The health benefits of hot towel compress

Traditional Chinese medicine says that “warmth promotes circulation, and circulation relieves pain”, and using a hot towel for hot compress actually achieves the effect of warming and promoting circulation. When applying hot compress, you should choose a clean towel, soak it in hot water at 40-45 degrees Celsius, wring it dry and apply it to the affected area. There should be no burning sensation when it touches the skin. It is best to cover the affected area with a clean cloth or cotton pad. Generally, change the towel every 5 minutes, and it is best to use them alternately. Apply hot compress for 15-20 minutes each time, 3-4 times a day. This plays a certain role in human health care and treatment of certain injuries and diseases. The following are ten common health benefits of hot towel compress.

Health care function 1: Relieve eye fatigue

Applying a hot towel to the eyes, forehead or head can promote blood circulation around the eyes, reduce eye fatigue, partially relieve the symptoms of dry eyes, and also have the effect of improving eyesight and strengthening the brain.

Health care function 2: Preventing deafness

Applying a towel on the ears or gently rubbing them can improve blood circulation in the ears and prevent functional deafness caused by ischemia.

Health care function three: Improve dizziness

Place a hot towel on the back of the head for a few minutes each time. This can stimulate the acupuncture points on the back of the head, improve dizziness symptoms in some patients, and improve reaction and thinking abilities.

Health care function 4: Treatment of stiff neck

For mild stiff neck, you can apply a hot towel to the affected area and do some neck exercises. Slowly bend your head forward and gently turn it forward, backward, left and right. It can relieve and treat neck pain caused by stiff neck.

Health care function 5: prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis

Early symptoms of cervical spondylosis, such as stiff and sore neck or mild pain after catching a cold, can be improved by applying hot towels, promoting blood circulation, relieving muscle spasms and preventing cervical spondylosis.

Health care function 6: Relieve chronic lumbar pain

Applying hot compress with a towel can relieve local symptoms of lumbar pain. If the condition is serious, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

Health Care Effect 7: Trauma

Hot compresses should not be applied during the stress period of sports injuries. However, 2-3 days after the injury, if there is no bleeding or swelling, a hot towel can be used to relieve the symptoms.

Health care function 8: Remove the hard nodules caused by injections

Use a hot towel to gently apply to the area where the nodule appears after the injection for 30 minutes each time, rubbing it while applying heat to promote blood circulation in the nodule, accelerate the absorption of the medicine, and slowly eliminate the nodule.

Health care function nine: Relieve hip pain

If the buttocks muscles are stiff and accompanied by slight dull pain, soreness and swelling, lying flat and applying a hot towel to the painful area can relieve the symptoms.

Health Care Effect 10: Treating Dysmenorrhea or Cold Abdominal Pain

Women who suffer from dysmenorrhea or abdominal pain caused by cold can use a hot towel to apply heat, which can help dissolve blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain. It can treat dysmenorrhea or cold abdominal pain.