What issues should we pay attention to when taking a bath with traditional Chinese medicine for health preservation?

Taking a bath is very good for your body and is a very good way to maintain your health. It can promote blood circulation and improve the body's immunity. Especially taking a bath with some Chinese medicine can better regulate your body. However, when taking a bath with Chinese medicine for health, you should also understand some taboos to avoid adverse effects on your health due to improper use of medicine or improper bathing.

1. Take Chinese medicine bath to treat the symptoms

For Chinese medicine bath, you must ask a Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe the right medicine according to your condition and prepare the medicine soup according to the doctor's instructions. Do not blindly choose the medicine on your own.

2. You must take a shower before bathing to keep the medicine pool clean.

After bathing, you should immediately rinse with warm water, dry your skin, and put on clothes in time. Generally speaking, hot water baths (39℃～45℃) are suitable for rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic myalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, various sequelae of bone injuries, obesity and psoriasis, etc.; the bath temperature for nervous overexcitement, insomnia, general pain, indigestion, etc. should be equal to or slightly lower than body temperature; 25℃～33℃ is suitable for acute sprains and contusions. When taking a medicinal bath, the room temperature should not be 20℃. When taking a local medicinal bath, you should pay attention to keeping your whole body warm. In summer, you should avoid wind to prevent colds.

3. The location of the bath is important

When bathing for the first time, the water level should be below the heart. After about 3 to 5 minutes for the body to adapt, slowly soak it to the shoulder level. The bathing time should not be too long, especially a full-body hot water bath. Due to excessive sweating, a large amount of body fluid is lost; the skin blood vessels fully dilate, and the amount of blood on the body surface increases, causing ischemia in the head and dizziness or syncope. If fainting occurs, the patient should be helped out of the bathtub in time and laid flat on the bed in the lounge. At the same time, the patient should be given some boiled water or sugar water to replenish body fluids and energy. Or wash your feet with cold water to constrict the blood vessels in the lower limbs and ensure adequate blood supply to the head.

4. Choose the right time to take a bath

It is not advisable to take a full body medicated bath within half an hour before or after meals. Taking a medicinal bath before meals can easily cause collapse due to an empty stomach and intestines and excessive sweating during the bath. Taking a medicinal bath immediately after a meal can cause a decrease in blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract or internal organs, with the blood tending to flow to the body surface, which is not conducive to digestion and can cause gastrointestinal discomfort and even nausea and vomiting. It is not advisable to take a full body hot water bath before going to bed to avoid affecting sleep after excitement.

5. These people should be careful when taking a bath

Patients with severe heart failure, severe pulmonary insufficiency, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, aortic aneurysm, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, those with bleeding tendency, as well as the elderly and children should be cautious when taking medicinal baths with water temperature above 39°C. Instead, they should bathe with medicinal solution close to body temperature and be accompanied by family members or medical staff, and the bathing time should not be too long. It is not advisable to take medicated baths during pregnancy or menstruation, especially tub baths or sitz baths.