Can I take a bath with mugwort if I have a cold?

Whenever the seasons change or a cold wave hits, there will always be a large number of people catching colds. People with colds will have symptoms such as runny nose, cough, and weakness in the limbs, which is very uncomfortable. There are many ways to treat colds in life. The most formal one is to go to the hospital or take cold medicine. In addition, there are many folk recipes, such as bathing with mugwort, soaking feet with mugwort, etc. So, can you really use mugwort to bathe when you have a cold?

You can take a bath with mugwort when you have a cold. Mugwort can cure colds. Mugwort is warm in nature, and can dispel cold and relieve pain internally, and treat skin itching externally. It can be used as an auxiliary treatment for colds caused by wind and cold. However, if you take mugwort water for a wind-heat cold, it will aggravate the symptoms, so you must first determine the type of cold before taking any medication. The use of mugwort to treat colds varies from person to person and from disease to disease. Be sure to diagnose the type of cold clearly and do not take any medicine without authorization.

Precautions for taking a bath with mugwort

There are some things you need to pay attention to when taking a mugwort bath, because sometimes if the method is not used properly, it can easily backfire. Then you need to pay attention to the following when taking a mugwort bath:

1. It is best to take a mugwort bath thirty minutes after a meal.

2. Please do not use if you have yin deficiency and blood heat. If you have severe hypertension and heart disease, the temperature should not be too high when taking a bath. Moreover, children and pregnant women should not use mugwort for bathing.

3. Bathing with mugwort requires bathing equipment, preferably a wooden bathtub, bath bucket, ceramic bathtub, or surfing bathtub; it is not possible to take a mugwort bath in a shower.

4. The water temperature requirements for mugwort bathing vary from person to person. The higher the water temperature, the better. Slightly hot and comfortable is best. Generally speaking, the temperature of the bath gel is 36℃-37℃ in summer, 37℃-38℃ in spring and autumn, and 38℃-39℃ in winter. Women can lower the temperature by 1-2℃ according to their own adaptability, and the elderly can increase the temperature by 1-2℃ according to their own adaptability. Patients with rheumatism and arthritis can increase the temperature of the bath gel by 1-2℃. Slightly hot and comfortable is best, not too high.

5. The length of each bathing time varies from person to person. Generally, 30 minutes is appropriate. However, it can be extended for patients with rheumatism and arthritis. The body is in a sweating state. It is best to relieve or eliminate the blockage. You can add a certain amount of hot water according to your own adaptability to keep the bath temperature at the most comfortable temperature. The elderly can extend the bathing time appropriately, but not too long. The bathing time of patients with hypertension and heart disease should be appropriately reduced to no more than 30 minutes.

6. Bathing and rinsing: It is best not to use other detergents when taking a mugwort bath. The mugwort bath sachet and bath gel have excellent cleansing, sterilization and moisturizing effects. The skin feels very smooth after bathing. The bath gel is black and red and will not stain the skin. Rinse with clean water and wipe dry after bathing. After bathing, keep warm to avoid catching cold.

7. People with allergies are strictly prohibited from taking a bath using mugwort bath sachets. If you suspect that you are allergic to mugwort, or are not sure whether you are allergic to mugwort, you need to soak your feet first as a test and cannot take a bath blindly.