Is it good to take a hot bath when you have a cold?

Every time when the seasons change, many people are prone to catching colds. In the eyes of most people, you should not take a bath after catching a cold, because taking a bath after a cold may cause some physical problems. In fact, it is wrong to take a bath when you have a cold. Taking a hot bath when you have a cold can unclog the pores and solve the accumulation of toxins in the body. It is a good way to prevent colds.

Drinking ginger and brown sugar water after catching a cold is a simple and easy treatment method, while steaming sauna and taking a hot bath also have therapeutic effects on colds. Cold, commonly known as "cold", is caused by the human body being affected by wind and cold evil spirits, which causes the skin surface to be blocked and the lungs to fail to defend, resulting in a series of symptoms such as chills, fever, no sweating, headache, nasal congestion, and runny nose. The purpose of sweating therapy is not only to make people sweat, but also to open the pores, circulate blood, promote lung qi and eliminate evil spirits through sweating. Therefore, if you can make your whole body sweat slightly through steaming sauna or taking a hot bath, you can also achieve the purpose of treating colds.

1. Ensure that the temperature of the bathing environment is high enough so that you can sweat slightly all over your body during bathing (if your body is very weak, it is enough to just start sweating).

2. After sweating, wipe it off with a hot towel immediately, lie in bed with a blanket to rest, and drink appropriate amount of hot water or hot porridge to help sweating (young people can drink more).

4. If the effect of sweating is achieved through bathing, especially for infants and young children, it is not advisable to take other Chinese and Western medicines for diaphoresis, so as to avoid excessive sweating that consumes qi and damages yin.

5. Minors and infants should bathe under the supervision of their family members to avoid accidents.