Hot compress with coarse salt will keep gynecological diseases away from you!

Hot compress is often used in daily life. The main function of hot compress is to increase the local skin temperature, relax muscles, and dilate skin capillaries, thereby improving local and systemic blood circulation. So what effect does hot compress with coarse salt have on gynecological diseases?

Effect of coarse salt hot compress on gynecological diseases

1. The main principle of using coarse salt hot compress to treat pelvic inflammatory disease and adnexitis: Coarse salt hot compress has the effect of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, accelerating blood circulation, and enhancing local resistance. Hot compress with coarse salt can increase the temperature of local skin, relax muscles, dilate skin capillaries, and improve local and whole-body blood circulation. 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 therapeutic effect on various inflammatory reactions.

2. Hot compress with coarse salt can also promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate blood circulation, relieve tissue adhesion, and improve local nutrition.

Classification of hot compress

A method of applying a dressing to the affected area after heating it to a certain temperature. Depending on whether medication is used in combination, hot compress can be divided into simple hot compress and medicated hot compress.

(1) Simple hot compress method: that is, only giving the body heat stimulation without any additional medicine. The implementation method can be selected according to the appliances available at home, such as using a hot water bottle, soup (pot), towel, etc. for hot compress.

(2) Medicated hot compress method: This method involves applying some medication while applying hot compress. It is divided into three ways.

① You can choose table salt (coarse salt is preferred), heat it up and put it into a cloth bag, and apply it to the affected area while it is still hot; in addition, you can also choose onions, ginger or other medicines and use them in the same way.

② The method of not directly heating the medicine is to spread the medicine on the affected area first, and then apply a hot water bag on it.

③ After boiling the medicine in water, filter out the residue and apply it directly to the affected area while it is still hot, or soak gauze, towels, etc. in the hot liquid and apply it to the affected area.