Salt - as a medicine

Simple saline compresses.

Simple saline compresses made of salt water (100 g of stone or sea salt to one liter of water) at room temperature or body temperature. This salt water impregnated cotton cloth (or a folded in several layers of bandages) and apply it to the sore spot. Saline compresses have a healing effect and quickly restore damaged skin after contusions, bruises, sores, burns and blisters.

Hot saline compresses.

The solution for this salt compress is prepared on the basis of Article 2. l. salt to 1 liter of boiling water. The procedure is performed as follows: soak a towel in hot saline solution, attach it to the chin, neck, cheeks, elbows or kolenu.Eti compresses are used for deep heating of the body in need of relaxation and recharge micronutrients through increased capillary blood supply. Usually they are used for cosmetic purposes. Hot salt baths allow warm deep tissue by stimulating salt ions through bioactive points of the skin of the body's energy channels.

Steam salt compresses.

To make this compress is used to warm up the bag of 50-70 ° C with salt. If the heat is hard to endure, then the bag enclose towel. On the part of the body that need a good warm up, on top of the bag is applied wax paper (or medical oilcloth or skin), making a kind of local sauna for this part tela.Kompress, depending on the application, hold 10 minutes (cosmetic treatment) and 30 -40 minutes (therapeutic warming inflamed areas or places where there is pain).

Salt poultice is used to reduce pain associated with rheumatism, gout. In chronic diseases that require cause softening, absorption and excretion out all kinds of hardness, described procedure is carried out twice a day.

Salt bandage.

It is kind of a hot compress, or superimposed on the center of the pain, or near it. The dressing is made of sterile linen or cotton, folded several times, or gauze folded in eight times. To sterilize the cloth at home, simply omit it in a cool or hot water to iron very hot iron. The finished bandage dipped in pre-boiled water with salt (10: 1), removed, cooled, shaking or lightly pressing. Place imposing pre-wipe with a damp cloth to touch the body was denser, and then bandage it pribintovyvayut. Such a bandage is applied to the forehead and neck with a cold and a headache at the forehead, back of the head, neck, back of the flu on the affected area with burns, bruises, boils, rheumatism, sciatica.

"Pickled" mittens.

In warm or hot brine (1 tbsp. Spoonful of salt per 200 ml of water) soaked woolen different things: gloves, socks, a scarf or a piece of woolen cloth. These salty woolens wet or dried form is used to compress on the sore spots for arthritis, sciatica or cold (socks).

Salt shirt.

For the procedure to put the patient's well-wrung, soaked in water with a strong concentration of salt (5-7 v. Tablespoons per 1 liter of water) shirt. Place the patient in bed, well muffle. So he should lie down and not to remove his shirt as long as it is completely dry. The procedure should be done at night, before bedtime. In the morning the body to wipe dry with a towel, the salt showered, changed into clean clothes. This came in folk medicine healers procedure had been used as a magic ritual purification of man from evil spells, evil spirits, the evil eye.
In national doctoring this very effective procedure to treat a variety of neuroses, neurasthenia, nervous and physical exhaustion, colds and even epilepsy. It cleanses the body of accumulated "dirt" in the form of toxins, toxins, dead cells.Healers believed that the disease crossed shirt and slag with a sick person.

Rubbing salt (sea) water.

To enhance the response of organism, the procedure is carried out using a salt or sea water (0.5 kg of salt in 1 liter of water). For the wiping body or part of it impose a canvas sheet soaked salt water and thoroughly wrung out. Immediately on top of the sheet body is vigorously rubbing your hands until you feel the heat. Then, the sheet was removed, poured water and triturated with coarse cloth. Weak patients (especially children) do other procedures. If the patient's condition allows, the whole body by parts wipe soaked and wrung towel or glove and then pastirayut dry towel and covered with a sheet and blanket. To enhance the response of the body after the general wiping sometimes poured by 1-2 buckets of water, the temperature - just below that which is wetted with the wiping sheet. This procedure acts refreshing and toning. It is sometimes prescribed for the purpose of hardening. Rubbing salt water improves peripheral circulation, tissue nutrition, increase metabolism. This procedure is not recommended for patients with increased nervous excitability, heart diseases, recently after suffering acute illness (eg pneumonia).
The procedure start wiping water temperature 32-30 ° C, gradually reducing it to 20-18 ° C and below. Duration - 3-5 minutes.It is usually applied to the sponging course of hydrotherapy, as well as a self-treatment of patients with fatigue, neurasthenia, asthenic conditions, reduced metabolism (obesity).

Hot rubbing salt water.

To energize the body warmth or, conversely, to deduce from it the excess heat is used in hydrotherapy hot rubdown body or its parts. The procedure is as follows: lower leg in a basin or tub of warm water; soaked in hot water, a towel attached to the body - on his back, chest, arms, face, neck. To enhance the therapeutic effect using hot salt (or sea) water. Such wiping give a feeling of warmth when you need it, and if you heat the roof - it is expelled. Forget about air conditioners and fans: hot salt rubdown - an indispensable tool in the summer heat, the stuffiness, lethargy.

"Polishing" saltwater body.

For the procedure of massage-body rubdown with sea water (called yoga "polishing" of the body) take a warm sea water and obmoknuv in her hand, doing a "polishing" the whole body palm of the hand, rubbing the water over the body until complete evaporation. After this procedure, the state of tiredness and relaxation passes quickly, the skin becomes satin. If you choose to harden your body, give it extra warmth and energy, cleanse the body, improve blood circulation, use for grinding one of the following procedures.

Hot wiping salt water.

Prepare a water-alcohol solution of 500 ml of water, 250 ml of alcohol or vodka, 1 tbsp. teaspoon salt, 20 drops of iodine. All mix thoroughly. Store the solution in a cool place. On the morning after showering wipe the whole body from head to toe hard sponge soaked in this solution. In the area of ​​the heart, do not hit, do 40 circular motion clockwise. No rinsing or wiping, wear. In the evening before bedtime necessarily take a shower, or heat coming from the body, will not let you sleep.Rubbing to do with the fall until May, that is, all the cold season.

In order to strengthen the weak and children often get cold recommended water-alcohol salt pastirka.

Water-alcohol salt pastirka.

Its composition is as follows: 500 ml of water, 3 tbsp. tablespoons of vodka or alcohol, 1 tsp. (uppers) sea salt, 3-5 drops of iodine. All the mix. Once a day (in the morning) baby wipe cloth soaked in this solution. In the evening, be sure to rinse off any salt residue from the skin in the bath or shower.

Salt baths for arms and legs.

For the local salt baths, proceed as follows: hand or foot immersed in a basin of salt water and rubbed them there.The procedure is carried out at a water temperature of 10-15 ° C (cold baths), 16-24 ° C (cool) or 36-46 ° C (warm and hot).Cold and cool salt bath for hands and feet are used for fatigue, bruises, with excessive sweating of hands and feet, as well as for the prevention of colds as the tempering procedure. After these shows vigorous rubbing. Warm baths for hands and feet (300-600 g of salt per 10 liters of water) remove the pain in muscles and joints, improve the condition of skin and nails, contribute to the treatment of skin diseases, eliminate fungus. Warm and hot foot baths are used for colds (to increase sweating in the salt solution can be added mustard powder or conduct alternately hot and cold baths). Useful warm foot bath with sea water - after they passed swelling of legs disappear blue and purple spots that appear on his feet due to poor circulation or remaining after the wounds healed. The duration of the cold medicinal baths - 3-6 minutes warm - 10-30 minutes;course - 15-30 procedures.

Salt eye bath.

Salt eye cold or warm bath has a favorable effect on sore eyes, strengthens the visual apparatus. To perform this procedure, you must immerse the face in cold salted water and open your eyes for 15 seconds and then raise his head, and after 15-30 seconds, re-immersed in water. Repeat 3-7 times. If a warm bath, after it should immerse the face in cold water.To warm salt bath eye admixed well decoction of different plants. When the eyecup good use sea water - water is boiled for 2 minutes, then cooled. Baths from seawater performed every night before going to sleep, reduce irritation of the eyelids and eye inflammations. The temperature of the water bath for ophthalmic - 20-38 ° C. However, it should be remembered that "the eyes are the nature of the fire, the water is harmful to them," and take it easy in the water procedures for the eyes.

Bath with Epsom salts.

The bath was prepared as follows: 1-1.5 kg usual bitter salt is dissolved in a bath full of hot water. Take it should be bedtime for 10-20 minutes at least once a week. During the procedure, never use soap. The hot tub, so it is more efficient.Attention! Take a hot bath for people with weakened hearts should be with caution. Those who can not withstand the high temperature of the water, they are contraindicated. During illnesses acidic toxins accumulate in the body tissues. Bath with Epsom salts help to neutralize them. They are particularly effective for rheumatism, sciatica, Qatar and other catarrhal diseases, colds.

Acetic salt solution.

In 5 parts vinegar take 1 part salt. The composition is used as a massaging headaches, bruises, insect bites. The aqueous salt solution used for packs, bathing, washing liquids. In medical practice using these solutions salinity. Saline - 0.9-1% salt. Hypertonic solution - 1.8-2% of salt. Offshore solution - 3.5% salt.   Saturated solution - salt so that it is no longer soluble.

The salt in the form of an aqueous slurry.

The powdered salt was added dropwise water to obtain an aqueous slurry of salt. This mixture is used for the treatment of wounds in the mouth, brushing the teeth and gums, cosmetic facial cleansing, ie in all those cases when external use salt necessary to achieve a high concentration of salt in the application site of application.

The salt in the form of an oil slurry.

The salt was added various fatty oils (olive, sunflower, soybean, fish oil), and aromatic oils (fir, mustard, eucalyptus, sage, oil violet). Such mixtures are used for cosmetic purposes, for treatment of pulmonary diseases (inhalation), for external treatment of skin diseases and defects, as well as "pasta" dentifrice.

Salt in a mixture with fat.

The salt is mixed with animal fat peretoplennym. The recipe is as follows: 100 grams of fat +1 Art. chopped salt.Such mixtures are used to lubricate arthritic joints, ekzemnyh wounds.

Sand-salt mixture.

Mix table salt and sand in the ratio 1: 1, heated. This mixture makes the deep heating to activate blood circulation and relieve pain. Such a mixture has on the inflamed area reflexology and fuels (micro and macro, salt ions) action.

A mixture of salt and flour.

Mix a simple table salt with the flour in the ratio of 1: 1, add a little water, knead the dough very. Such salt-flour mixture used as the application to the affected area (arthritic joints, sprains and so on. N.), Quickly removes sharp pain.

Cold saline compress.

For the preparation of this type of salt compress is placed in a cotton or cotton bag or simply wrapped in the canvas cloth and placed in a few minutes in the freezer. This wrap is used to relieve localized pain caused by vasodilation (eg, headache, contusion), and simply exaggerated expansion or injured tissue (eg, varicose veins, a bruise).

Snow-salt mixture.

Snow (at net) gain in a bowl, mixed with 1-2 handfuls of salt, a small amount in the form of cakes applied to the sore spot. Top cover multilayer gauze or towel. After 5 minutes, the appliqué was removed. Snow and salt application provides a more intense cooling than the ice and can be successfully used as an anesthetic, such as sciatica, radiculitis.

Compress of salt and mustard.

For the preparation of the finely comminuted compress salt is mixed with the mustard powder, in equal proportions, is applied to a folded in several layers or a single bandage fabric. It is used as a compress for pain of different localization (arthritis, sciatica), or for applications in the foot in the treatment of colds.

Dry bath of a mixture of salt, ash and bran.

To prepare a mixed bath salt, ash (preferably birch) and wheat (rye) bran. The salt is heated to 60 ° C, mixed with ash and bran, pour into a bowl, buried in her leg or arm so that the affected joint swelling was completely covered with a mixture of warm. The procedure is carried out before full cooling of salt. This dry bath is used for heating and steaming strong rheumatism with solid tumors in the joints of hands, feet. Through such joint baths are well steamed, swelling gradually softens and dissolves.

Salty socks.

To carry out this treatment procedure take thin cotton socks inside out and evert crumple in salt dust. "Salted" so socks turned inside and put on their feet. This procedure is very effective, if you have just a cold. To attach the feet warm heating pad and lay down in bed, well wrapped. Salt dust "salt socks" creates healing microclimate for feet and a lot stimulates reflex zones. In addition, such applications on hot feet provide increased immunity and improve overall health. The effect of salt can be enhanced applications, poured in "salted" socks little mustard powder, garlic (crushed to frog) or dry powder, garlic and red pepper.

Vegetable saline compresses.

These packs are prepared from vegetable oil cakes (cabbage, beets, carrots) and salt. It is noticed that the animal, sweating, lose salt, but it crystallizes under his coat and pulls the lymph toxins through the skin in a calm state. Borrowing a similar mechanism pulling salts healers invented vegetable salt packs to help fight pain and stiffness in the joints.
The effect of such packs is twofold: on the one hand, the salt pulls out diseased cells, inorganic salts and toxins, dehydrates pathogens, and on the other hand, vegetable juices cakes feed the cells of the body with organic substances. This put a compress on the affected joint daily for 5 hours. Usually carried out several courses of treatment 7-10 days one week apart.At exacerbations and prevention can be carried out additional courses of treatment. Longer wrap promotes the resorption of hematomas, eliminate toxins from the connective tissue in the joints and in other places, the pain signal the blockage of the capillaries.

Pasta with honey and salt.

Powder salt mixed with honey in equal proportions, well rubbed.
This paste is used to whiten teeth, treatment of periodontal disease. Paste take your index finger and easily, without pressure, rub the teeth, while capturing and gums. Such preventive dental cleaning is recommended 1-2 times a week.

The medicine based on the salt.

William the Lion, a practitioner from St. Petersburg, back in the thirties of the last century has invented a unique salt-based medicine, which is widely used by our grandmothers and grandfathers, for the treatment of bruises, skin cancer in the initial degree of paralysis, headaches, erysipelas, rheumatism, and various inflammatory diseases of internal and external.

Preparation.

The bottle, ¾ full of brandy (preferably five-star), pour a small, well-dried salt as long as Cognac rises to cork, and the mixture was shaken a few minutes. When the salt settle (20-30 min), the drug is ready for use. Before applying the mixture can not be shaken, because the residue of salt will cause pain if it enters the wound.

Internal use.

The drug has never used alone, but merely diluted with hot water (for one portion of the drug three parts of boiling water). Regular admission: 2 tablespoons of the drug, mixed with 6 tablespoons of boiling water on an empty stomach 1 hour before the morning meal. Women and men debilitated patients may take 1 tablespoon 8-10 tablespoons of hot water. When nausea or vomiting should drink 2 cups of warm water and then vomiting to clean the stomach to take the medicine. The medicine is very good for the body and the supercooling in the early stages of colds.

External application.

For external use medicine is used undiluted. When cuts tied the wound soaked in a solution of a piece of cloth. Do not remove the bandage until the wound has healed and the bandage slightly moistened externally 3-4 times a day. Insect bites impose compresses on the affected area for 10-15 minutes 4-5 times a day.
When you produce dizziness rubbing the top of the head medicine for half an hour before bedtime. When blood to the head is triturated top of the head for 15 minutes. at bedtime for 3-4 days. In the morning on an empty stomach to take 2 tablespoons of the drug, mixed with 6-8 tablespoons of hot water. Do not use in hypertension. When headache triturated top of the head for 15 minutes. If pain persists, take 1 tablespoon of medicine for 6-8 tablespoons of hot water. Do not use in hypertension.When the pain in the ears at night to bury the drug (5-6 drops) in the ears and leave overnight. Usually only three procedures.
In the treatment of flux cotton wool soaked with medicine, put between the flux and the teeth and leave overnight. This should be done 3-4 nights in a row. In rheumatoid arthritis rub the sore spot 1-2 times a day for 1-2 weeks. If the pain keeps coming back, to take further 12-14 days on an empty stomach in the morning and 2 tablespoons of the drug with 5 tablespoons of hot water.

When skin cancer is necessary to moisten the affected area 3-4 times daily, then put it fine linen cloth, moistened medicine moisturize remedy as to the extent of drying. Before going to bed to rub his head and put on medicine hat or a light scarf. In the morning to take the medicine inside - 2 tablespoons 5-6 tablespoons of hot water. When dislocations rub sore mesto.Pri osteochondrosis and heel spurs (recipe V. Tereshchenko): 3 pod of red pepper; 1 cup coarse salt pour 0.5 liters of brandy, brew 5 days. Make lotions for heel spurs, osteochondrosis.

Recommendations of traditional medicine.

With arthrosis of small joints (such as fingers of the hands or feet) each evening to make "sand bath". Mix salt with river sand in the ratio 1: 1, heat and dig your fingers into the hot sand with salt, to keep until cool. Sprains simple mix table salt with the flour in the ratio of 1: 1, add a little water, knead the dough very. Sore need as a tourniquet, wrap sausage several times from this test, lay on top compress paper and roll up a warm scarf. Source