The unique properties of s alt have been known for a long time. In ancient times, it was considered an expensive gift and a symbol of hospitality. Today it is an integral part of cooking, and it is also widely used in medicine.
An effective way to treat various diseases is a s alt compress. Such compresses often saved seriously wounded soldiers from gangrene, and all thanks to their ability to draw out pus. After 3-4 days of treatment with such dressings, the wound became clean, inflammation disappeared, body temperature decreased.
What does saline cure
Currently, s alt is used to treat tonsillitis, bronchitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, runny nose, sinusitis, frontal sinusitis. It is used as a disinfectant for various skin lesions, deep wounds, burns, hematomas.
Sodium chloride solution relieves headaches, which is confirmed by the reviews of many people. It effectively copes with inflammatory diseases of the liver, intestines,food poisoning. S alt dressings are used for mastopathy, prostate adenoma. Treatment with saline compresses is indicated for diseases such as arthrosis, arthritis, sciatica, bursitis, gout.
How the s alt solution works
An important feature of the saline solution is its ability to absorb fluid from tissues. First, the sodium chloride solution draws it out of the subcutaneous layer, then from the deeper ones. Together with the liquid, it rids the tissues of pus, pathogens, dead cells and toxic substances, which contributes to the elimination of the pathological process.
How to make a compress solution
To do this, you will need ordinary table or sea s alt. Water must be taken clean, without harmful additives. You can use distilled, thawed, rain or boiled from the tap.
For the compress, a s alt concentration of 8-10% is used. More saturated can damage capillaries, less concentrated is less effective. Store the saline solution in a hermetically sealed container for no more than a day.
Simple s alt compress
The recipe is very simple. Make a solution (3 tablespoons of s alt per 1 liter of water) using water at room temperature. You will need gauze, which must be folded in eight layers, or cotton fabric, folded in four.
Gauze or cloth soaked in the solution is applied to the sore spot. Such a s alt compress helps to quickly restore damaged skin with bruises, bruises, ulcers, burns and calluses.
Hot compress
This compress effectively warms up various parts of the body, promotes muscle relaxation, activates the processes of capillary blood supply. S alt applications are popular in cosmetology.
Gauze or cloth is dipped in a hot s alt solution (2 tbsp per liter of boiling water) for one minute, slightly squeezed and applied to the problem area. The skin before this does not need to be lubricated with anything. The bandage is fixed with a plaster or bandage. S alt compress for medicinal purposes is applied before bedtime and removed in the morning.
Steam compress
To prepare such a compress, a bag is made of fabric and filled with s alt, the temperature of which should be 60-70 ° C. To protect against burns, a towel must be placed under such a bag. From above, the compress is covered with wax paper or medical oilcloth, which provides the effect of a sauna.
The compress is applied to those parts of the body that need to be strongly warmed up. For example, such therapy has good results with gout or rheumatism. When carrying out cosmetic procedures, you need to keep the compress for 10 minutes, with therapeutic heating - from half an hour to 40 minutes.
In chronic diseases, when it is necessary to soften and bring out any hardening, the procedure is carried out twice a day.
Cold compress
As in the previous case, you will need a fabric bag filled with s alt, which must be placed on severalminutes in the freezer. S alt compress is used for localized pain, which is caused by vasodilation - headache, bruises. Also used for varicose veins.
Saline bandage
For dressing use a sterile linen or cotton fabric, which must be folded several times. You can use a gauze cut folded 8 times. The fabric is sterilized in boiling water or ironed with a very hot iron.
Water with s alt must be boiled, the bandage should be immersed in the solution, then removed and cooled, squeezing slightly. One part of s alt will need ten parts of water. The skin area should be wiped with a damp cloth, bandaged and bandaged. Used to treat runny nose and headaches, applying to the forehead and neck. With influenza, a bandage is applied to the forehead, nape, neck, back. Effective for burns, bruises, abscesses, rheumatism, sciatica.
S alt clothes
Effective remedy for colds, arthritis, sciatica. S alt solution (1 tbsp. s alt per 1 tbsp. water) is impregnated with woolen clothes - a scarf, socks, shirt. These things are used in the form of a compress. The patient is carefully wrapped up. Wardrobe items are removed after the saline solution is completely dry.
The use of saline compresses for some diseases
When using such compresses, it is worth remembering that this is only an additional therapeutic agent that does not replace the main treatment.
For abscesses
This method is only suitable for treating uncomplicated abscesses. The dressing is impregnated with a s alt solution at room temperature, applied to the wound and secured with a bandage. Remove it after two or three hours, blotting the skin with a sterile bandage. If a spontaneous breakthrough of the abscess has occurred, it is necessary to treat the area of \u200b\u200bthe skin that is infected using an antiseptic.
For arthritis
S alt compress helps relieve swelling and pain in the affected joint. The duration of the procedure and the frequency of the procedure is determined by the doctor. Most often, such compresses are used at the stage of remission, which avoids complications.
For flu
In this disease, which is accompanied by fever, s alt compresses are done only after the symptoms subside.
Application on the throat area makes breathing easier. In order to relieve tissue swelling and normalize drainage, it is applied to the chest.
Toothache
Folk remedies, of course, cannot solve such a problem, but saline compresses will help alleviate the condition before going to the doctor. Reviews of many people say that this remedy saves from excruciating toothache. You can apply a compress to the inflamed gums.
With a runny nose
Compresses facilitate nasal breathing, eliminate swelling of the upper respiratory tract, and promote the release of mucus. They are applied to the bridge of the nose and nose, making sure that the solution does not get into the eyes.
With neuroses
In this case, a s alt compress is applied to biologically active points, which contributes to theirstimulation and normalization of the central nervous system. This tool is used as an addition to the main treatment, the duration of the procedure is determined by the neurologist.
General rules
In order for such a wellness procedure to be effective and not harm the body, you need to know how to make a s alt compress correctly:
1. The fabric should be hygroscopic and breathable, such as natural cotton or gauze.
2. The concentration of s alt in the water should be no more than ten percent, otherwise pain may occur at the site of application of the compress, damage to small blood vessels that are located in the upper layers of the skin.
3. Before applying the bandage, the skin is washed with warm water and soap, dried with a towel, and at the end of the procedure, the damaged area is wiped using a warm, damp cloth.
4. Do not wring out the compress cloth too much, as in this case the procedure will not be of much use.
5. Depending on the disease, the time of exposure to the dressing with a s alt solution is determined. How long to keep a saline compress if there are no contraindications? In this case, it is left overnight.
Contraindications
The use of saline compresses has its contraindications. A solution of sodium chloride is used with caution if a person has hypertension, heart failure, migraines, urinary tract diseases, metabolic disorders. This method of treatment should not be usedsome infectious and non-infectious skin diseases.
