The efficacy and function of sea salt hot compress

In the context of a fast-paced life, modern people generally have a high awareness of health care. In recent years, sea salt hot compress has become a very popular health care method. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, sea salt hot compress has very powerful health care effects. For example, by applying sea salt hot compress to the abdomen, shoulders, waist and other parts, it can play a therapeutic role and reduce the pain of the disease. So what other health care effects does sea salt hot compress have?

1. Hot compress with coarse salt to remove dampness, dispel cold, relieve pain and dispel cold

Some people have more moisture in their bodies, so you can apply hot compress on the soles of your feet, and apply hot compress after each foot soak. This way the dehumidification intensity is very good. After a course of treatment, your body will have obvious changes and the moisture will be driven away. For those with cold body, it is also advisable to apply hot compress after soaking your feet every day. This will effectively remove moisture and have a more obvious effect in dispelling cold.

For gout patients, you can use a hot compress pack on the knee to relieve pain and analgesia. Long-term use can help blood flow and improve rheumatism.

In addition, coarse salt has greater external health benefits, especially for wind, cold, dampness, arthralgia, pain and other symptoms related to bones and joints. The use of fried salt hot compress method can play a role in relieving pain and dispersing cold. To treat stiff and painful joints, wrap two pounds of coarse salt around the painful and cold-sensitive joints for 15-20 minutes each time until the coarse salt gradually cools down. This method can only relieve joint pain and cannot completely replace medication, surgery, etc. It is best for patients to seek medical attention as soon as possible to avoid missing the best time for treatment.

2. Applying hot compress to the navel with salt and fennel has the effect of nourishing the kidneys

As they age, many men tend to suffer from liver and kidney yin deficiency due to a gradual lack of yin fluid. To avoid this situation, here is a trick: fry half a pound of table salt and a little fennel together, then put them in a cloth bag and apply it to your navel. This can achieve the purpose of regulating yin fluid and promoting the balance of yin and yang. Among them, salt enters the kidney meridian and has a certain effect of tonifying the kidney and nourishing yin; fennel is pungent and warm, and has the effect of opening the orifices. It is placed at the navel because the navel is an important part for regulating the body's yin fluid, and salt is easily absorbed by the body through this part. The reason why it is fried hot is that, on the one hand, the heat energy promotes the body's absorption of salt, and on the other hand, the heat effect directly stimulates the navel and can effectively regulate the meridians.

To achieve greater effect, it is recommended to apply it between 17:00 and 19:00, because this is the time when the kidney meridian is in season and it is also the best time to nourish the kidney. In addition, you should also eat more black kidney-nourishing foods, such as black bean milk, sesame paste, walnut kernels, etc.

It should be noted that when you first use coarse-grain salt for hot compresses, red and white "spots" will appear on your belly. Generally, these spots will disappear after the third or fourth time. If you have sores or ulcers around your belly button, do not use this health care method.

3. Apply hot compress to the armpits to strengthen the heart and lungs

When it comes to keeping fit, many people know that there are many acupoints on the hands and feet, which can be massaged frequently for health. However, they did not expect that the armpit, a part that people rarely touch in daily activities, has health benefits that are no less than those of the hands and feet.

4. Other functions

(1) Gynecological symptoms, menstruation, and pregnancy: (The most commonly used treatment for this condition is a hot compress pack, which has a very obvious auxiliary therapeutic effect.) It can be applied during menstruation and is also helpful for dysmenorrhea. However, if the menstrual flow is too heavy, it is best to stop using it. It is also a good auxiliary therapeutic effect for gynecological diseases such as pelvic inflammatory disease, fallopian tube adhesions, dysmenorrhea, and uterine cold. It must be combined with drug treatment to play a better role (corresponding auxiliary Chinese medicine will be put in the salt bag, and when used, the internal and external Chinese medicine can be combined. After heating, the medicinal flavor will be released, and it has a certain acupoint massage effect). This method needs to be persisted and used for a long time to achieve better results. However, if you are planning to get pregnant, you must be careful. It is possible to get pregnant after using this product. If you continue to use hot compresses, it will cause the fertilized egg to be deformed. Hot compresses are best used during the period from the menstrual period to the PL period. To treat dysmenorrhea, women with dysmenorrhea should lie flat on the bed and apply a hot compress of about one pound of coarse salt to the painful area of ​​the abdomen once a day.

To treat pelvic inflammatory disease, place a hot compress of about one pound of coarse salt on your abdomen and apply it for 30-60 minutes to gradually relieve the pain. Coarse salt can be fried and reused 4-5 times before replacing it with new one. The key to using this method is persistence. Using this prescription as an adjunct to conventional antibacterial and anti-inflammatory treatment can achieve better results. Beijing News 1. The principles and benefits of coarse salt hot compress:

Physiotherapy effect: Applying hot salt bags to the waist, knees, shoulders, abdomen and other parts of the body can play a health-care and physiotherapy role. Hot salt has strong thermal insulation and permeability. It can not only penetrate heat into the body, but also absorb the disease and cold air out of the body. It can relax muscles, dilate capillaries, increase sweat gland secretion, promote blood circulation, and increase the body's metabolic rate. It has the effects of warming the meridians and activating the collaterals, relieving inflammation and cold, and relieving pain. It is effective for paralysis, back pain, arthritis, chronic stomach pain, diarrhea, neuralgia and chills. Especially after cupping, applying a hot salt bag to the affected area immediately can often achieve twice the result with half the effort, thus helping to strengthen the body's resistance and eliminate evil, and promoting the patient's recovery.

(2) Shoulder and neck: Fried salt ironing can relieve neck and shoulder pain

For those who work at a desk for a long time, especially those who face computers every day, they often suffer from neck and shoulder pain because they always maintain the same posture. If you encounter such a situation, you can try a simple fried salt ironing therapy at home. It can relieve the symptoms of neck and shoulder pain by relaxing muscles, dispelling cold and dampness, and enhancing blood circulation.

Fried salt ironing is a type of “ironing” in external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. Ouyang Qi, attending physician of the physiotherapy department of the Beijing Military Region General Hospital, said that neck and shoulder pain among office workers is mostly caused by maintaining a certain sitting posture for a long time and lack of exercise, which makes the neck and shoulder muscles stiff and obstructs blood circulation. Salt has the property that it is not easy to cool down once heated. Applying hot salt to the neck and shoulders will warm up the local tissue, regulate the autonomic nerves, improve the function of the motor nerves, dilate the capillaries, accelerate the blood circulation, thereby slowly relaxing the muscles and making the tendons and bones flexible, thereby eliminating fatigue and improving neck and shoulder pain.

(3) Traditional Chinese medicine believes that for people with edema-type obesity, hot compresses with coarse salt can help eliminate excess water in the body and achieve the goal of weight loss.

(4) Anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling: The warm stimulation of fried salt can activate the phagocytic ability of the reticuloendothelial system and improve local metabolism, so it has the effects of anti-inflammatory, anti-swelling, relieving reflex muscle spasms and reducing pain.

(5) It can improve children’s indigestion, colds, and women’s cold-induced dysmenorrhea.

(6) Effect of ice compress: Today's young generation is under great pressure. The impact of the many things they face every day makes them physically and mentally exhausted, easily getting angry, irritable, and unable to concentrate on their work. Therefore, you can use ice compress to relieve your stress. The method of use is: put the sea salt bag in the refrigerator, ice it for 6 minutes, then take it out and put it on your head, or put it in a place where you feel comfortable, and apply the ice quietly for a while. The coolness brought by the ice compress can relax your body and mind, eliminate the feeling of irritability, and cheer up to work hard again. The effect of ice compress is very good. Give yourself a cool world, which is a hundred times healthier than drinking ice drinks. (7) Ice compress can reduce swelling and fever: If you accidentally sprain your ankle, you can use this ice compress. Put the salt bag in the refrigerator for 5 minutes to completely cool it down, then take it out and put it on the sprained part for ice compress. The principle is the same as using ice compress.