1, dry hot compress method
Fill the hot water of 60-80℃ to two thirds of the volume of the hot water bottle, exhaust the gas, tighten the plug and put it in the place where hot compress is needed. Children, coma, poor circulation, local nerve paralysis and insensitive patients should wrap the hot water bottle with a thick towel before using it to avoid burns. If you don't have a hot water bottle, you can use hot water in a heat-resistant glass bottle instead.
2. Wet and hot compress
Soak the towel or gauze in hot water of 60-80 degrees that can be tolerated by the wrist, wring it out, shake it off, fold it and apply it to the affected area, and change it every 3-5 minutes for 15-30 minutes. You can also add a cotton pad to the applied part and keep it warm with a hot water bag to prevent burns during hot compress.
3. Hot water bath
Hot water sitz bath hot compress method is suitable for women suffering from diseases of private parts and buttocks, as well as patients with congestion, inflammation and pain in hepatic hilum. People who are not injured can put two-thirds of hot water in the washing basin, adjust the temperature at any time when taking a bath, neither too cold nor too hot, and dry the buttocks with hot water for about 20-30 minutes to keep warm.
4, hot compress matters needing attention
1, it is forbidden to use hot water to sit in the bath during menstruation, so as not to cause infection, and it is not suitable for the third trimester.
2. The hot compress water temperature is too high, which is not suitable for all patients. It should not be used when the diagnosis of acute abdomen is unknown, so as not to delay the diagnosis of the disease. It is not suitable for hot compress when there is pus on the head, face and mouth, so as not to promote bacteria to enter the brain; Patients with all kinds of bleeding should not apply hot compress to prevent vasodilation and aggravate bleeding.
3. When applying hot compress to the patient, if the skin has abnormal changes such as redness, it should be suspended.
4, hot and wet towels should be wrung out, and it is not advisable to go out immediately after hot and wet application, otherwise it is easy to catch a cold.
5. The benefits of hot compress on the neck
The neck is only a small part of the body, but its function and importance are extraordinary, even affecting the whole body. If you want to promote your body function, start with a hot compress on your neck! Chinese medicine week has sorted out five benefits of hot compress on the neck. It turns out that a small hot compress can improve so many troubles.
(1) refresh your mind
There are two carotid arteries and vertebral arteries on the left and right sides of the cervical vertebra, which are responsible for supplying blood to the brain; The spinal cord in the cervical vertebra is an extension of the central nervous system of the brain. Frequent hot compress on the neck can promote blood circulation, and the brain is not deprived of oxygen, which can naturally refresh the mind.
② Promote metabolism.
Neck health also affects the smoothness of meridian qi and blood! Dr. Zhou said that five important meridians of the human body, such as Du Meridian, Bladder Meridian, Small Intestine Meridian, Gallbladder Meridian and Sanjiao Meridian, all pass through the back neck and shoulder. When the meridians are not smooth, their main functions will also be affected.
The circulation places of Du Meridian and Bladder Meridian correspond to the human spine, and the spine has 3/kloc-0 pairs of nerves, which respectively emanate from the intervertebral foramen between vertebrae and run through the whole body. Among them, the spinal nerve of the cervical vertebra is responsible for transmitting information between the brain and various parts of the body, so the hot compress of the cervical vertebra can promote the circulation of the neck, thus indirectly accelerating the metabolism of the whole body.
(3) Help sleep
Because neck hot compress can smooth the communication between spinal nerves and organs, and can also stabilize sympathetic nerves and parasympathetic nerves, it can stabilize nerves and help sleep. For those who have difficulty sleeping, try to apply hot compress on their necks before going to bed next time, which will help to improve insomnia.
(4) improve limb stiffness
The route followed by the small intestine meridian and the triple energizer meridian is the hand, and the hand is usually prone to numbness or chills in the limbs, which means that these two meridians are not smooth. Dr. Zhou said that the most common symptom in winter is morning stiffness. My limbs are stiff in the morning, and it takes some time to get better. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this is a problem of the small intestine meridian and the triple energizer meridian. As long as the cervical vertebrae and arms are compressed, the morning stiffness can be quickly relieved.
Because the neck has carotid artery and vagus nerve extending from the brain to the intestine, hot compress on the neck can promote blood circulation, relieve limb stiffness and reduce fatigue.
(5) improving sciatica
Normal cervical vertebrae have curvature. If you bend your head or lean forward for too long, it will straighten the curvature of the cervical spine and cause pain, and the surrounding muscles will be stiff due to tension. When most people stand, they are used to hunching their backs and stretching their necks forward like turtles. Although I feel relaxed, I actually put more tension on the cervical spine, and the gallbladder meridian is prone to problems.