1, the bath temperature should be appropriate.
When taking a medicine bath, don't let the water temperature pass me, so as not to burn. Especially for the elderly or people who are not sensitive to warm stimuli due to certain diseases, they should pay special attention. The temperature of the medicated bath should not be too low, so as not to affect the efficacy of the medicated bath. Especially when taking medicine bath, we should pay attention to keeping the temperature of bath liquid.
2. Master the principle of dialectical bathing.
Medicated bath should choose different methods and formulas according to the different conditions of bathers. Such as patients with diseases of anus, vulva and limbs, can take sitz bath or local bath; If the lesion is large, you can take a thorough bath and so on.
3. Keep warm and avoid the wind in the medicated bath.
When taking a medicated bath, keep warm in winter and shelter from the wind in summer. Pay attention to dry bath and sweat, put on clothes, etc. After taking a bath, take a short rest before going out to avoid catching a cold.
4, half an hour before and after meals is not appropriate.
Medicated bath on an empty stomach before meals is more prone to hypoglycemia and collapse and fainting. Taking a bath after a full meal, the superficial blood vessels of the whole body are stimulated by hot water to expand, and the gastrointestinal blood will be mobilized and dispersed to the body surface, so that the blood supply of the gastrointestinal tract will be reduced, the secretion of gastric acid will be reduced, the function of digestive organs will be reduced, and the digestion and absorption of food will also be affected.
5, some diseases should not be medicated bath.
If you are in high fever, hyperhidrosis, hypertension, aortic aneurysm, coronary heart disease, cardiac insufficiency and bleeding tendency, you should not take a medicated bath. In addition, it should be noted that people who are older or have heart, lung and brain diseases should not take medicine bath alone, and the time of medicine bath should not be too long.
6. The beneficial benefits of medicated bath are
Medicated bath includes whole body medicated bath and local medicated bath. Full-body bath is to use the warm power of bath water and the efficacy of drugs to dredge the whole body, develop orifices, and play the roles of sweating and reducing fever, expelling wind and removing dampness, warming meridians and dispelling cold, dredging meridians, harmonizing qi and blood, relieving swelling and pain, removing blood stasis and promoting tissue regeneration. Local bathing is a comprehensive effect of heat and medicine, which can directly penetrate local skin texture, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating swelling and dampness, expelling wind and killing insects, relieving itching, promoting blood circulation and promoting qi circulation, softening keratin, removing necrotic tissue and promoting granulation.
Medicinal bath includes head and face bath, eye bath, hand foot bath and sitz bath. It uses the absorption of drugs through skin, pores and acupoints. , into the meridians and blood collaterals, spread throughout the body to play a pharmacological role. It can also play a therapeutic and health care role in the local lesion. The local curative effect is more obvious.