Text/Liang Huiwen

As the weather turned cold, well-known hot spring attractions began to flood into the crowd. How to soak in bubbles is good for health? Chen, a physical therapist in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Zhenxing Hospital, pointed out that the curative effect of hot springs on human body is mainly due to the water temperature, water pressure and buoyancy, as well as the chemical composition in hot springs, which can improve vital capacity, promote blood circulation, relax muscles, increase joint mobility and relieve pain.

Weight loss, muscle beauty, pain relief and soaking in water are effective.

When you exercise in water, because the water has resistance, you will consume calories more easily than usual, so you can also achieve the goal of losing weight; The chemical components in hot springs can also promote skin metabolism and soften keratin. Some postoperative patients, soaking in hot springs after wound healing, can soften scar tissue, increase fascia ductility and joint mobility.

The most comfortable temperature for soaking in hot springs is 38 ~ 40℃, with a cycle of 5 ~ 10 minutes each time. Then you get up and take a rest before soaking for about 2 ~ 3 cycles each time (about half an hour ~ 45 minutes), which can accelerate metabolism and effectively consume energy.

Warm up first, then get into the water and soak from your feet.

Chen said that the soaking time and temperature depend on the individual's physical condition. Some people can adapt to the alternation of hot and cold, and those who are in poor health or older suggest that it is best to start with the hot pool and end with it. This will be a more comfortable soaking state.

In winter, there is a great temperature difference between water temperature and environment. It is best to do stretching exercises to warm up before entering the water, or take a bath to adapt your body to the water temperature before entering the water. At the same time, you should also start soaking from your feet to avoid sudden increase in blood pressure and increase in heart load, causing dizziness or shock.

Soaking in hot springs can obviously improve arthritis and neuralgia.

Hot springs in Taiwan Province are mainly divided into three categories. One is the Datun mountain system, such as Beitou, which belongs to the sulfur spring; The second is the sodium bicarbonate springs on both sides of the central mountain range; The third is the plain area far away from the central mountainous area, such as the mud bath in Guanzailing, Tainan. In terms of composition, carbonate springs are the majority. If the pH value is distinguished, only Datun Volcano Hot Springs, Green Island Hot Springs and Guishan Island Hot Springs are acidic, and the rest areas are alkaline, weakly alkaline or neutral, of which weakly alkaline is the majority.

Various functions of hot springs have long been confirmed by all walks of life, especially musculoskeletal diseases, such as arthritis (degenerative arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. ), muscle soreness, tendinitis, etc. , can be significantly improved, and is also helpful for patients with neuralgia and poor peripheral circulation.

Beauty soup, beauty beauty.

Some hot spring ingredients also have the effect of "beautifying skin", such as sulfur spring in Datun Mountain, which is called "maintenance soup" because it can improve the symptoms of chronic skin diseases and also has the effect of relieving pain and itching; Carbonated springs in Wulai, Jiaoxi and Zhiben are commonly known as "Beauty Soup". After soaking, the skin will feel greasy, which can whiten, nourish and beautify. The mud bath in Guanzailing, Tainan can make the skin absorb many minerals.

There are many benefits of soaking in hot springs, but there are also many points worthy of attention, such as: it is not suitable for long-term continuous soaking, and it is necessary to replenish water at any time; After getting up, because the high temperature of the pool water will accelerate metabolism and consume energy, it is easy to make people feel weak, hungry and tired. At this time, you can add some low-calorie foods, such as guava.

Chen specially reminded that when you are too tired, you should not be soaked, because when you are tired, you need rest and sleep. If you go to a hot spring, it will probably make your body feel more empty and less energetic.

Spa, decompression and muscle relaxation

Many spas in the workshop are also popular bathing relaxation methods recently, but we must pay special attention to the strength of water. In the case of water column type, because of the continuous impact of water column, it is like repeating the action of "quick flapping" For patients with joint inflammation or disc herniation, pain may be induced, or they may not know that they have such potential problems, and injuries may occur under the impact of powerful water columns.

Chen said that the water column SPA must avoid the face, head, abdomen, neck, cervical vertebra and other places, and can be used in * * *, thighs and other "fleshy" places, with * * * effect, but not more than 1 minute. If people feel pain after using it, they should be treated with ice in the acute stage. If the symptoms are still not relieved after 2 days, be sure to see a doctor.

As for waterfall and bubble, both belong to mild hydrotherapy, and the latter can even be used as adjuvant therapy for patients with chronic pain. The buoyancy of air bubbles can support load-bearing joints such as knees and lumbar vertebrae, achieve decompression effect, relax muscles and promote local circulation.

10 Essential knowledge

1. It is not advisable to get soaked after drinking. You can soak it for 40 minutes after meals, otherwise you will get indigestion.

2. Wash your body before soaking in water. Hygiene comes first.

3. Take care of each other with peers, be careful not to slip, safety first.

4. If there are open wounds, skin diseases, colds, eye diseases, etc. , should not be soaked to avoid infection.

5. Patients with cardiovascular diseases should not be soaked all over the body to avoid high temperature. If you soak in cold water pool and hot water pool alternately, it is easy to be dangerous.

6. The soaking time in high temperature pool (above 40℃) should not exceed 2 minutes, but it can be soaked several times at intervals. When the peripheral blood vessels of the whole body dilate, blood will concentrate on the skin surface, leading to heart and cerebral ischemia, leading to dizziness or stroke. Generally speaking, do not soak in the high temperature pool for more than three times within 40 minutes.

7. Individual swimming pools need sufficient light and good ventilation, and it is not suitable for the elderly to soak alone.

8. The soup restaurant should be patrolled by lifeguards at any time, and the soup guests should be reminded appropriately. An emergency evacuation system should be set up at the scene.

9. Don't use soap after soaking in water, just rinse your body with warm water, and keep your skin dry and oil-free with emulsion.

10. Keep warm after taking a bath, avoid catching a cold, drink plenty of warm water, replenish a lot of sweat when taking a bath and have more rest.

The quality and efficacy of each hot spring

◎ Sulfur spring: It has a strong sulfur smell, yellow brown, white and turbid color, commonly known as "rotten egg spring", and has the effects of relieving fatigue, relieving itching and detoxifying. It is an effective dietotherapy soup for treating chronic skin diseases, so it is also called "skin soup".

Sodium bicarbonate spring: also known as "beauty soup", the skin will feel smooth and delicate after soaking for several times, and it is also effective in treating burns and knife wounds; If you drink it, you can also treat minor gastrointestinal problems.

◎ Pure carbonated spring: also known as "soda spring", with natural gas bubbles, it can make bathers feel refreshed.

◎ Salt spring: High salt content can improve cold hands and feet, gynecological diseases, diabetes, allergic bronchitis, anemia and sciatica.

◎ Qingquan: It is a mild hot spring with little stimulation to the body, which is very suitable for the elderly. This hot spring can promote blood circulation, relieve pain, inhibit inflammation, accelerate the repair of tissue function, and has mild curative effect on stroke, neuralgia and other diseases.

◎ Iron spring: It is subdivided into three types: iron carbonate spring, green alum spring and salt-bearing iron spring. The most special thing is that when the spring water comes out, it is as colorless and transparent as ordinary water, but after being oxidized, the water color will turn brown.

◎ Sulfate spring: It is subdivided into three types: Zhengku spring, mirabilite spring and gypsum spring. It is either colorless or slightly bitter yellowish.

◎ Acid spring: It has a strong sour taste, strong taste and extremely high bactericidal power, but it can't be soaked for too long, so as not to be counterproductive.

◎ Alum Springs: Most of them gush from volcanic areas. After drinking, they felt a strong astringent, sour and metallic taste.

◎ Mud spring: The spring water is gray-black, which has exfoliating and bactericidal effects. It is a natural beauty sacred product and is only found in Guanziling, Tainan, Kagoshima, Sicily and Italy. 3.