Get up slowly from the bathtub after the whole body medicine bath to avoid postural hypotension, which leads to transient cerebral ischemia and dizziness.
(1) It is not advisable to take a whole body medicated bath before meals and half an hour after meals. Medicinal bath before meals, due to an empty stomach, sweating too much when taking a bath, is easy to cause collapse. Medicated bath immediately after meals can cause gastrointestinal or visceral blood decrease, blood tends to the body surface, which is not conducive to digestion, and can cause gastrointestinal discomfort and even nausea and vomiting.
(2) Get out of the bathtub slowly after the whole body medicine bath, so as to avoid postural hypotension and cause transient cerebral ischemia and dizziness.
(3) The bath time should not be too long, especially the whole body hot bath. Due to excessive sweating, the loss of body fluids is large; The skin blood vessels are fully dilated, and the blood volume on the body surface increases, leading to head ischemia and dizziness or syncope. In case of syncope, you should get out of the bathtub in time, lie flat on the bed in the lounge, and give the patient some boiled water or sugar water to replenish body fluids and energy. Or wash your feet with cold water, so that the blood vessels in the lower limbs contract and the blood supply to the head is sufficient.
(4) It is not advisable to take a whole body hot bath before going to bed, so as to avoid excitement affecting sleep.
(5) The temperature of the medicated bath should be moderate to avoid scalding the skin.
(6) When taking medicine bath, the room temperature should not be lower than 20℃. When taking a local medicated bath, you should pay attention to keeping warm all over, and take shelter from the wind in summer to prevent colds.
(7) Bath for external use cannot be taken orally. Can be used repeatedly and can be heated when used. A dose of medicine can be used several times. Generally, one dose of medicine is used for 5-7 days in winter and 2-3 days in summer.