What is traditional Chinese medicine sitz bath therapy?

The earliest medical classic in China, Treatise on Febrile Diseases written by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage in the Han Dynasty, records the external treatment methods of several commonly used clinical drugs, such as sitting medicine (sitting bath), external washing, fumigation and washing, rubbing medicine (rubbing) and warm ironing. Sun Simiao included more than 50 prescriptions for treating stranguria and taking a bath in "Preparing a Thousand Daughters for Emergency". Zhu Danxi once put forward the method of "holding medicine", using the popular qi stagnation to benefit water, clearing away heat and purging fire, and calming the rest. It can be seen that the ancient Chinese medicine of external treatment of prostate by sitz bath has formed theory and practice.

In clinical treatment, many doctors often require patients to take hot water hip bath on the premise of routine treatment, or even take hot water hip bath as the only treatment without any special treatment. The principle of hot water sitz bath is very simple, which can increase the local temperature of patients, relax muscles, dilate blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation, promote the dissipation and absorption of local inflammatory exudates, make patients feel warm and comfortable, and relieve clinical symptoms.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is to add appropriate Chinese herbal medicines to bath water, and use the warm effect of water and the effective components of drugs to alleviate or cure diseases. This is traditional Chinese medicine sitz bath therapy. Traditional Chinese medicine sitz bath therapy has a long history and rich contents, and it is an ancient and effective external treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine sitz bath can make the liquid medicine directly act on human skin or affected area, which has the functions of dredging meridians, regulating qi and blood, stimulating nerve and cardiovascular system, improving local blood flow and regulating the function of whole body organs, so it can prevent and treat diseases.

The external treatment of gynecological diseases by sitz bath therapy was first seen by Zhang Zhongjing, and there was a record in his book Synopsis of the Golden Chamber Women's Miscellaneous Pulse Syndrome that "women are cold and warm, and Fructus Cnidii disperses the main body", which was continuously supplemented by later doctors until Li Mingzhizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica contained a large number of sitz bath fumigation and washing therapies for gynecological diseases. Because of the anatomical and physiological characteristics of women, external therapy has special significance in gynecology. Gynecological diseases are mainly manifested in the anterior vulva. External therapy can make drugs reach the affected area directly and achieve curative effect, which has irreplaceable functions such as internal therapy. According to the traditional literature, "the diseases of women's lower abdomen are all caused by cold coagulation, so it is appropriate to smoke, wash and take a hot bath." Ancient records verified the efficacy of fumigation and sitz bath in treating female gynecological diseases. It can be seen that fumigation and hot bath are ancient prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine and have been passed down since ancient times.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, sitz bath fumigation is to improve the local temperature of patients through the thermal effect of bath water, so as to achieve the functions of relaxing blood vessels, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, expelling toxins and caring skin.

Effect of sitz bath fumigation on women

Efficacy one:

Keep vagina weak acid-stay away from odor, itching and abnormal leucorrhea.

There are more than 20 kinds of flora in vagina, mainly including Lactobacillus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Group B Streptococcus, Bacteroides and so on. These bacteria and the body are in a state of * * * and are not pathogenic.

Lactic acid bacteria decompose tangyuan to produce lactic acid, which makes vagina in a weak acidic environment (PH 4.0-4.6), which can prevent the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms, is a natural barrier against bacteria, and plays a role in self-cleaning and self-protection. If the internal environment changes from weak acidity to weak alkalinity, endogenous infection will occur even if there is no exogenous infection.

So the doctor suggested: don't blindly use chemical lotion for lavage. Brutal lavage will kill flora, damage and protect mucosa and change weak acidity. Loss of self-cleaning and self-protection ability.

Efficacy two

Bathe the uterus frequently-remove the stasis and toxin from the root of all diseases.

All diseases originate from toxins. The inner wall of postpartum uterus is no longer smooth, full of wrinkles and depressions. Endometrial debris from menstruation, dead sperm from husband and wife's life, and metabolic waste will be hidden in it, which will accumulate over time and produce stasis and toxin.

Efficacy three:

Maintain your ovaries-make your skin tender and full of vitality.

Ovary is the source of a woman's life, and palace cold can lead to premature ovarian failure. It is characterized by decreased menstrual flow, sparse hair and continuous amenorrhea. Tender skin will become rough and dry, and diseases will be manifested as obesity, abdominal protrusion, sagging buttocks, thick legs and so on. Sitting bath fumigation protects the ovaries and uterus in a natural way, maintains the uterus and ovaries, and makes you more and more beautiful.

Efficacy four:

Runchang laxative-Qingchang acne removing and freckle removing.

Acne and pigmentation are facial manifestations of toxins in the body. Excessive intestinal congestion will naturally produce acne and pigmentation. Fumigation in sitz bath can gradually restore the vitality of uterus, secrete hormones, and make ovarian maintenance tend to be normal. For women with spots, the spots can be diluted by more than 75% and there is no recurrence.

Efficacy five:

Nourishing Yin and Shrinking Yin-Tightening Nursing and Restoring Elasticity

The vagina will relax after marriage, and it will be more relaxed after delivery. Sitting bath fumigation can effectively restore the elasticity of pelvic muscles.

Efficacy six:

Eliminate palace cold and warm, and give birth to a smart and healthy baby.

The uterus is warm and the qi and blood run smoothly; The uterus is cold, and blood gas condenses when it meets cold. If the baby is conceived in a cold uterus, it is not surprising that the baby has defects or low quality.

Efficacy seven:

Warming menstruation and regulating menstruation-physical fumigation to regulate menstruation and relieve pain

Menstrual blood freezes in the uterus, and menstruation will be endless and painful. Physical fumigation and sitz bath can warm the uterus, open the occluded cervix and discharge cold and solidified menstrual blood, thus regulating menstruation and relieving pain.

Efficacy 8:

Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis-take good care of your anus and intestines

Poor blood flow in the anorectal region can lead to varicose veins and hemorrhoids. Sitting bath fumigation has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which can promote the return of blood stasis in hemorrhoids, take good care of your anus and intestines, and stay away from constipation and hemorrhoids.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (265,438+065,438+0 BC), diseases such as hemorrhoids and papules were recorded in Shan Hai Jing, which was the earliest name of anorectal diseases in the world and later spread abroad. Fifty-two Diseases Prescription in Qin and Han Dynasties made a preliminary distinction between hemorrhoid paralysis, anal scratching and proctoptosis, and the treatments for anorectal diseases also included ironing, external application, fumigation and washing, and anal exploration. Sitting bath fumigation and washing anus therapy is one of the precious heritages of traditional medicine in China. It has a history of thousands of years in China, and it can really get good results in treating hemorrhoids. In Su Wen Yin Xiang Da Lun and The Book of Rites, the treatment of hemorrhoids by fumigation and hip bath has been recorded for a long time. Later generations of doctors further elaborated on fumigation and hip bath therapy, such as the use of hemorrhoid soup and hemorrhoid detumescence and pain relief prescription in Surgery Authentic. Use tinfoil Zhike Decoction and Huoxue Huayu Decoction to regulate qi, reduce swelling, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Dispel wind and moisten dryness, reduce swelling and relieve itching with Xiyangchuang recipe and Fructus Cnidii decoction. "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" records that Chinese gallnut fumigation and washing can cure skin, dispel wind, remove dampness and kill insects. It can be seen that doctors in past dynasties have used sitz bath therapy to treat hemorrhoids.

Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that fumigation with warm steam and liquid medicine can warm local qi and blood meridians, promote local blood circulation, enhance the disease resistance of local tissues, and improve and restore local functions. In addition, it can keep the affected area clean, control the lesion, reduce the bad stimulation and promote the healing of the sore surface.