Salt has the property of not being able to cool down easily after heating, so it can achieve the effect of local warmth.

Hot compresses increase the local skin temperature, muscle relaxation, skin capillary dilation, local and even systemic blood circulation can be improved.

Hot compresses with coarse salt not only allow warmth to penetrate the body, but also the body's disease, cold air sucked out, with warming the meridians and activating, anti-inflammatory, cold, pain relief effect, used for lumbar back pain, arthritis, chronic stomachache, diarrhea, neuralgia, chills have been effective.

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Misconceptions of hot compresses

Not all diseases can take hot compress therapy. There are also contraindications to hot compresses. You need to be especially careful when doing hot compresses at home.

1, not everyone is suitable for hot compresses

Skin sensory insensitive or abnormal people, such as the elderly, children, diabetes with neuropathy and stroke patients, should not blindly hot compresses. If you need a hot compress, you must pay attention to temperature control, otherwise it is easy to burn.

2, not any situation can be hot compress

Skin ulcers or skin disease, we should avoid hot compresses on the surface of the skin lesions, in order to prevent infection or stimulation of skin disease, aggravate the symptoms. In addition, sprains, strains and other acute soft tissue injuries in the early stages, subcutaneous bruising, within 24 to 48 hours is not suitable for hot compresses, otherwise it will aggravate the local swelling.

3, not what disease is suitable for hot compresses

Hot compresses are mainly for cold diseases, so warm patients should not hot compresses. This group of people often show that they are easy to fire, especially afraid of heat, or accompanied by bad breath, constipation, women also showed excessive menstrual flow.

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