External application of Chinese medicine to soften lumbar protrusion

In our daily lives, many people suffer from lumbar disc herniation. After suffering from the disease, patients will feel pain in the waist, and it will affect the patient's daily walking and various activities. When treating this disease, many people still prefer to choose the method of external application of Chinese medicine. They feel that this method will achieve more obvious results. For the sake of their own health, everyone must pay attention to protecting the waist in life.

Recipe: More than a dozen ingredients including scorpion, black-banded snake, drynaria, safflower, frankincense, etc.

Directions:

Soak the medicine bag in 500 ml of warm white wine for 8-10 minutes, and then steam it in a steamer. The temperature of the medicine bag should not be too high. Wait until the temperature of the medicine bag cools down to about 50°~55° before using it (hot compress the affected area). After the hot compress, cover it with plastic wrap, then put a hot water bottle to keep warm, and finally cover it with a dry towel. The hot compress can be continued for 50 minutes.

How to protect your waist in daily life

1. Avoid sitting for long periods of time

When standing, the pressure on the waist is much greater than when standing upright, so taking a break in time is the best strategy.

2. Strengthen the waist to keep warm

Cold or dampness can cause constriction of small blood vessels in the waist and muscle spasms, increasing the pressure on the intervertebral discs.

3. Waist muscle exercise

Backward walking, yoga, jogging, swimming, etc. can all exercise the waist muscles.

4. Control your weight

A normal person's lumbar spine flexes forward thousands of times a day. Excess fat is like a sandbag hanging on the waist, increasing the burden on the lumbar spine.

5. Don’t bend down too much when washing vegetables or dishes

If the sink is low, you can find a chair or stool of suitable height. Bending over for a long time can cause great damage to the intervertebral disc.

6. Reduce weight

Whether you are going to work or school, it is best not to carry too much weight on your back. If it is a single-shoulder bag, you can rotate it between left and right. For a backpack, you can choose a wider shoulder strap.

7. Don’t sleep on a bed that’s too hard

A bed that is too hard and a pillow that is too high will cause the spine to bend excessively, whether you sleep on your back or on your side, causing great damage to the spine without you realizing it throughout the night. Lumbar disc herniation has now become a major problem that affects people's quality of life, just like having a nightmare while sleeping. However, lumbar disc herniation is not as difficult to treat as imagined. As long as there is targeted and focused treatment, cure is only a matter of time.