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Wrap for the neck, stomach, pulse or calf
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- How to work wraps
- What is important in the application
- Warm, hot or cold?
- Warm wrap
- Hot wraps
- Cold wraps
- "Ingredients" for wraps
- Wrap for the neck
- Wrap for the ears
- Wrap for the breast
- Wrap for the belly
- Pulse wrap - hands and feet
- Liver wrap for fasting detoxification
- Herb wrap for the knee
- Ayurvedic wrap
- Different wraps
How to work wraps
These old home remedies strengthen the body's defenses, reduce inflammation and thus also pain. They are, depending on the application, cooling or warming, promote blood circulation, serve for purification, dissolve cramps and show according to the active ingredients used many other positive effects. Still, wraps are not magic. For more serious illnesses and / or if there is no improvement, it is absolutely necessary to go to the doctor or alternative practitioner.
Calf rolls to reduce fever are the most well-known application area, but can also be applied to many other complaints wraps. (Image: photophonie / fotolia.com) The treatment with wrapping is a so-called stimulus therapy. Depending on the temperature and size of the coil, this means a weak or even strong stimulus to the body, to which the latter then reacts. An example of this is the well-known calf wrap, in which heat is extracted from the body with a cool wrap. The principle "less is more!" Applies here - as so often - too. This means that the stimuli should be gentle so that the body neither cools down nor overheats. The younger the patient is, the lower the stimulus and the duration of treatment should be. The times of use mentioned here usually refer to adolescents and adults.
What is important in the application
This home remedy needs some preparation. The following should be noted: A wrap is not carried out between the door and the fishing rod but requires a quiet atmosphere. In the meantime, in order to be able to really rest, it is advisable to go to the toilet first. Immediately after eating, but also with a growling, empty stomach, a wrap application is not recommended. Cold wraps should never be used on cold skin. Cold feet are warmed up beforehand - preferably by a foot bath. It is important to note any allergies if the wrap contains additives such as herbs or essential oils. Coffee, black tea, alcohol and nicotine should be avoided before treatment.
Warm, hot or cold?
Adults and teenagers are asked what temperature they feel. If someone rejects cold or notices that it is not doing well, never use a cold wrap. For babies and toddlers warm compresses are generally used, as cold or hot would put too strong a stimulus.
Important to the winding application is as relaxed as possible a physical condition and then rest is absolutely necessary. In advance, the body can be prepared by a sea salt bath and aroma oil on the wrap. (Image: PhotoSG / fotolia.com) Warm wrap
Warm wraps are used when cold is not indicated but hot as well as unsuitable. A warm wrap, for example, is the drug of choice for sinusitis, pelvic or cystitis, and neuralgia.
Hot wraps
Hot wraps warm through, they are only suitable for teenagers and adults and should not be used in infants. They help especially with tension in the back and abscesses or boils.
Cold wraps
Cold wraps remove heat from the body. They are therefore often used in conjunction with fever, arthritis, swelling and pain.
"Ingredients" for wraps
The following is required for a wrap: An inner cloth made of cotton or linen, an intermediate cloth, also made of cotton or linen, an outer cloth, possibly made of wool. For the inner and intermediate cloth simply baby diapers can be used. An outer scarf is also suitable for an old scarf or a pillowcase which is fixed with the belt of a bathrobe. If this is too complicated for you, get a ready-made changing kit.
Cold calf wraps remove heat from the body and reduce the fever. (Image: Henrie / fotolia.com) The size of the inner fabric depends on the area to be treated. The inner cloth is always the cloth, which is soaked with the appropriate liquid or on which the additives to be used are brought. This is covered with a shawl. The outer layer forms the outer fabric, which is often made of wool or silk. Some applications still need some raw wool or cotton wool.
Wrap for the neck
As a general rule, the front and side of the neck should be covered with the inner cloth, but the spine should always remain free. A cold or cold neck wrap helps with sore throats, especially if the person craves cold drinks. For this, either cool or cold water or additives such as lemon juice, lemon slices or quark are used.
Lemon wrap for the neck - lemon juice or lemon slices
The juice of a lemon is added to the water and so the inner cloth soaked. As an alternative, lemon slices can be used. A lemon is cut into thin slices. In the middle of a cotton cloth, so many lemon slices are placed that the spine remains free during application. The free ends of the cloth are folded over and it is tapped with a fist on it, so that the lemon juice can escape. Then the wrap is placed around the neck. Above and outside cloth come. As soon as an itching occurs, the wrap is removed immediately, otherwise after about half an hour.
The lemon juice for the wrap is best pressed directly fresh, as it contains the most active ingredients. (Image: WavebreakmediaMicro / fotolia.com) Quark wrap for the neck
Wraps with cottage cheese are among the relatively well-known home remedies. The Quark wrap for the neck helps with throat and throat pain, even if they are quite strong. Quark wrap acts against inflammation and swelling. Quark, however, smells quite unpleasant, especially when it's warm. That's why children often reject this wrap. However, just the Quark variant is a particularly effective wrapping.
For this purpose, lean quark is applied to the middle of the inner cloth. The two free sides are beaten over and the winding is placed briefly on the heater so that it is tempered. The thin side of the inner blanket comes on the neck, over it comes the shawl, then the woolen scarf. Caution: here, too, the spine must be "quark-free". The wrap can be worn until the quark is warm. Take care when removing the roll. The dried quark crumbles very strong.
Potato wrap for the neck
The potato wrap helps with mild dysphagia. If the symptoms are more severe, the choice is better for the lemon or Quarkvariante. The potatoes are cooked for the wrap into a dish, wrapped in a kitchen crepe and then crushed with the help of a potato masher or a similar kitchen tool. The whole comes then in the middle of the inner cloth, the two free ends come over it and the thin side of the roll is placed on the skin. Be careful, the coil is hot and may need to cool a little before use. An intermediate handkerchief is not urgently needed here. However, the inner cloth can be covered with raw wool or cotton wool and over it comes the woolen scarf - ready is the potato wrap. This keeps the heat very long and stays on the neck, as long as this is felt to be pleasant.
Honey combats fungi, bacteria and viruses - it also has anti-inflammatory effects. All these beneficial properties make honey a valuable component of diapering. (Image: Leonid / fotolia.com) Honey wrap for the neck
Honey has a strong anti-inflammatory effect, which can be well used for a wrap. Thus, for the Honigwickel the inner cloth is thickly coated with honey (about half a centimeter thick) and the two free ends are beaten over it. The thin side of the cloth should then cover the front and side of the neck. Over it come between cloth and outer cloth. This wrap can be worn for one to two hours.
Wrap for the ears
Otitis media are always under medical treatment. However, an ear wrap can aid the treatment well and reduce the inflammation.
Camomile wound for the ears
Chamomile is a home remedy that is gaining more and more popularity today. It has an anti-inflammatory effect. For the wrap, put about a handful of dried flowers in a bag. This is warmed between two hot water bottles, then placed on the diseased ear and fixed there with a cap or a headband. To increase the effect even more, the person with the diseased ear lays down on a hot water bottle or a warmed up spelled bag. The wrap can be repeated several times a day and will be removed after about an hour. The sick ear is then kept a little warm. Draft is to be avoided.
Wraps for earache in infants are fixed with a cap or a headband on the ear. (Image: lisalucia / fotolia.com) Onion wrap for the ears
Onions have an anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effect. Although this wrap does not smell very good, it should definitely be tried on an ear infection. Children initially reject it when they feel its effects, but they even ask for it afterwards. Especially with severe earache this is a good home remedy to create relief. For the onion wrap, chop a medium onion, place in a thin cloth or fingerstall, heat slightly between two hot water bottles and place on the ear or behind the ear (on the bone). On top comes some raw wool or cotton wool and the whole is fixed with a hat or headband. Again, the effect can be supported by lying on a heat source. After one hour, remove the onion wrap and continue to protect the ear with a cap or headband.
Hot onion wrap
Even more effective than the simple onion wrap is an ear wrap for which the onions in vegetable oil or ghee are gently heated. The heat dissolves and distributes the volatile sulfur compounds of the onion even better. The heat dissolves substances that act like an antibiotic. To do this, cut a large onion into small pieces, place it in the slightly heated fat and roast it glassy with several turns - the onions should not turn brown. Put the fried onion in a towel or a towel. Depending on how warm it may be on the ear, a small towel is placed around this washcloth. Then lay flat, with the aching ear on the side of the cloth. The helping agents rise through the moist heat up into the ear canal. The wrap should remain on the ear until it cools noticeably. Repeat as needed several times a day. This is one of the most proven home remedies for otitis media.
Wrap for the breast
Wraps for the chest help with cough, stuck mucus and cough attacks. The chest wraps are placed in front of the upper body of small children, in larger children and adults they may almost all around, with the recess of the spine, created. The effect of the chest wraps is supported by holding the rib area warm and warm on the left and right sides.
If you have irritated the skin by the lemon juice or other ingredients, it is recommended to relieve the symptoms of an ointment or an extract of marigolds. (Image: Pixelmixel / fotolia.com) Quark wrap for the breast
For application see Quark wrap for the neck.
Hot lemon wrap for the breast
The lemon wrap is a good home remedy for a stuck cough. Prerequisite for this is an intact, insensitive skin, as the lemon juice may cause skin irritation under certain circumstances. If this happens, the wrap must be removed immediately and the skin should be treated with a nourishing ointment, for example, marigold ointment.
For the wrap, a large lemon is squeezed out and mixed with hot water. So the inner cloth is soaked, which is applied around the chest - with recess of the spine. The lemon wrap can stay there for half an hour. Thereafter, the skin should be provided with a suitable nourishing cream or ointment.
Wrap with lavender oil for the breast
Lavender has a relaxing, soothing, but also antispasmodic effect. The chest wrap with lavender oil thus helps with restlessness, difficulty falling asleep and also with irritating cough and mucous. For this purpose, a cotton cloth is dipped in ten percent lavender oil, then packed in aluminum foil and heated between two hot water bottles for about ten minutes. With the cloth, the chest is covered, over it comes some raw wool or cotton wool and finally a wool scarf. The wrap can stay put on as long as it is comfortable.
The lavender essential oil from the lavender flowers has a pleasantly relaxing effect on the wrap (Image: Eileen Kumpf / fotolia.com) Wrap with thyme tea for the breast
Thyme is a very good herb that is good for coughs. As a tea, this home remedy is on everyone's lips. For the breast wrap a tea is boiled by half a liter of water and two teaspoons of thyme herb, into which the inner cloth is then dipped. The wrung cloth then covers the skin, over it come an intermediate cloth and a wool scarf and finally at each flank a hot water bottle. The duration of the application is about one hour.
Wrap for the belly
A simple home remedy for abdominal pain, bloating, but also to fall asleep and relax is the stomach wrap. As a remedy, camomile and caraway oil are usually used here, as they have a calming effect.
Wrap for the stomach with chamomile
From a handful of dried chamomile flowers and half a liter of water, a tea is prepared. So the inner cloth is soaked and then placed on the stomach. Over it come interlative cloth and woolen cloth. If you like, put a hot water bottle on top. As long as the wrap is warm, it can stay on your stomach.
Especially with gastrointestinal complaints such as irritable bowel syndrome, the caraway not only helps as a tea, but also as a caraway oil in the wrap. (Image: Swapan / fotolia.com) Wrap for the belly with caraway oil
This variant is especially appropriate for flatulence. The inner cloth is soaked with ten percent caraway oil, wrapped in aluminum foil and warmed between two hot water bottles and then placed on the stomach. This wrap already helps babies if they suffer from annoying bloating and / or can not tolerate the change of diet. The inner cloth is best covered with some raw wool or cotton wool and then fixed with the wool scarf. This wrap may also stay overnight.
Pulse wrap - hands and feet
Pulse wraps are an alternative to the known calf rolls. They are used as an alternative to fever. For this, water (temperature four to five degrees below body temperature) is mixed with some freshly squeezed lemon juice. Small towels are soaked and then laid around the arteries of the hands and feet. Intermediate wipes are used and the whole thing is best fixed with wool tulips. This home remedy is renewed every ten minutes and the application is repeated three times. After that a break of at least one hour is necessary.
Liver wrap for fasting detoxification
According to Hildegard von Bingen, a liver wrap has a relaxing and relieving effect on the whole body. For this yarrow is needed mainly, stag tongue herb, milk thistle herb and sage are a suitable supplement. Pour a good handful of the dried herbs with 400 milliliters of boiling water, infuse for 20 minutes. Soak a thick cheesecloth (or alternatively baby diapers or a small terry towel) with the finished tea, the herbs can be wrapped directly in the cloth. Now put this liver wrap on your back, another towel over it. With a hot water bottle, the wrap should now be warmed from the outside, while lying on the side is relaxed. For this purpose, the hot water bottle can also be easily fixed to the body with the help of an old scarf until the wrap is removed again after about 40 minutes. At best, it is wrapped after dinner and before bedtime. Attention, for gastric or intestinal ulcers, this wrap should not be used.
The common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) acts among other bile-stimulating, astringent and cramping. Applied as a wrap, it unfolds its liver protective effects especially well. (Image: pisotckii / fotolia.com) Herb wrap for the knee
As already mentioned above, the wraps are back in fashion and are even integrated into the therapy of doctors today. In cases of acute knee problems, knee swelling or arthrosis, haulm coats are extremely beneficial. For such a wrap, the leaves of cabbage or white cabbage are rolled on a baby diaper with a rolling pin (or rolling pin) so that the juices can escape. The effect occurs quickly in this wrap, as it is applied directly to the painful knee joint. This wrap should be used repeatedly over a longer period of time. He stays on the affected knee for at least two hours per application. Such a Krautwickelkur can even help against joint wear - Essen researchers determined in a study.
Ayurvedic wrap
Wraps are also a well-known home remedy in Indian naturopathy. They are created for a variety of reasons - against pain, for relaxation, against inflammation or for the removal of toxic substances. When coughing a wrap with ghee is recommended, which is placed around the chest. Attention: In acute infections with fever or mucus formation as well as a full stomach, these wraps should not be used.
The ghee "Ghee" can be easily made at home, it is the basis for many ayurvedic wraps. With the help of the high-quality oil, the active ingredients can penetrate into the skin. (Image: bjphotographs / fotolia.com) Ayurvedic kidney wrap
The kidneys filter toxins out of the systemic circulation, they should always be kept warm. A properly applied kidney wrap supports the body excellently in the excretion of polluting substances.
The kidney wrap is prepared with ginger and horsetail. From three tablespoons of grated ginger, a tablespoon of horsetail and a small cup of hot water stirred, and then allowed to stand for at least eight hours. The next day heat this liquid again, if it is too thick, dilute with more water. Then filter with the gauze diaper (or alternatively a cotton cloth). Spread the mass on the cloth and soak the roll with the filtered liquid, then squeeze out.
This wrap can now - with the ginger mass inside - be placed on the kidneys, over the back. The effect of the coil can be improved by a hot water bottle. The winding should be removed at the latest when the hot water bottle has cooled. Then dry the kidneys well and allow the body a little rest.
For all Ayurvedic wrap, fresh ginger is needed, which is ground as finely as possible. (Image: tycoon101 / fotolia.com) Different wraps
Special variants of the wraps can be used against various other complaints, with the active ingredients play a significant role.
Wrap with healing earth
A wrap with healing clay helps with sprains, joint problems, an abscess and much more. Warm or cool water, depending on discomfort and sensation, is mixed with healing earth to a pulp and then painted on the middle of a cotton cloth. The other two ends are hammered in and the wound is brought to the diseased area with the thin side. A healer wrap can stay there as long as it is comfortable.
Quark wrap for joint complaints
Joint complaints - especially if they are acute and inflammatory - respond quite well to a curd application. For this, the quark is not applied directly to the skin, but given as with the healing disc wound on a cloth. The quark wrap may stay there as long as it does well.
Wrap with mustard flour for the joints
For chronic ailments, mustard flour wrap is a good home remedy. To do this, black mustard flour is mixed with warm or even hot water into a mush and then put on a cloth. This is hammered in from both sides and fastened to the aching joint with the help of a gauze bandage. The wrap is removed immediately if the whole thing starts to burn, otherwise after five to ten minutes.
A wrap of beeswax
A beeswax pad is something very special and suitable for even the smallest children. The finished beeswax pads are available at the pharmacy. They are covered with paper and then warmed between two hot water bottles. After that, they can be placed directly on the skin. They help with cough, joint and back complaints and relieve abdominal pain and flatulence. (sw, dp, updated 07/11/2018)
Specialist supervision: Barbara Schindewolf-Lensch (doctor)