What to do if your waist hurts when using air conditioning in summer

In the summer, if you use the air conditioner frequently, it is easy to catch a cold and cause back pain. At this time, you must pay attention to the temperature of the air conditioner and do not set it too low. In addition, you can relieve the back pain by applying hot compresses. You can also treat it through acupuncture and massage. In daily life, you should also avoid sitting for a long time and do moderate exercise, which will help prevent back pain.

What to do if your waist hurts when using air conditioning in summer

1. Hot compress waist

If your waist is a little cold or exposed to the wind when you sleep at night, or if you are exposed to the cold from air conditioning or fans for a long time, your waist will become unbearable. At this time, just rubbing with your hands for a while or applying a hot water bag for a while can temporarily and effectively relieve the pain.

2. Skin acupuncture

Choose the painful area of ​​lumbar muscles, use plum blossom needle to prick and prick to cause bleeding, and add cupping. It is suitable for cold-dampness obstruction, damp-heat obstruction and low back pain caused by blood stasis.

3. Acupuncture treatment

Main acupoints: Shenshu, Yaoyan, Weizhong, Ashi point, and Large Intestineshu. Acupoint combination: For arthralgia caused by cold and dampness, add Yaoyangguan; for damp-heat blockage, add Dazhui; for blood stasis blockage and pain in the middle of the spine, add Shuigou; for pain on the outer side of the waist, add Houxi; for kidney deficiency, add Zhishi and Mingmen. Procedure: The purgation method is used for cold-dampness obstruction, damp-heat obstruction, and blood stasis obstruction; the tonification method is used for kidney qi deficiency syndrome. For cold-dampness syndrome and kidney yang deficiency syndrome, add moxibustion. For blood stasis syndrome, puncture and bloodletting at the weizhong point.

4. Eat pineapple

Eating pineapple may also relieve symptoms because the bromelain it contains has the potential to activate the inflammatory response. It can effectively treat inflammation and edema in various tissues (including thrombophlebitis, skeletal muscle injury, hematoma, stomatitis, and sports injuries). Bromelain can also enhance the efficacy of antibiotics and reduce the dosage of antibiotics.

Internal conditioning measures for lower back pain caused by air conditioning

Traditional Chinese medicine says that "heat the cold and the blood will flow when it is warm". To stop the cold and wind-induced back and leg pain, you need to warm the middle and promote blood circulation. Therefore, people who suffer from lower back pain due to air conditioning are advised to eat more of these two types of food: 1. Foods that warm the middle and dispel cold. These foods are warm in nature and have the effect of warming the internal organs and dispelling cold. Recommended: ginger, leek, pepper, pepper, fennel, brown sugar, glutinous rice, millet, etc. 2. Foods that remove dampness, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Traditional medicine says that "pain means obstruction, and pain is relieved if blood flow is unobstructed." To relieve pain, you must first unblock the blood vessels and dissipate the stasis to achieve the effect of relieving pain. Recommended: garlic, onion, scallion, ginger, yam, coix seed, red bean, papaya, etc.