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How to do hot compress, massage and moxibustion to help you relieve the cold caused by air conditioning blowing on your knees!
1 Hot compress your knees. After the air conditioner is cooled, you can use a hot water bag or a fried coarse salt bag to hot compress your knees for about 30 minutes, which can promote blood circulation, relax muscles, improve the flexibility of ligaments, dispel the cold invading the body, and play a very good role in relieving knee pain.

2 massage 1. Massage knee pain is not limited to the knee, sometimes the ankle, wrist and arm will feel pain. Finger pressing "knee eye" is very effective in treating joint pain. Now briefly introduce this acupoint.

The "knee eye" is located in the depression below the knee when folded at right angles.

When pressing the finger, use the middle finger of both hands, exhale slowly and press hard for 6 seconds. Do this 10 times, 3 times a day. Knee joint pain caused by air conditioning can be removed unconsciously.

2. Click on the pain point. Press with your fingers to find the tender points around the knee joint. Massage the tender points with the abdomen of thumb and forefinger. The tenderness points are mostly located in the medial and lateral sides of the knee joint, up and down the patella and at the posterior fossa of the knee. The posterior popliteal fossa of the knee can be rubbed with food.

Press the note when rubbing each pain point, first from light to key for 20 times, and then from heavy to light for 20 times. This manipulation can promote the inflammatory absorption of pain points and release adhesion, especially suitable for various chronic knee joint diseases.

3. Knead the patella with the palm of your hand and press it with the palm of your hand to make the patella move slightly inward and upward while maintaining sufficient pressure. On this basis, the patella will be driven to do circular motion for 2~3 minutes. It is advisable to have acid swelling and warmth under the patella when pressing.

It is suitable for hyperosteogeny of knee joint, chondromalacia patellae, edema of knee joint, traumatic adhesion of knee extension device, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

4. Hold the quadriceps femoris with thumb and other four fingers for about 1~2 minutes, with slight acidity as the degree. This manipulation can effectively increase the blood supply of quadriceps femoris.

Especially in patients with knee osteoarthritis, the medial head of quadriceps femoris is atrophied and the knee joint cannot be straightened.

5. Press and click the Xue Hai point. Xue Hai's point is on the inside of the knee. You can aim the opposite palm at the center of your knee, with your thumb and forefinger at 45 degrees. The position of the tip of the thumb is the Xue Hai point.

When pressing, put your thumb on the Xue Hai point and press hard for 5 seconds to feel pain. Repeat 5 times. You can also use the tapping method: sit in a chair, put your right leg on your left leg, tap the Xue Hai point of your right leg several times with your palm, and then tap it 10~ 15 times in turn.

Moxibustion acupoints: mainly acupoints of Zu Sanyang Meridian, such as Xue Hai, Liang Qiu, Du Meridian, Knee Eye, Zusanli, Knee Yangguan, Yanglingquan and Ashi.

Moxibustion method: The patient takes a supine position or a sitting position, and uses a mild moxibustion method, that is, the lighted end of the moxa stick is smoked and burned at Xue Hai, Liang Qiu, Du Meridian, Knee Eye, Zusanli, Knee Yangguan, Yanglingquan and Ashi Point (generally about 3 cm away from the skin) until the patient feels warm and comfortable or the skin is red. The general moxibustion time is about 15 ~ 30 minutes.

Efficacy: Chinese medicine believes that blowing air conditioning knee cold is caused by local feeling of wind and cold evil, which leads to qi and blood block. Moxibustion at Xue Hai, Liang Qiu, Du Meridian, Knee Eye, Zusanli, Knee Yangguan, Yanglingquan and Ashi has the effects of expelling wind and cold, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, and harmonizing qi and blood.

4 Plaster After the knee is blown cold by the air conditioner, you can also apply some plaster for promoting blood circulation and relieving pain or Yunnan Baiyao, which has the functions of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and dredging meridians. Be careful not to stick warm stickers and wear knee pads to avoid catching cold again.