a little dit da jow started loosening it right up. Drawbacks to it are that I've never seen any but one brand actually work, and they're not selling anymore, and that it is quite pungent (thought not exactly unpleasant, kind of an herbal kahlua).