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Winter is coming, are you ready for maintenance ? Let’s learn how to maintain spring hair in winter! The magical effect of hot towels, as the name suggests, is to soak the towel in hot water for a while, and then apply it to the required parts of the body. According to traditional Chinese medicine, warmth leads to relaxation, which leads to pain relief. Applying hot towels to the body can achieve a warming effect, which can then relieve pain and have the effect of treating and preventing diseases. Towel hot compress, then In which parts of the body can hot towel be applied? Towel hot compress Precautions: 1. We should choose clean towels , if the towel is unclean, it will cause bacterial infection in our affected area. 2. The water temperature of towel soaking should be controlled, preferably between 40℃ and 45℃. When this kind of hot towel is applied to the body, our skin will not feel burning. The water temperature of soaking towels should be controlled. 3. We usually need to change towels every five minutes. If the time is too long, there will be no effect. 4. The time of hot compress should not be too short. The hot compress should last for more than a quarter of an hour each time, and three or four towels should be used each time to be effective. 5. If you feel slight discomfort when applying a hot towel to the affected area, we can put a layer of clean cotton gauze under the hot towel. Usually, you can use a towel to apply hot compress to Fengchi point (the depression where the back of the head and neck connect), which can expel cold and strengthen the brain. / Beauty, Skin Care, Anti-Aging / In winter when the weather is dry, the skin is easily dehydrated, causing various skin problems. Apply a hot towel to your face, which can not only deeply clean the garbage in the pores, but also fully open the pores to absorb nutrients. After hot compress, apply skin care lotion and essence to maintain skin and delay skin aging. Applying a hot towel to your eyes can promote blood circulation in the eyes. The main benefit is to rest your eyes. Of course, the warm feeling will also make people feel comfortable. It also helps protect eyesight and has a certain effect on preventing presbyopia and cataracts. / Treatment of stiff neck / When I wake up and turn my neck, "Ouch, it hurts! I can't move!" I believe many people have experienced the pain of stiff neck. When you have a stiff neck, the neck muscles, ligaments and fascia are in abnormal postures for a long time and are continuously stretched, resulting in swelling and even congestion, which will cause pain and neck muscle spasm. The most commonly used method to relieve the symptoms of stiff neck is hot compress. Hot compress can help improve local blood circulation, relax tense muscles, and relieve pain. TIPS: Hot compress should be applied 24 hours after stiff neck (acute stage). Before then, ice compress is recommended to reduce swelling and pain. / Relieve throat discomfort / Throat discomfort, always feeling like there is something foreign but unable to cough it out, drinking water is useless. In fact, the foreign body sensation in the throat often comes from the slow or blocked flow of Qi and blood in the meridians inside the throat. Apply a hot towel to the front of the neck, try to surround the entire neck, and press gently to make the towel stick to the skin on the neck as much as possible. Applying it every day will help to clear the meridians, and the foreign body sensation in the throat will be alleviated or disappear~ TIPS: However, there may be many reasons for throat discomfort. It may be acute or chronic pharyngitis, it may be gastroesophageal reflux, it may be an allergic reaction of the throat mucosa, etc. Relying on a towel to relieve the symptoms can easily delay the condition. It is best to see a doctor as soon as possible and treat it after the diagnosis is confirmed. / Eliminate dark circles under the eyes / Stay up late and turn into panda eyes the next day, which will definitely affect your appearance! However, dark circles under the eyes caused by staying up late are vascular dark circles, and the skin around the eyes turns blue and black. They are mainly caused by poor local blood circulation and can be eliminated with hot compresses. Apply hot towels around the eyes to increase blood circulation and reduce the symptoms of dark circles. Of course, the most important thing is to work less overtime and stay up less late! / Soften dead skin on lips / The climate is dry in winter, and lips are prone to chapped and peeling. When it comes to lip peeling, many people lick their lips unconsciously. In fact, this behavior will make the lip dehydration situation more serious. Apply a hot washcloth to your lips for a few minutes to soften dead skin, then gently peel off. Lips are rich in capillaries, and rough movements can easily cause capillaries to rupture, so be gentle and apply a layer of lip balm at the end. / Relieve cramps / Whether you have exercise habits or not, cramps will inevitably occur. Especially people who like to exercise will experience cramps more frequently. You can use a hot towel to apply heat to cramped muscles to further relieve spasms, improve circulation, and promote recovery. / Reduce low back pain / Low back pain is not only a common disease among the elderly, but also office workers, drivers, and athletes who sit for long periods of time are often prone to low back pain. People with low back pain are suitable to sleep on hard beds. If the waist is strained, use a cold towel to wet compress the waist within 1 to 2 days after the injury. After that, use a hot towel to wet compress to promote the absorption of hematoma. Generally, the pain will be reduced a lot within two days; if If the pain persists and worsens for more than two days, it's best to see a doctor. Towel hot compress is a good helper in daily life. It can be used to solve some minor problems.

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