What are the disadvantages of taking a bath with Chinese medicine?

Taking a bath is a common health care measure, especially taking a bath with traditional Chinese medicine, which can have a good health-preserving effect. However, it does not mean that taking a bath has only advantages and no disadvantages. If the bathing method is not correct, it will still bring great hidden dangers to human health. Especially people with special physical conditions need to be more vigilant and not add trouble to themselves. So what are the disadvantages of taking a bath with Chinese medicine?

1. Avoid misunderstandings when taking a bath to eliminate physiological fatigue. Perhaps some people think that taking a hot bath after physical exercise can relieve fatigue. This seems to be recognized by everyone. In fact, this practice is unscientific.

2. As muscles contract during exercise, the amount of exercise gradually increases. In order to adapt to the needs of exercise, the heart rate speeds up and the blood flow to the muscles and heart also increases. After exercise, the faster heart rate and blood flow will continue for a period of time.

3. If you take a hot bath immediately at this time, it will cause the blood vessels in the muscles and skin to dilate, and the blood flow to the muscles and skin will continue to increase. The remaining blood in the body will not be enough to supply other organs, especially the heart and brain.

4. For young and healthy people, organ hypoxia may only cause some dizziness and recovery after a short rest, but it is very dangerous for patients with hypertension.

5. Once the heart and brain are deprived of oxygen, it may induce an acute attack of cardiovascular disease. Patients with hypertension should never take a hot bath immediately after exercise. They should rest for a while and then choose a warm shower. The shower time should be short, within five to ten minutes. Taking a bath is good, but not too often. Taking a bath every day or multiple times a day will be counterproductive. One obvious side effect is that you are more likely to get rheumatism. Also, female comrades should not wash their hair during menstruation to avoid heat dissipating from the head and being exposed to the wind.

6. For Chinese medicine bath, you must ask a Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe the right medicine according to your condition and prepare the medicine soup according to the doctor's instructions. Do not blindly choose the medicine on your own, otherwise it will have a counterproductive effect.

Through the above introduction, everyone can clearly see the disadvantages of taking a bath with Chinese medicine. In fact, as long as you can improve your bathing method appropriately according to your health condition, these hazards and troubles can be effectively avoided. For example, the bath time should not be too long, and the temperature should not be too high, etc., which we need to pay attention to.