The Magical Uses Of Hot Water Bottles

A hot water bottle is better than 10 old Chinese medicine practitioners! Activating blood, reducing inflammation, removing pain...all at once

When it comes to hot water bottles, people seem to think this thing is outdated. But the function of hot water bottle is not just heating, its more important value lies in health and health care. The reason why the hot water bottle can have such an effect is mostly because the effect of the hot water bottle is similar to the "compression therapy" of traditional Chinese medicine. The hot compress method of traditional Chinese medicine has a unique curative effect on many diseases, that is, in today's scientific progress, for some diseases, the compress therapy still has the effect of simple, convenient and cheap treatment.

1. Apply on the back to relieve cough: fill the hot water bottle with hot water, wrap it with a thin towel or cloth and apply it on the back. It can dilate blood vessels and accelerate blood circulation in the respiratory tract, trachea, lung and other parts. This is mainly because the bladder meridian that runs on the back is the main body of the body, and the invasion of external pathogens will cause aversion to cold, fever, and nasal congestion; while the Du channel is dominated by the body's yang, once invaded, the yang qi will be deficient and the resistance will become lower. Therefore, a hot water bag is often used on the back, which can make the bladder meridian and the Du meridian function normally, which is good for relieving cough, curing colds and improving resistance.

2. Neck compress for hypnosis: there is an Anmian point on the neck, which treats insomnia and dizziness. Place a hot water bottle on the back of your neck before going to bed for a gentle and comfortable feel. The hands are warm first, and then the feet also feel warm, which can play a hypnotic effect. In addition, compressing the neck with a hot water bottle can also act on the Dazhui point, so it also has a good effect on the treatment of cervical spondylosis.

3. Prostatitis: Prostatitis is a common disease of the male reproductive system, with an incidence of 35 percent to 40 percent in men over the age of 35. Remind patients that the treatment of prostatitis should be standardized, and patients should listen to the advice of specialists. The simplest and most practical method is "hot water sitz bath", but sitz bath is a bit inconvenient. It is suggested that another method can be taken, and a hot water bottle (or an electric perm woman) is clamped under the crotch for 10-20 minutes to make the treatment easier and easier. The time of using a hot water bottle to clamp the crotch should not be too long, not more than 30 minutes.

4. Pain relief: 24 hours after the injury, when the swelling begins to gradually improve, apply hot compress to the local pain with a hot water bottle. About 20 minutes each time, 12 times a day, can effectively promote blood circulation, accelerate the absorption of congestion and exudate. It can warm meridians, dispel cold, activate blood and dredge collaterals, and relieve local swelling and pain.

5. Treatment of tinnitus: It is an ordinary hot water bottle that is placed vertically on the waist and bone through the warm autumn clothes. The outer clothes should be wrapped tightly, and then sit inward with the back against the cushion (to strengthen the influence of the hot water bottle on the waist. Spend). After warming up, when you go to bed at night, you will find that the tinnitus that circles around your ears every day is gone. The reason is: the heat is concentrated in the back waist, and the heat penetrates into Shenshu acupoints, Baliao acupoints, Mingmen, etc., which replenishes the energy of the kidneys, and the problem of the ears will be solved naturally (the kidneys open to the ears).

6. Diarrhea: For abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by cold, a simple therapy of hot compressing Shenque Point can be used. Applying hot salt to Shenque acupoint and Guanyuan acupoint (four horizontal fingers below the navel) at the same time has the effect of removing dampness, dispelling cold, warming the spleen and kidney.

【Reminder】When using the above method to treat diseases, the water temperature in the hot water bottle should not be too high, generally 6070 degree .