Salt is not easy to cool after heating, which can achieve the effect of local warmth. Hot compress can raise local skin temperature, relax muscles, dilate skin capillaries and improve local and even systemic blood circulation.
Correct usage of salt packets:
Take 500 grams of crude sea salt, stir-fry it in a pot for about 5 minutes until the salt turns yellow and gives off heat, put it into a cloth bag with a width of about 15 cm and a length of about 20 cm, fold back the mouth of the bag and fix it with a pin. The optimum temperature is 40℃~50℃.
In order to achieve the best curative effect, the original salt in the hot compress bag should be updated after each use.
Extended data:
Salt dressing can relieve the following symptoms:
1, low back pain
Iron the prepared "salt bag" on the buttocks or waist and back for 20 minutes each time, 2-3 times each time. You can also stir-fry the salt and add two slices of fresh ginger for better effect.
2, cervical pain
Back neck 10~20 minutes, back 10~20 minutes, once in the morning and once in the evening.
3, stomach cold
For abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by cold, hot salt can be wrapped on Shenque point, and Guanyuan point (four horizontal fingers under the umbilicus) can also be hot compressed at the same time, which has the effects of eliminating dampness, dispelling cold and warming spleen and kidney.
4, joint pain
Put the "salt bag" on the joint that is painful and afraid of cold, and heat it for about 15~20 minutes each time. Put a towel on the hot compress to prevent burns.
5.torticollis
Neck pain and stiff rotation caused by stiff neck, so put the "salt bag" in the place where the neck hurts. It can dispel wind and cold, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dredge collaterals and relieve pain. About 30 minutes each time, 2~3 times a day.
People's Network-"Hot compress" can help half of the old Chinese medicine practitioners to make their own salt packets to alleviate six diseases.