A Hot Water Bag Is Better Than Ten Old Chinese Medicine Practitioners

A hot water bag can be said to be a must-have item at home. In your perception, a hot water bag must provide warmth when our hands and feet are cold, helping us drive away the cold. However, is the function of a hot water bag really just to warm our hands and feet? Actually, it's not the case. The efficacy of a hot water bag is beyond your imagination.

What if you feel uncomfortable in your neck while watching the computer for a long time? So hot compress can bring good therapeutic effects. There is a sleeping acupoint on the neck, which is used to treat insomnia and dizziness. We can consider placing a hot water bag on the back of the neck before going to bed, which will feel mild and comfortable. The hands will heat up first, and the feet will gradually feel warm, which can have a hypnotic effect.

Apply back to relieve cough

This is not limited to hot water bags. If you keep coughing, you can consider using a towel, including a hot water bag, to apply to your back at home. The benefit of doing so is that it can dilate blood vessels and accelerate blood circulation in areas such as the respiratory tract, trachea, and lungs. The Feishu acupoint on the back has the function of treating lung qi deficiency. Therefore, using a hot water bag to apply to the back can not only ensure the normal operation of the bladder meridian and the Du meridian, but also enable the movement of the Feishu acupoint, which is helpful for relieving cough, treating colds, and improving immunity.

Relieve pain

When we watch movies, we often see the protagonist applying hot eggs to the wound or bruise after being injured, and that's the reason. After accidental injury, there may be swelling in the local area. After 24 hours of injury, when the swelling gradually improves, use a hot water bag to apply hot compress to the local pain for about 20 minutes each time, 1-2 times a day. This can effectively promote blood circulation, accelerate the absorption of congestion and exudate, warm the meridians, disperse cold, activate blood circulation, and relieve local swelling and pain. Not only hot water bags, but also cooked eggs, hot towels, etc. can have the same effect.

Promoting meridians and activating collaterals

In traditional Chinese massage, there has always been a hot compress massage method. Hot water bags can be used to apply specific acupoints to improve discomfort. There are six meridians on the feet, including the spleen meridian, liver meridian, kidney meridian, stomach meridian, gallbladder meridian, and bladder meridian, with more than 60 acupoints. Hot compress on the feet can also help to unblock and activate meridians, ultimately achieving a warming effect. Soaking hot water on the feet can also achieve certain effects. If the temperature of the hot water bag is too high, you can consider wrapping a towel outside to reduce direct contact.

Caring for the abdomen

As mentioned earlier, applying a hot water bag to the back can relieve colds and coughs, while applying a hot water bag to the stomach can also help warm the body and relieve colds, playing a cough relieving role. Once the human body is exposed to external pathogens, it will experience fever and chills. Applying hot water to the stomach can help the bladder function normally.

It can promote gastrointestinal digestion, improve symptoms of stomach discomfort, and mainly improve digestive function. It can also promote local blood circulation, dispel cold, promote blood circulation, and remove blood stasis. When women have their menstrual period, it can help alleviate pain. Therefore, women who are menstruating can prepare a hot water bag to better care for their fragile abdomen.

Reduce tinnitus

The hot water bag should be placed vertically against the waist and bones through the autumn clothes. The outer clothes should be wrapped tightly, and then the back should be placed against the cushion to sit inside. After warming up, it can help alleviate tinnitus symptoms.

The reason is that heat is concentrated in the lower back area, and heat seeps into the Shenshu acupoint, Baliao acupoint, Mingmen acupoint, etc., tonifying the energy of the kidney, and naturally solving the problem of the ear (the kidney opens the orifices in the ear).

Unexpectedly, there are so many benefits to a small warm water bag. Although there are many benefits to a warm water bag, we should not take it lightly when using it. It is important to control the water temperature and pour in the freshly boiled water before starting to use, which can easily cause burns. Therefore, it is still important to be cautious and try to separate from clothing, or wrap a clean towel around it.