Chinese herbal plasters are usually composed of herbal ingredients and have no hormonal ingredients.
Chinese medicine plaster is a kind of topical medicine of Chinese medicine, widely used in the treatment of various diseases. Generally, it is made of vegetable oil or animal oil boiled with traditional Chinese medicine into a gelatinous substance, which is applied on cloth, paper or skin to cover the affected area on the body surface.
The plasters utilize the characteristics of medicines, and with the help of the skin’s absorption of medicines and the characteristics of meridians, the medicines can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, produce muscles and relieve pain, pass through the meridians and relax the collaterals and dispel wind and cold, so as to achieve various therapeutic purposes.
Chinese medicine plasters have significant curative effect, quick effect, wide indications, easy to use, no toxic side effects, etc., which is convenient for patients to treat diseases.
Patients who need to use poultices are advised to go to the hospital for consultation, prescribed by the physician after identification, and not to blindly use poultices from unknown sources, so as not to cause itchy skin, rashes and so on.