Is it good to apply heat to the lower abdomen during menstruation?

Menstruation is a very special physiological period for women. During this time, women are very likely to experience abdominal pain or dysmenorrhea. The severe pain is often unbearable and has a great impact on normal life. The most common method of pain relief is taking painkillers, and some women hope to use hot compresses to relieve symptoms. So, is it good to apply hot compress to the lower abdomen during menstruation? Let’s take a look below.

Some people can use salt for hot compress during menstruation, but some people cannot. So whether you can use salt for hot compress during menstruation depends on the patient's own situation. If the menstrual blood volume is relatively small, or if there is dysmenorrhea, you can use salt for hot compress, but if the menstrual volume is relatively large, you cannot use salt for hot compress, because using salt for hot compress can accelerate the blood circulation of the uterus, which can easily cause more menstrual volume. So whether you can use salt for hot compress can be decided based on your own menstrual blood volume.

If you have stomach pain during menstruation, choosing hot salt compress is a good method. This not only warms the stomach, but also helps to promote menstruation and blood circulation. The pain will naturally be relieved. For patients with joint diseases, hot salt compress on the back and waist can also promote blood circulation, better promote blood circulation in the body, and help reduce swelling and remove blood stasis, so it is also very helpful for this type of patients.

Whether you can use salt for hot compress during menstruation depends on your own situation. In some cases, you can use salt hot compress, but in some cases you cannot. It mainly depends on the amount of menstruation. If the menstrual flow is small, you can use salt hot compress, but if it is large, you cannot.