What are the effects of sea salt hot compress?

During busy work, the joints of the body are prone to some pain, especially the joints of middle-aged and elderly people are prone to pain or cold. Sea salt is a relatively common salt. Hot compress with sea salt can relieve the pain. After heating, sea salt will penetrate the skin and have a bactericidal effect. It can also be used to drive away the cold in the joints.

Sea salt compress for joint pain

Joint pain troubles many people. It can occur in any season as long as the joints are exposed to cold or overworked. On rainy days or when the weather turns cooler, the humidity of the air increases and the temperature drops, causing moisture and cold air to invade the joints, which can also lead to joint pain.

In traditional medicine, applying hot salt to the painful area can drive away the cold, absorb moisture, promote sweat gland secretion, and speed up metabolism. However, Chinese medicine believes that "prolonged viewing damages the blood, prolonged lying damages the qi, prolonged standing damages the bones, and prolonged walking damages the tendons". If fatigue cannot be eliminated in time, it is easy to cause illness. This is why shoulder and neck pains are becoming more and more common among younger people. Salt compresses can also relieve muscle fatigue and relax muscles. Therefore, people who sit for a long time and engage in physical labor can often do sea salt hot compresses.

Hot compress for dysmenorrhea

During those days, women not only have to endure the wetness and stickiness, pain and soreness of the body, but also the mental tension and irritability. Dysmenorrhea is mostly caused by menstrual blockage, uterine cold and other reasons. Persistent use of hot salt compresses on the lower abdomen can relieve pain. The effect will be better if combined with some blood-activating medicine bags.

Salt compress to treat pain caused by kidney deficiency

Kidney deficiency is mainly due to the continuous depletion of kidney essence and insufficient yin fluid, resulting in symptoms such as kidney yin deficiency. Salt enters the kidney meridian, while fennel is pungent and warm in nature, and has the effect of opening the orifices. Using these two things to hot compress the Shenque point has the effect of nourishing yin and replenishing kidney yin, and regulating the yin and yang balance of the kidney. At the same time, you can use a salt bag to apply to the lower back to relieve back pain caused by kidney deficiency. Regular application can treat male premature ejaculation, impotence and other phenomena.

Salt compress for cough

Applying hot salt to the navel and flanks can warm the lungs and relieve cough. The navel is connected to the kidneys, and the flanks are connected to the lungs, so applying hot salt to these two places can help expel the coldness of the lungs and kidneys, warm the kidney yang, smooth the lung qi, and have the effect of relieving cough.

Salt compress for stomachache

Applying hot salt to the stomach can relieve stomach cramps, regulate stomach gas, and relieve pain caused by cold. In addition, hot compress on the abdomen can also treat diarrhea caused by cold, dispel cold and relieve pain.