This thing my girlfriend gave me can cure ten diseases

Are you still annoyed because you only say "drink some hot water" when your girlfriend is feeling unwell? Little do you know that you can actually say "apply a hot towel" instead, which has the same effect. It is both novel and thoughtful. So what are the benefits of applying a hot towel? Why can applying a hot towel cure diseases?

"Warmth promotes circulation, and circulation relieves pain." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that using a hot towel to compress the body can achieve the effect of warming and unblocking the body. Therefore, this simple and common action of applying a hot towel can actually relieve and cure ten kinds of pain. Below, I will share with you the pains that can be cured by a hot towel. If you want to know more, you can take a look.

Benefits of hot towels

1. Relieve eye fatigue

Applying hot compress with a towel can promote blood circulation around the eyes, reduce eye fatigue, partially relieve the symptoms of dry eyes, and also have the effect of improving eyesight and strengthening the brain.

2. Prevent hearing loss

Applying a towel to the ear or gently rubbing it can improve blood circulation in the ear and prevent functional hearing loss caused by ischemia.

3. Improve dizziness

Place a hot towel on the back of the head for a few minutes at a time. This can stimulate the acupuncture points on the back of the head, improve dizziness symptoms in some patients, and improve reaction and thinking abilities.

4. Relieve chronic lumbar pain

Applying a hot towel to lumbar pain can relieve local symptoms. If the condition is serious, you should go to the hospital for treatment immediately.

5. Prevent and treat cervical spondylosis

Early symptoms of cervical spondylosis, such as stiffness, soreness, or mild pain in the neck after catching a cold, can be improved by applying hot compresses with a towel, which can promote blood circulation, relieve muscle spasms, and prevent cervical spondylosis.

6. Treat stiff neck

For mild stiff neck, you can apply a hot towel to the affected area and do some neck exercises. Slowly bend your head forward and gently rotate it forward, backward, left, and right.

7. Trauma

Hot compresses cannot be applied during the stress period of sports injuries. However, 2-3 days after the injury, if there is no bleeding or swelling, hot compresses with hot towels can be used to relieve symptoms.

8. Remove the induration caused by injection

Gently apply it to the area where the nodule appears after the injection for 30 minutes each time, rubbing it while applying hot compress to promote blood circulation in the nodule and accelerate the absorption of the medicine.

9. Relieve hip pain

If the buttocks muscles are stiff and accompanied by mild dull pain and soreness, you can lie flat and apply a hot towel to the painful area to relieve the symptoms.

10. Treat cold abdominal pain

For men suffering from abdominal pain caused by cold, hot compress with a towel can help dissolve blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain.