Hot compresses with pepper and coarse salt have the benefits of dispersing cold, dispelling dampness and warming the meridians. Hot compresses with Chinese herbs should be operated under the guidance of a professional physician.
Peppercorns, also known as Qin Pepper, warm, pungent, to the spleen meridian, stomach meridian, kidney meridian, has a warm pain (through the warmth of the spleen and stomach to ease the pain), insecticide and itching effect, clinically commonly used in the treatment of abdominal pain in the cold, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain in the accumulation of worms, etc., and externally can be used to treat eczema itching of the skin. Attention to yin deficiency and fire (Yin essence loss in the body, there is a deficiency of fire) is prohibited, pregnant women should not be taken.
Coarse salt fried local hot compresses can play a cold pain, warm meridians and collaterals role. In addition, salt into the salty taste of the Shaoyin kidney meridian, but also have the effect of the medicine into the meridian, for the better effect of cold disease, commonly used in abdominal cold pain, neck, shoulder, waist and leg cold pain, activity is not favorable.
Note that hot compresses are not suitable for solid evidence, hot evidence, acute stage of injury and localized skin lesions. Hot compresses should not be too long, otherwise it is easy to cause low-temperature burns or excessive pressure on the local skin and affect the circulation of qi and blood. Chinese medicine hot compresses should be operated under the guidance of a professional physician, do not operate blindly on your own, so as not to cause adverse reactions.