Cervical pain is common, hot compress warms the neck to help relieve it and works quickly

Cervical pain has become a common and frequently occurring disease. Traditional medicine believes that the root cause of neck pain is cold neck and blocked tendons and veins. When the muscles become cold and stiff, the alignment of the cervical vertebrae is bound to change. If this continues for a long time, it will cause pathological changes, which is cervical spondylosis. So is hot compress effective for cervical pain?

Large hot water bottle

Fill a large hot water bottle halfway with warm water (the temperature should be within your tolerance), wrap yourself in two layers of towels, and use it as a pillow when you sleep, so that you feel warm but not hot. In summer, the water temperature can be maintained until dawn, but in winter, the water needs to be changed once it gets cold to prevent scalding. After about an hour of using this pillow, you will start to sweat partially. Don't worry about it and continue sleeping. Generally, patients will experience significant improvement in their symptoms after using this pillow for three consecutive nights, and their neck will feel relaxed and even cured. The principle is: blood coagulates when it is cold and flows when it is heated. Advantages: The warmth lasts for a long time, making full use of sleep time and correcting local qi and blood circulation.

Massage Tianzong acupoint

Keep your upper body upright, place your left hand on your right shoulder, and place your left palm on the 1/2 of your right shoulder. The fingers are naturally vertical, and the point where the tip of the middle finger touches is the Tianzong point. Regular massage of the Tianzong point can relieve muscle fatigue around the shoulder joint, generate yang energy, and promote the circulation of qi and blood. This is the unique skill of Mr. Wang Hongkun, a nationally renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctor, in treating pain in the neck, back, and shoulders. The specific method is to press from the pain to the pain-free state, usually for 10 to 15 minutes at a time.

Chili wine

2 taels of chili pepper and half a pound of strong liquor. Soak the peppers in white wine. After soaking for about a week, apply an appropriate amount of wine to the affected area. Chili peppers are pungent and warm in nature, while alcohol is dispersing in nature. Applying them externally can warm the meridians and dispel evil spirits.

Huoluo Dingtong Decoction

30 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 30 grams of Notopterygium wilfordii, 30 grams of Pittosporum tobira bark, 30 grams of Stephania tetrandra, 30 grams of Dipsacus asper, 30 grams of Lycopodiella cuneata, 30 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 30 grams of Curcuma longa, 30 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 30 grams of Red Peony Root, 30 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 10 grams of Asarum, and 10 grams of Datura stramonium.

The method is to add the above medicines to water and boil the decoction for 30 minutes, then add vinegar to fumigate the affected area. Soak the above medicines in vinegar until the herbs have absorbed all the vinegar. Put the herbs into a cloth bag, steam it in a pot for 30 minutes and then apply hot compress to the affected area.

Fumigation and washing is suitable for joints and muscles with smaller injury areas. Hot compress is suitable for areas with larger joint and muscle injuries. Principle: The medicinal materials can invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, eliminate rheumatism and relieve pain, while adding vinegar can soften and disperse lumps, stretch tendons and activate collaterals. This prescription is very effective and is effective for all acute and chronic soft tissue injuries, especially bone injury surgery. Local edema usually takes three months to disappear, but this prescription will be effective within a week. It is also effective for varicose veins. Use two doses of this prescription, add 5000 ml of water and boil. After boiling, simmer for 30 minutes. Then add 1000 ml of aged vinegar, bring to a boil, steam when hot, and soak when the temperature is warm. Do it twice a day until you sweat slightly.