Bathing is an act of washing away dirt from the body with water
Bath not only can remove sweat and dirt and oil, eliminate fatigue, relax the muscles and blood, improve sleep, improve the metabolic function of the skin and resistance to disease, and through the immersion of warm water, can treat certain diseases. Experts remind: hot bath water temperature should not be too high, generally to 35 ~ 40 ℃ of warm water is appropriate. The number of times to wash should not be too much, because too many times will be the normal secretion of oil and normal parasitic skin surface protective flora all washed away, easy to cause skin itching and other diseases, skin resistance will also be weakened, but easy to get sick.
The precautions of bathing
1.Take a bath several times a week
Summer body secretion, sweating more, should be rinsed once a day. And winter, spring, autumn weather is not hot, the number of baths can vary from person to person. The body is fat and sebaceous glands secretion, can be appropriate to increase the number of baths. The elderly sebaceous gland secretion is reduced, the number of baths can be appropriately reduced.
2.How much bath water temperature is appropriate
The temperature of the bath water should be close to the body temperature is appropriate, that is, 35 ~ 37 ℃, if the water temperature is too high, will make the whole body epidermal vasodilation, cardiovascular blood flow is reduced, hypoxia occurs. Pregnant women in the bath water temperature should be careful not to be too high, to prevent the occurrence of fetal hypoxia, affecting fetal development. Summer cold shower to moderate. The bath water is too cold will make the skin pores suddenly closed, the blood vessels suddenly shrink, the body’s heat can not be emitted. Especially in the hot night, after a cold shower often make people feel weak limbs, shoulder, knee pain and abdominal pain, and can even become a trigger for arthritis and chronic gastrointestinal diseases. General summer cold shower water temperature to not less than 10 ℃ is good.
3, how long is the appropriate bath time
Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, bath time should not be too long, each bath time to 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate to prevent cardiac and cerebral hypoxia, ischemia.
4.What situation should not take a bath
(1) after a full meal and hunger should not take a bath. Bathing after a full meal, the whole body epidermal blood vessels stimulated by hot water expansion, more blood flow to the surface, the abdominal blood supply is relatively reduced, will affect digestion and absorption, causing hypoglycemia, and even deficiency, fainting.
(2) should not shower after drinking. Alcohol will inhibit the liver activity and hinder the recovery of glucose in the body. And when bathing, the glucose consumption in the body will increase. Bathing after drinking, blood sugar is not timely replenished, dizziness, dizziness, general weakness, and in serious cases, hypoglycemic coma may occur.
(3) should not take a bath immediately after labor. Whether it is physical labor or mental labor, should rest for a few moments before bathing, otherwise it is easy to cause the heart, cerebral insufficiency of blood supply, and even fainting.
(4) should not take a bath when the blood pressure is too low. When the water temperature is too high, the human blood vessels expand, and people with low blood pressure are prone to momentary cerebral insufficiency of blood supply and deficiency.
5.What people should not take a bath
Should not take a bath when you have a fever. When a person’s body temperature rises to 38 ℃, the body’s heat consumption can increase by 20%, the body is relatively weak. At this time, bathing, accidents are likely to occur.
In addition, even if there is no high fever, the disease in the acute development of the best not to take a bath. Patients suffering from severe heart disease, high anemia, uremia, high blood pressure of more than 180 mm Hg, myocardial infarction, acute nephritis, acute hepatitis, trauma, etc. are not suitable for bathing.
6, what people should not often bath
(1) patients with cerebrovascular disease should not often take a bath. The thermal stimulation generated by bathing will accelerate the blood flow in the patient’s body, which in turn increases the pressure of blood on the blood vessels. When the blood flow through certain local lesions, the blood vessels are prone to rupture.
(2) Patients with epilepsy should not bathe often. The fact that a large amount of water vapor is inhaled into the body when bathing makes the oxygen content in the body drop, coupled with the increase in sweat discharged by the body, the electrolyte balance is disturbed, easily causing temporary dysfunction and triggering epilepsy.
(3) The elderly should not bathe too often. The elderly are weaker, the skin is thinner, the sebaceous glands are gradually atrophied, bathing too often, the skin easily becomes dry, causing itching. The water temperature is too high when bathing, the body heat is not easily distributed, but also easy to cause capillary dilation and cerebral ischemia, dizziness, and even fainting.
7, with soap to be appropriate
In everyday life, people use four kinds of soap: hard soap, containing alkali, like laundry soap; soft soap, containing less than 25% alkali, like a variety of soap; over fat soap, without alkali; medicinal soap. These four types of soaps are different in their efficacy and adaptable to different objects. Hard soap is suitable for people with greasy skin, because it is rich in foam, decontamination power; and soft soap, over fat soap for dry skin and infants; different types of medicinal soap with disinfection, antibacterial effect on patients with skin diseases have certain curative effects. Such as the elderly because of the low water content of the skin, often scratching, it is appropriate to use the medicinal soap containing carbolic acid; greasy skin and people suffering from acne can be used to contain sulfur medicinal soap; boric acid soap is suitable for infants, because of its thin and tender skin.
Bathing should be in order – wash your face first, then shower, then wash your hair
When you enter the shower, the hot water will produce a steaming steam, and the human pores will expand in response to heat, so if you do not wash your face first at this time, the face accumulated a day of dirt, it will take advantage of your pores open the door, sneak into your pores. Over time, your pores will be squeezed by these dirty things bigger and bigger, occupying the territory that should not belong to them, your face acne will also be more and more, but never believe what others say to you “youthful beautiful pimples”. And hair in the steam of the dense to moisturize, when the whole body cleaning is completed, the best time to wash hair that has come.
8, the method of bathing
(1) full-body bath method: bathers should lie on their backs to soak in the bath tub or specially designed mineral bath, to the water soaked flat nipples is better. Time depends on the situation. Water temperature of 42 ℃ or more, the bath time of 10-20 minutes can be; water temperature of 35-37 ℃, soaking time can be up to 1 hour or more. Regardless of the length of time, can be combined with the underwater massage method, also known as the bath massage method, but also with a soft brush gently brush the local.
(2) half bath method: bathers half sitting in the bath tub or bath, as needed, the water surface flat umbilicus or flat waist, immersed in mineral springs. The upper body is covered with a large towel to avoid getting cold.
(3) Spray bath (shower) method: This is the use of a special water pipe to spray a certain part of the body for the purpose of treating diseases. The mouth of the tube is about 20 cm from the skin and gradually moved to 15 cm, with the water temperature at 40 to 50°C. Each spray is applied for 5 minutes, followed by 10 minutes in the bath. Now, some showers spray water from different directions to the body, which is actually a kind of ‘massage’ of acupuncture points. The benefits of showering are twofold: one is the prevention of cross-infection; the other is the ‘massage’ of acupuncture points. Now the surf bath, water from different directions to the human body, is also a ‘massage’ of acupuncture points. The advantage of the bath is that you can add decocted Chinese herbs.
(4) Massage therapy in the bath: Bathing in the bath for five or six minutes while massaging the body. You can use the pressure of the static water, the buoyancy of the water to move the limbs and affected parts. Bath, you can combine massage, such as back rubbing. The best tool for back rubbing is loofah, which itself is a Chinese herbal medicine, with the role of meridians. There is also the sea pumice in Chinese medicine, like a coarse sand wheel, has the effect of expectorant. Especially the elderly, on the one hand, because it is relatively hard, can rub off the thick skin of the heel, on the other hand, expectorant phlegm. These natural bathing utensils, better than the current chemical fiber bath towels.
(5) bath do not rub: normal skin surface by sebaceous glands, sweat gland secretions and shedding of epithelial cells formed by the acidic protective film and keratin layer, only 0.1 mm thick, is weakly acidic, but it is the first line of defense to prevent the invasion of germs and harmful rays into the body. This layer of “dead skin” replacement speed is slow, the fastest also need more than ten days. If you use a towel to rub the skin repeatedly, it is easy to damage the skin, so that too much epidermal keratinization layer off, the skin will become dry, and even itchy skin, but also let the germs and harmful rays take advantage of the situation, making people vulnerable to folliculitis, boils and many other skin diseases.
(6) bath to pay attention to prevent dizzy bath: first of all, we should pay attention to the bath time is not too long, because sweat constantly excrete a lot, the body of various nutrients are also excreted, thus causing excessive physical exertion, so that people feel tired and weak, and even shock.
(7) before going to bed bath do not wash your hair: before going to bed and then bath do not wash your hair, even if you want to wash also have to blow dry hair. You know, long-term wet hair to sleep one is easy to lose hair, the second is easy to cause migraines, but be careful!
9, before and after the bath precautions
Before bathing, block the outer ear canal with cotton balls to avoid sewage entering the ear canal and causing otitis media. After each bath, you should take a short break, to recover your strength, hot sweat, and then leave the bathroom.
10, pregnant women clean body three attention
After pregnancy, women’s body tissues and systems have undergone a series of physiological changes. Skin dander increased, sweat glands and sebaceous glands secretion is also exuberant, so pregnant women must also pay attention to skin hygiene. Pregnant women should pay attention to the following aspects when cleaning their bodies.
(1) pay attention to three appropriate bathing
① Appropriate number of times. In the summer heat, bathing should not be less than twice a day; in spring and autumn, the climate is pleasant, 1 to 2 times a week can be; in the winter months, once every two weeks is enough.
② appropriate time. Hungry, within 1 hour after a full meal should not take a bath. Water temperature is appropriate. Whether spring, summer, autumn or winter, bath water temperature is best close to body temperature (27 ℃ ~ 35 ℃). The stimulation of the skin caused by water that is too cool or too hot will affect the distribution of blood around the body of the pregnant woman, which is not conducive to maternal health and fetal development.
③ Appropriate way. Showering is more suitable for pregnant women than tub bathing because it prevents sewage from entering the vagina and avoiding prenatal infection. Moreover, pregnant women are bulky and inconvenient to get in and out of bath tubs and bathtubs, and they are prone to slip and fall, making their abdomen hit.
(2) Cleansing the vagina
Pregnant women should also frequently clean the local skin of the vulva. This is because the vulva of pregnant women has undergone obvious changes, the skin is more tender and the secretion of sebaceous glands and sweat glands is more vigorous than other parts of the body surface. At the same time, the increased permeability of the vaginal epithelium and the increased secretion of the cervical glands increase the leucorrhea.
(3) However, it is important to pay attention to several “don’ts” when cleaning locally.
(1) Do not use hot water to scald.
② Do not use alkaline soap and water to wash.
③ Do not use potassium permanganate solution to wash.
(4) Pay attention to clean nipples
20 weeks of pregnancy, in addition to bathing, should often wash the nipples with warm water, after washing grease (such as olive oil, cod liver oil, vegetable oil, etc.), so that the skin can be moist and resilient, after the birth of the baby to withstand sucking, otherwise prone to nipple cracking.
(5) clever bath water, health and skin care
Add a dozen drops of essential oil in warm water, after bathing with this water will feel cool and refreshed, but also to prevent prickly heat.
Add 20-30 ml of ten drops of water to warm water and bathe for ten minutes. After bathing, you will feel cool and can cure prickly heat.
Add 30 capsules of rindan (less than half for children) to the warm water in the bath and stir thoroughly to dissolve. After the bath, the skin feels cool and the mind is relaxed, which helps to relieve the heat and refresh the mind.
Add two tablets of baking soda to about 5 kg of warm water and use it for bathing after the tablets have dissolved, which has the effect of restoring strength and bodybuilding.
Pour a small cup of vinegar into the warm water and bathe in it, which is comfortable all around and can stop itching, and can make the hair soft and shiny.
Add a dozen of liquid wine to the bath water, it can make the skin smooth and moist, soft and elastic, and has a certain effect on skin diseases and neuralgia.
Squeeze some fresh tomato juice into warm water and stir it well, often use this water to bathe, can make the skin soft and tender, the face does not age.
Use garlic soup to take a bath, which can prevent mosquito bites, prevent skin diseases, and treat joint neuralgia and rheumatism pain.
Use orange peel (both dried and fresh) and water to boil the juice, pour it into warm water and stir well. Bathing with this water will be relaxing and beneficial to health.
11, bathing by the way to cure minor diseases
(1) indigestion, loss of appetite, 30 minutes before meals into the bath, with hot water to stimulate the stomach, to be warmed up, and then hot water around the chest spray, every 5 seconds rest 1 minute, repeat 5 times; pool bath, in hot water below 40 ℃ bath for 20-30 minutes, while abdominal breathing, and then a little cold water to stimulate the abdomen, can promote gastric secretion, and improve appetite. Excessive stomach acid, gastric and duodenal ulcers, soaking in hot water at about 42 ℃ for 3-4 minutes, can control the secretion of gastric acid, reduce and control the condition.
(2) hypertensive patients in 39-40 ℃ in warm water for 20-30 minutes, blood pressure can be lower than before the bath 5-20 mm Hg.
(3) muscle pain, stiff neck, in the painful parts of the hot water spray at about 40 ℃ for about 5 minutes. Especially the head, shoulders and waist easy to pain, you can do soft exercise while rushing, neck back and forth, turn around, can promote blood circulation. Those who often have cold hands and feet, alternating cold and hot water can be used to make the skin blood vessels expand and promote blood circulation. First use hot water, fully warm up the body, then use cold water for 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times. When the whole body is cold, use hot water to bathe the shoulders and below the knees. When flushing the shoulders, fix the nozzle and do up and down movements of the shoulders. When flushing the feet, do the stepping motion while flushing.
(4) acute back pain, especially due to lifting heavy or impact and flashing the waist of people, should not take a bath immediately, otherwise it will intensify the pain. Should be soaked in hot water at 42 ℃ for 10-20 minutes after the pain is relieved, which helps anti-inflammatory and pain relief. Other back pain can be hot water in the waist around back and forth bath, preferably while doing lumbar extension and flexion exercises.
(5) Swollen feet. First, use hot water to rinse back and forth from the toes to the back of the feet. After that, then use cold water at about 18 ℃ to flush the same place for about 10 seconds, can be flushed while stepping, repeat 5 times.
(6) foot fatigue, heavy, with 43 ℃ hot water bath after the ankle and the palm of the foot area for 3 minutes each.
(7) Diabetic patients in warm water at about 40 ℃, their visceral function is reduced and can effectively improve insulin secretion.
(8) Heart disease patients in the bath, soak the part below the chest in 40 ℃ warm water for 20 minutes, can make the peripheral blood vessels expand, increase the blood supply to the heart to prevent insufficient blood supply.
(9) constipation patients in the bath, with the palm of the hand in the abdomen in a clockwise direction massage, while the abdomen a drum a big breath, water shower abdomen, can treat chronic constipation and prevent hemorrhoids. Neurological constipation, along the intestinal section with 43 hot water for about 3 minutes, and then 25 ℃ warm water for 10 seconds, repeated 5 times, can make the operation of the large intestine alive.
12, enhance the sexual function of men
Bath is the most relaxed time for the body and mind, but if you can use this time to properly use alternating hot and cold water bath, or warm water shower on the penis and groin, it will help to enhance the sexual function of men.
The alternating hot and cold water bath is a very old exercise method to enhance the sexual function of men. The specific method is, first in the bath tub with warm water to soak the body, to be fully warmed up and then out of the bath tub, the pubic area to apply cold water, to be about 3 minutes, the penis, scrotum contraction and then the bath tub, so repeatedly 3-5 times to end. If you can adhere to the daily alternating hot and cold water bath, can make the middle-aged men after the energy, sexual function, light fatigue. If you use alternating hot and cold showers, the effect remains the same.
In the bath, if you can use the shower head to shower warm water around the root of the penis, it is also very effective in restoring the “energy” of the testicles. Because the erection of the penis makes the ligaments and nerves supporting the penis quite fatigued, and the longer the erection, the more severe the fatigue. The warm water stimulation can make the blood circulation speed up, and can restore the fatigue of testicles and penis as soon as possible. And, unlike a full body soak in a bath tub, a shower can produce a concentrated heating stimulation effect on localized acupuncture points. Of course, the water pressure in the shower is stronger.
Not only the root of the penis, but also the groin on the inside of the thighs is an important area for stimulation. This is because the groin is the “traffic channel” that carries blood and nerves to and from the testicles, and the blood circulation in the groin is vital to a man’s sexual function. In the shower with warm water to stimulate the groin, and two fingers from the top down to stroke the groin, to enhance the sexual function of men is also very beneficial.