She blew her neck: what to do at home?

Common situation? Office workers sitting under air conditioning all the time feel the breeze. Or in a minibus, for example, someone stubbornly opens a window, and a draft makes his insidious business.

In the evening we came home, went to bed. Get up in the morning, and the neck does not turn in pain. The muscles are swollen, it is impossible to drink tea or coffee, because it also hurts. What to do if the neck is blown out?

It is not easy to get rid of such trouble. But at the initial stage of inflammation of the cervical muscles, there is no need to headlong jump to the clinic. Traditional medicine has long come up with ways to alleviate the condition. But, this is not a matter of one moment. Only an integrated approach and strict adherence to recommendations will allow us to quickly return to normal.

And further. Do not let the healing process take its course, they say, it will pass somehow. It may not pass, but pass into a purulent form with fever. Here folk remedies will not help, you will have to consult a surgeon.

Warmth and peace

By the way, you need to lie on a comfortable pillow. You know, there are such special, anatomical? They perfectly follow the contour of the neck. But, there is absolutely no need to buy such a pillow separately for a speedy recovery. It is enough to roll a dense roller from a thin plaid or a dense towel, and place it under the neck. This design is very convenient.

Now about the heat. No doubt, you can hide behind a blanket. But how do you expect to do it in the summer in the heat? And then, steamed, get out of bed and under the fan ... Is this a treatment? This is a new impetus for the development of the disease.

You need to wrap only the neck. Than?

• scarf
• handkerchief
• towel
• shirt shirt
• dense natural fabric
• wool muffler

We will not list everything that came up with a fashion for warming the neck. The basic principle is clear to you. By the way, for a better effect, you can use any warming ointment. Now industry offers them a great variety, for every taste and budget. Moreover, to buy a recipe is not needed.

Just do not try to smear your neck with kerosene for heat, as some sources advise! If used improperly, a chemical burn on the skin can occur. You will then also treat him.

Folk remedies

But, as you yourself perfectly understand, one heat and peace are not enough. If the neck is blown, then the muscles are inflamed. Edema, seals may occur, sometimes adjacent lymph nodes increase. And you need to do something about it, otherwise recovery instead of 3-4 days will take 2 weeks. An unpleasant prospect is to go all the time with pain in the neck.

Traditional medicine offers several recipes for ointments and liquids for compresses. We list the most common and effective of them.

Compresses

Alcohol. No, ingesting is useless. We need to warm the cervical muscles outside. To do this, make a simple compress:

• A piece of triple gauze or bandage is moistened with vodka (alcohol).
• They are applied to the neck where the greatest pain is felt.
• Top is covered with dense polyethylene or a piece of cling film.
• Then the whole structure is wrapped in heat, for example, with a shawl.

You need to hold such a compress for at least 2 hours. This is necessary in order for the heat to begin to act. Take your time, 15 minutes with a compress will not solve anything.

Burdock. In winter, fresh leaves can not be found, but in the summer they grow everywhere. Just the time for blown necks and unexpected drafts. Making a compress is very simple:

• Tear off the leaves of burdock medium size, 5 pieces.
• Thoroughly rinse them in running water from dust.
• Each individually pour boiling water.
• Fold everything in a pile, press it to the sore neck.
• Top polyethylene and scarf.

Everything seems to be elementary, but such a procedure helps very well. After 3 applications, pain almost disappears and mobility returns. By the way, you need to keep such a compress for at least 3 hours.

Cabbage. Everything is simple here. The effect is amazing, and each person will have the components at home:

1. Take an ordinary leaf of fresh cabbage. New-fashioned Beijing will not work.
2. Lightly beat off the thick veins with a hammer. Do not grind them, only softness is achieved.
3. The inside is abundantly rubbed with the simplest laundry soap. Such, grayish, ugly.
4. Now the soaped side is applied to the sore spot.
5. Put polyethylene or cling film on top.
6. Wrap in a warm scarf. You can wear a shirt shirt if it is not tight.

In general, warming any compress implies only wrapping, not pulling. It is better to wind 3 loose layers of shawls than 1 tight turn. The muscles of the sore neck should be free.

Tip. Compresses are best placed overnight. It is more convenient than correcting the dressing all day, and there will be enough time for exposure to warming components.

Lotions
General rules of all lotions, if the neck is broken:

• soak the tissue with healing fluid
• put on a sore spot
• cover on top with a film or bag that moisture evaporates more slowly
• wrap warmly to open the pores of the skin, and the treatment has been fully

But the composition of infusions for lotions can be completely different. Do not worry, everything that will be listed below has been tested by more than one generation. By the way, a big minus of such tinctures is that it takes from 5 to 14 days to prepare. Therefore, if you know such an insidious feature behind your neck - to react with pain to the slightest draft, then make sure that the finished liquid is ready. All of them are perfectly stored on the shelf of the refrigerator, and alcohol can even live in a medicine cabinet for a long time.

Lilac. 100 g of flowers of ordinary white lilac need to pour 400 ml of pure alcohol (medical). Leave in a warm dark place for 10 days. Use as a lotion or grind at least 5 times a day. Store in a cool place without access to sunlight. They recommend not to filter the liquid, because over time it only becomes more healing.

Onion. A couple of large onions are grinded in a meat grinder along with the peel. Extreme sportsmen can try grater. Now you need to add 400 ml of good vodka, mix thoroughly. Insist in warmth and darkness for at least 5 days.

Then the mixture is filtered. Rub the sore spot 3 times a day for at least 7 consecutive days. Naturally, the smell will be appropriate, but you're at home, right? In warmth and peace?

There are other types of infusions. Cook them very quickly. But such funds are intended for oral administration. They have anti-inflammatory, sedative and mild analgesic effects.

Cucumber grass. A tablespoon of chopped fresh leaves pour 250 ml of boiling clean water. Wrap up, let it brew for 4 hours. After filtering.

Take 1 tablespoon of liquid 6 times a day.

Ointments
Here are some recipes for preparing therapeutic ointments yourself. A little patience - and here is a miracle cure in your hands. The principle of application is approximately the same for all options. Light massaging movements rub the product into the skin on the neck. Do not press strongly and not until completely absorbed! Then cover with a thin film, wrap with a warm cloth.

Chamomile. Its dry inflorescences are ground in a mortar to a powder, take 1 part. Good butter is brought to room temperature, 4 parts are taken. The components are thoroughly mixed and left to rest for 30 minutes.

Rubbed into the affected area every 6 hours, at least 5 days in a row. Such a tool cannot be stored for a long time, even in the refrigerator it spoils very quickly. Therefore, it is recommended to cook it in small portions.

Horsetail. Ordinary field. In dry form, it is taken 20 g, then triturated to a powder state. Still need 80 g of fresh interior lard. It is desirable to grind it, so it will be easier to make the mixture. The components are thoroughly mixed until smooth. You can even rub them with a wooden spoon.

The product is stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. It is applied to the neck with a thin layer, gently rubbing movements 3 times a day. The course of treatment is not limited, it is carried out until complete recovery. By the way, it is recommended to warm the product a little in the palms before use. The fact is that lard with pieces is very difficult to spread.

Secret. If you do not have the opportunity to pick the right herbs for ointments in a forest or park, then buy dry raw materials in a pharmacy. Now there you can buy the most unusual plants for your area. And the prices do not bite.

Bad advice

Ice. Many sources recommend periodically wiping the blown neck with ice cubes, and even recommend applying cold. But this is not a stretch to freeze it. Warm and only warm!

Compresses with garlic, horseradish, mustard, turpentine, kerosene. Yes, and advised to keep such a mockery up to 12 hours! Monsters what. The skin of all is different in sensitivity. Burn it with such a treatment - just spit. And then they are also advised to smear the burned place with fat cream. Yes, so the burn will quickly turn into a wetting wound. Do not even think so to be treated.

Intensive gymnastics. And how do they imagine it? It hurts a person to even turn his head, and advisers require tilting it, shaking it from side to side, and make other active movements. Well, yes, and then save from pain shock.

No doubt, gentle gentle massage and light gymnastics actively help the inflamed neck muscles recover. But, these actions should not be at the limit of human capabilities or on the verge of fainting. Gentle strokes with low pressure - that's all you can do now.

Compress made from highly salted fabric. It is recommended to cook a strong saline solution, soak a piece of cotton cloth in it and apply it to the skin for several hours. Allegedly, "this" perfectly warms up the sore muscles. We don’t know about warming, but the skin burn will turn out gorgeous. The saline solution is very corrosive.

Do not do nonsense. If you want to bask in salt, then heat it in a dry skillet. Then pour in a linen bag or carefully wrap in a piece of cloth. Now this design can be used as a warming compress, and even then, if the skin suffers. After all, you need warmth, not burning.

What to do if the neck is blown out? At the first symptoms, be sure to measure your body temperature. If the thermometer reads above 38 ° C, contact a specialist. If the thermometer shows about 37 ° C, then it is quite possible to get by with the tips written above.

Treat your health with care. Do not sit under the air conditioner even in extreme heat and beware of drafts. Do not be ill!

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