Mustard Plasters For Bronchitis - Where And How To Put?

2024 Author: Josephine Shorter | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-07 17:49

Mustard plasters for bronchitis

For the treatment of bronchitis and other diseases of the respiratory system, medical cups and mustard plasters are often used as an auxiliary therapy. The effectiveness of their use is not confirmed by official medicine, but after a course of treatment with these methods, the course of the disease is facilitated in some patients. Naturally, banks and mustard plasters cannot be used as the only remedy. Nevertheless, the reflexogenic effect of mustard plasters can contribute to a speedy recovery of the patient, who uses them simultaneously with other means of treating bronchitis.

Content:

• The mechanism of action of cans and mustard plasters
• Contraindications to their use
• When to expect the effect?
• How to put mustard plasters correctly?
• Banks for the treatment of bronchitis
• When should you stop using cans and mustard plasters?

The mechanism of action of cans and mustard plasters

Medical banks

Cupping implies a vacuum effect on the skin in the area of the respiratory system, which increases blood flow and tissue exchange in these areas. For the procedure, you cannot use ordinary cans; you must purchase special vessels with a semicircular bottom and thickenings at the edges at the pharmacy. The standard volume of medical cans is from 30 to 79 ml.

When the can is installed, a part of the skin is drawn into it under the influence of negative pressure. After the container is torn from the skin, small hematomas may form on the body, since the pressure ruptures the smallest vessels of the subcutaneous tissue. Further, in this area, recovery processes are activated, the restoration of nearby tissues and organs is stimulated. Therefore, when placing cans on the skin in the area of the respiratory system, the process of recovery from bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases is accelerated.

As a result of the treatment, pain sensations decrease, inflammatory processes stop, tissue regeneration and recovery are accelerated.

Mustard plasters

A mustard plaster is a bag of porous material filled with mustard powder, which is pre-degreased. Its mechanism of action is based on the irritating effect of mustard seed essential oil. In the place where the mustard plaster is installed, the skin heats up and turns red, the superficial vessels expand, and blood circulation in the subcutaneous tissue increases.

Another effect that is observed as a result of the imposition of mustard plasters is irritation of the nerve endings of the skin and activation of the central nervous system, which leads to the release of adrenaline and the launch of an immune reaction of phagocytic cells.

As a result of the double effect, not only trophism and tissue respiration are enhanced, but the immune system is also stimulated. Warming up the surrounding tissues promotes increased metabolism and the speedy discharge of phlegm from the bronchi.

Contraindications to their use

General contraindications to the use of mustard plasters and cans relate to people with diseases:

• The spine;
• Oncology;
• Convulsions;
• Blood clotting disorders;
• Pulmonary tuberculosis.

In addition, these funds should not be used during pregnancy and lactation, at elevated body temperature, as well as when the patient is mentally agitated. In case of purulent rashes and other skin diseases, it is not recommended to install mustard plasters and banks, so as not to provoke inflammatory processes and not to aggravate the patient's condition.

There are also contraindications for each of the techniques separately.

So, mustard plasters cannot be installed on newborns before the first year of life, up to three years they are used only through a pad in the form of cotton material, a bandage or napkin.

Mustard plasters are contraindicated for:

• Psoriasis;
• Bronchial asthma;
• Allergic reactions.

Medical banks are contraindicated for diseases

• Blood;
• Hypertension;
• Heart failure and vascular disease;
• Tendency to thrombosis.

General exhaustion, nervousness and insomnia are also contraindications. Medical cans are used starting from the age of three; they cannot be placed on small children.

When to expect the effect?

As the only treatment for bronchitis and pneumonia, the effectiveness of mustard plasters and cans will be small. Moreover, in the acute stage of diseases, improvement can often be achieved only by methods of antibiotic therapy.

In the treatment of diseases of the respiratory system in children under 12 years of age, in addition to drug therapy and auxiliary methods - cans and mustard plasters - massage and breathing exercises should be used. Vacuum massage with cups in combination with Strelnikova's breathing exercises shows good results in the treatment of bronchitis.

The tangible results of using mustard plasters and cans appear after the second or third procedure; in the absence of improvements, this technique should be abandoned.

How to put mustard plasters correctly?

Mustard plasters can be installed only after the patient's condition has stabilized, when of all the symptoms of bronchitis and bronchopneumonia, only a lingering cough remains. Mustard plasters improve the condition of adults and children with dry cough and congestion in the lungs. In the process of warming up the skin, blood leaves the affected areas into the vessels of the subcutaneous tissue. In addition, after the procedure, immunity is activated and expectoration is facilitated, which reduces the intoxication of the body with excess phlegm.

Mustard plasters can be done within a day after the temperature drops with bronchitis. With pneumonia, you need to wait two days from the moment the temperature indicators stabilize.

How to put mustard plasters on your back?

Mustard plasters can be installed under the shoulder blades and between them, in the upper sternum, as well as on the calves and on the feet in the heel area. Mustard plasters should not be placed too close to each other, located in the area of the projection of the kidneys and heart, or on the mammary glands in women.

• A bag of mustard powder is dipped in warm water (40-45 ° C) and placed on the selected area, depending on the site of inflammation, kept for five to fifteen minutes and removed, after which the skin is wiped with a damp cloth and the patient is left to rest in bed for several hours …
• The procedure for installing mustard plasters should not be painful for the patient; a slight burning sensation is acceptable, but not necessary. If the burning sensation becomes unbearable, you should immediately remove the mustard plaster and wipe the skin with a damp cloth.
• Redness of the skin after installing the mustard plaster can persist for several days, but a bright red or purple color indicates an individual intolerance or an allergic reaction in the patient.
• It is forbidden to wipe the skin with alcohol or alcohol-containing products after installing mustard plasters.

Banks for the treatment of bronchitis

Before using medical cans as part of the complex therapy of bronchitis and pneumonia, it is necessary to consult a doctor. The danger of this method lies in the likelihood of rupture of lung tissue located close to skin tissue, which aggravates the patient's condition.

Banks can be used only after the patient has passed the acute stage of bronchitis and pneumonia - with their help, you can speed up the healing process. Contraindications for use are symptoms such as temperature, signs of intoxication of the body, fever, fever, respiratory failure. Banks can be placed no earlier than two days after the cessation of these symptoms, when the patient's condition stabilizes.

How to put cans on your back?

The procedure for installing medical cans:

• The patient is placed on his stomach. Wipe the back with alcohol for disinfection and petroleum jelly or nourishing cream so that when the can is torn off, the skin is not injured.
• For the procedure, you must have a set of clean and dry medical cans, alcohol, cotton wool, matches, tweezers, petroleum jelly.
• Places for the installation of cans are chosen depending on the location of the site of the inflamed organ; for this, the zones under the shoulder blades with the collarbones, the lower back, the area between the shoulder blade and the spine are suitable. In any case, the place of the jar should not have bony protrusions, choose an area with good muscle and fat layer, avoid the heart area to avoid complications.
• Cotton wool is held with tweezers, moistened with alcohol and set on fire. Burning cotton wool is introduced into the jar for a few seconds without touching the walls of the container, after which the jar is placed on the selected area of the skin.
• During the first procedure, the jar is kept on the skin for 1-2 minutes, with repeated procedures, which are carried out with a break of at least a day, the duration can be gradually increased to 15 minutes.
• To remove the jar, you need to tilt it a little to the side and press your finger on the skin from the opposite edge so that a little air enters the container. Then the can is more easily detached from the skin without injuring it.

With a properly performed procedure, the patient does not experience severe discomfort and painful sensations; warmth and slight tension can be felt at the place where the can is installed. The skin color in these areas becomes reddish or purple, but after a few days the hematomas resolve.

When should you stop using cans and mustard plasters?

These techniques cannot be used in the presence of any of the above contraindications, as well as in the aggravation of the patient's subjective sensations - in the event of unbearable burning sensation, soreness, psychological discomfort.

Article author: Mochalov Pavel Alexandrovich | d. m. n. therapist

Education: Moscow Medical Institute. IM Sechenov, specialty - "General Medicine" in 1991, in 1993 "Occupational Diseases", in 1996 "Therapy".