Hot and Cold Treatment

 Hot and Cold Treatment

A. Hot Compress or the use of hot water. There are diseases that can be helped by using a hot compress or cold compress. Let's find out.

How is hot compress done?

1. Buy a water bag and put hot water on it.

2. Use a glass bottle and towel. Fill the bottle with hot water and wrap it in a towel to keep it from getting scorched. Make sure the water is not too hot.

3. A simple way: Wet the towel with hot water. Squeeze it and apply to the affected area. That's a hot compress too.

4. Buy a ready-made compress at the pharmacy. Immerse it in hot water.

What diseases can help:

1. Boil and itch - To quickly boil the boil, apply a hot compress to the boil for 10-15 minutes 3 times a day. The boil will soften and speed up.

2. After 2-3 days, the strain (sprain) can be hot compressed.

3. Arthritis and joint pain. Apply hot compress to the affected areas. The joints hurt more during the winter. Wear pajamas, long sleeves and socks when the weather is cold.

4. Any physical pain, such as thigh, arm and back. The hot compress relaxes our muscles. Try it.

5. Stomach ache. Abdominal pain is also reduced because it relaxes the abdominal muscles.

Aside from the hot compress, the hot bath is also effective. Bathe in warm water to relieve body aches. A hot bath can also be used for urinary tract infections and hemorrhoids.

B. Cold Compress or the use of cold water.

How is cold compress done?

1. Buy a water bag and apply cold water or ice.

2. Use a plastic bag or bottle. Apply cold water or ice. The bottle can also be refrigerated first.

3. Buy a ready-made compress at the pharmacy. Refrigerate it.

What diseases can help:

1. For insect bites. Ice can reduce inflammation and itching of the wound.

2. First 24 hours of bruising, sprain and lump. A cold compress can reduce bleeding inside the bruise, so it will not swell more.

3. Any bleeding wound, such as bleeding teeth and nose. Cold compresses can help speed up blood formation. When the nose bleeds, apply cold compress to the nose and squeeze it. When new teeth are extracted, do not eat or drink hot foods.

4. Eye bags on the face. Cold water can quickly relieve swelling of the face.