Skin applied remedies
Lotions can also work
Plaster Patches
- Common in Asia
- Combined ingredients
- Sticks on skin to treat muscle, tendon or joint pain
- Salicylic acid
- a version of aspirin
- thins the blood
- stops blood clots
- improves circulation
- similar to:
- vinegar, drink 1 tsp in glass of water every morning
- citric acid, made from lemon juice, in SHUCA powder
- sold in stores, in canning section, very healthy
- heparin, made by your liver to stop blood clots
- Capsicum, spicy heat from pepper plants
- warms the skin
- stimulates nerves
- warms the tongue
- relaxes arteries, increases circulation
- similar to:
- dancing
- hot sauna
- hot peppers
- hot water bottle
- heating pad, blanket
- yoga, 'stretch and release'
- exercise, increase heart rate
- circulation is key to
- mobilize toxins
- carry immune system to region
- lidocaine, nerve numbing
- not recommended, use rarely
- slows healing
- allows blood to pool
- loss of circulation
- increased swelling
- blue skin, no oxygen
- side effects - rare, too much:
- irregular heart beat
- swelling of skin
- low blood pressure
- drowsiness
- loss of breath
- spasms
- brain or spinal column toxicity
- headache
- difficulty speaking
- hard to walk, loss of balance
- Salicylic acid