Plaster is one of the commonly used external drugs in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a gelatinous substance boiled with vegetable oil or animal oil. It can be applied to one side of cloth, paper or skin, and attached to the affected area to play a therapeutic role. There are many different plasters in the Chinese medicine industry, so it is necessary to choose the appropriate plasters according to different indications, such as:
1. Goupi ointment or Zhuifeng ointment has the effects of dispelling cold, expelling wind, relaxing muscles and tendons, activating blood circulation and relieving pain, and is mainly suitable for chronic low back pain and traumatic injury caused by wind-cold.
2. Ba Du ointment has the functions of detumescence, removing putrefaction and promoting granulation, and is suitable for carbuncle caused by stagnation of heat toxin, which is persistent at first, red, swollen and painful, purulent and persistent.
3. Plaster can be used for diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, and has certain curative effect on rheumatic pain, lumbago, muscle pain, sprain, contusion and other diseases.
Most plasters have the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dispelling cold and relieving pain. Therefore, we should pay attention to the selection of plasters according to the symptoms and the time of plastering, and it is not appropriate to paste plasters immediately after injury.
Second, what are the benefits of sticking plaster?
Plaster has the advantages of convenient materials, simple operation, low cost, safety, no pain and wide treatment range, so it is widely loved by middle-aged and elderly people with chronic strain diseases. The benefits of sticking plaster mainly include:
1, no damage to internal organs.
As the saying goes, drugs are toxic in three ways, and all drugs will have certain toxicity. Internal medicine will enter the renal function and gastrointestinal tract, which will stimulate the internal organs to a certain extent, while plaster belongs to external medicine, which can exert its efficacy by sticking it on the skin surface and will not enter the internal organs.
2, the effect is calm
A pair of plasters should be put on for two to three days, and the drug effect will gradually penetrate according to the skin entering the blood vessels, so the drug effect will be slower, but it will be calmer and not easy to cause discomfort to the body.
3, not easily affected
Pay attention to the time of taking medicine when taking medicine. Some people need to eat on an empty stomach, and eating other things may also lead to the loss of efficacy, and sticking plaster is not affected by these factors, so it is used together with plaster.
4, easy to use
Plaster doesn't need to be taken many times a day, and it doesn't need to be taken many tablets at a fixed time. Just stick it on it and change it regularly, which is more convenient. Some powerful plasters can even work once.