How to treat frostbite? Treatment for frostbite

Frostbite is a common disease in winter. Generally, the hands are more likely to get frostbite because the hands are exposed to severe cold. Especially people who work outdoors are more likely to get frostbite. This disease is recurrent and if you do not keep warm, frostbite can easily recur in the following winter. So how do you treat frostbite?

How to treat frostbite

1. Yunnan Baiyao

For those with frostbite that has not broken, mix Yunnan Baiyao powder with white wine into a paste and apply it externally, while making sure to keep it warm. For those with frostbite that has broken, wash the affected area, sprinkle Yunnan Baiyao powder directly on the wound, and bandage it with sterilized gauze. It will heal within a few days.

2. Pain-relieving ointment

The local application of the analgesic ointment for the treatment of first-degree frostbite with skin redness, swelling, heat, itching or burning pain has achieved good results. The method is to first wash the affected area with warm water, then apply the ointment tightly to the affected skin after drying it. It will usually heal in 24 hours. If it does not heal, you can change the ointment several times. It is not suitable for application on broken or allergic skin.

3. Soak your feet in beer and water

If someone suffers from frostbite in winter, you can add a small amount of beer to warm water and soak for 20 minutes to immediately relieve the pain caused by frostbite. This is because vitamins B1 and B6 in beer have the effects of anti-neuritis, dermatitis and promoting muscle growth. In winter, if you insist on soaking and washing with water added with beer, it can prevent and treat frostbite, athlete's foot, etc.

4. Winter melon peel and eggplant root can relieve itching

Soak winter melon peel and eggplant roots in water for 2 to 4 hours, heat them on fire to about 50℃, and use them to fumigate the affected area. It has the effect of relieving itching and accelerating blood circulation, and is very effective in treating frostbite.