Salt is not only a condiment in our diet, but also has a role in the health of the body. What are the health effects of coarse salt compresses, and what are the precautions, let’s take a look at the specific steps.
Why does coarse salt compress have a health effect
Coarse salt refers to the crystals formed by boiling salt water in seawater or salt wells, salt ponds and salt springs, that is, natural salt. Since salt has the property that it is not easy to cool after heating, it can play the role of local warming. In addition, because sea salt is mainly composed of sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride and other components, after heating, it can stimulate and promote the secretion of sebaceous glands through heat dissipation, discharge waste and excess water in the body, and bones and joints related to wind, cold, dampness, paralysis, pain and other diseases using coarse salt hot compress, can also play a role in relieving pain and dispersing cold.
In TCM theory, hot compresses, also known as “ironing”, can warm the skin, dispel wind and cold, promote qi and blood, dispel stasis and relieve pain. The use of fried salt on the acupuncture points and muscles of the human body also achieves the above effects, and salt is cheap and easy to obtain.
Salt compress can relax muscles, accelerate local blood circulation, hot salt permeability is strong can not only penetrate heat into the human body, but also can absorb iron moisture, cold air, can reduce inflammation and drive cold, change pain.
Benefits of coarse salt compresses
1. Coarse salt hot compress can treat frequent ejaculation.
2. Coarse salt hot compress can treat five more diarrhea. Coarse salt compress can also promote intestinal peristalsis, speed up blood circulation, relieve tissue adhesions, and improve local nutrition.
3. Pain relief and cold relief can be used for coarse salt hot compress.
4. Coarse salt hot compress can treat dysmenorrhea.
5. Coarse salt compress can treat joint stiffness and pain.
6. Coarse salt hot compress for pelvic inflammatory disease.
The hot compress of coarse salt has the effect of activating blood stasis, accelerating blood circulation and strengthening local resistance. The coarse salt compress can increase the skin temperature in the local part of the body, relax the muscles, expand the skin capillaries, and improve the blood circulation of the local and even the whole body.
Moreover, warm stimulation can activate the phagocytic ability of the reticuloendothelial system, promote the metabolism of various substances in the body, and have a good effect on various inflammatory responses.
Step-by-step method of coarse salt hot compress
1. Choose suitable coarse salt:
Use 3~5 kg of large coarse salt (not fine salt for cooking), it is best to use large green salt (sea salt), or rock salt, lake salt can also be used.
2. Heat the salt:
Heat the loose salt in a pan and put it in a large cloth bag. This bag is more than 30 centimeters wide on the left and right, more than 20 centimeters wide above and below, made of cheesecloth (do not use chemical fiber fabrics), sewn three sides, one side is not sewn, good to hold salt, the side that is not sewn is left a little longer, so that it can be folded to prevent salt from spreading out.
The salt is very hot when it first comes out of the pan, you can put a towel under the bag, and then remove it when it is not too hot. Cover the bag with something to prevent heat dissipation too quickly.
3. Place the salt bag flat on the lower abdomen.
Leave it on for half an hour to an hour at a time. Do it at least once a day for several months. It would be better if another bag of salt could be fried and placed on the sacral (below the waist) at the same time.
Warm compress method of coarse salt to relieve arthritis
After folding a towel in half, sew the three sides together to leave an opening. Try to stitch as fine as possible during stitching to prevent coarse salt particles from leaking out. Heat 1 kg of coarse salt in a pan until hot. Put the sautéed coarse salt in the towel bag from the reserved opening and sew this opening as well. Place the prepared coarse salt hot compress on the joints with pain, cold intolerance and other symptoms, and apply heat for 15-20 minutes each time until the coarse salt gradually cools. If the temperature of the pack is high, a towel can be placed on the affected area to avoid burns. Hot compress packs can be reused; Can be heated in a microwave.
Precautions for coarse salt compresses
1. The salt applied to salt should be coarse salt, not the usual edible salt. Generally, coarse salt refers to large grains of sea salt, pool salt and other natural crystallization salt, and generally large grain salt used in pickles in supermarkets can be.
2. Pay attention to the temperature when applying salt, excessive heat will burn the skin, if necessary, wrap several layers of towels.
3. Do not drink cold water or take a bath and hands with cold water for half an hour after applying hot salt to avoid opening pores and contracting wind chill.
4. Drink plenty of water to help excrete toxins from the body. In addition, the salt of the hot compress can be reused, and the particles can be discarded when they become thinner. However, the effectiveness of Chinese medicines will be weakened due to multiple uses, so Chinese medicines need to be replaced frequently.
People who are contraindicated in coarse salt compresses
This therapy is only suitable for arthritis patients with chills and pain, and not for arthritis patients with swelling and inflammation. There are a few more things to note:
1. Coarse salt hot compress can also be used during menstruation, which is helpful for dysmenorrhea. However, if you have heavy menstrual bleeding, it is best to suspend it.
2. Coarse salt hot compress can only relieve the symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal adhesions, dysmenorrhea, uterine cold and other gynecological diseases, and can not be completely cured, so coarse salt hot compress at the same time, need to assist the effect, but also with drug treatment, in order to play a better role.
3. However, if you plan to get pregnant, you must pay attention to the possibility of conception after ovulation, if you continue to use hot compresses will cause fertilized egg malformation, so it is best to apply hot compresses in the period from menstruation to the period before ovulation.
Coarse salt compress has the same benefits, try it.
Editor: Chen Qiang