How to make paraffin boots

Modern medicine, despite a large number of innovations, does not refuse to use old, effective proven methods of treatment. Most often they are used in pediatrics, because treatment with newer drugs can cause unexpected reactions in children, as the unexplained combinations of components in the child's body can behave differently. The so-called "Grandmother's methods" are far from always ineffective. For example, paraffin boots are still prescribed by many doctors to treat their young patients.

Paraffin boots are a physiotherapy procedure, during which the legs of the child from the foot to the knee turn into two layers of warm paraffin. This method is used to treat diseases such as neuralgia, hypertension of the leg muscles, acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory infections. The procedure can be used together with a medicamental method of treatment, as well as with massages and electrophoresis. She is not a panacea for all diseases and should be appointed by the attending physician. Contraindicated paraffin boots Persons suffering from some skin diseases, having problems with the heart, as well as those with diabetes mellitus. It is not necessary to carry out the procedure if a child undergoes inflammatory processes in the body.

The essence of the method of paraffin boots is that the heat emanating from them, enhances lymph flow, blood supply, helps to relax the muscles. This is possible due to the special properties of the substance, which keeps the heat for a long time and transfers it to the patient's body. How to make paraffin boots to learn from a doctor. This procedure can be done in a hospital or at home. Many mothers noted an increase in the level of colds in children after passing it. This is due to the lack of the opportunity to spend more time in the hospital after the paraffin application in order for the child's body to cool down to normal temperature. From the temperature drop, children quickly catch cold. For this reason, you can independently make paraffin boots at home.

To prepare them you need ozokerite and paraffin, which can be purchased at the pharmacy. They are melted in a water bath. Substances are taken in the proportion of one to one or in some cases two to one. A more accurate prescription is worth to check with your doctor. After the resulting mixture has melted and has become homogeneous, it is carefully laid out on a baking tray, where there is a layer of dense polyethylene. It is necessary to make two blanks the size, sufficient for wrapping one leg. The temperature of the resulting substance should be above the body temperature, but do not burn it.

Paraffin boots are carefully laid out from the calves on the children's legs, gradually turning the entire limb from the knee and lower. On top, they wrapped in food film, and then put on a baby warm socks or knee socks. He needs to be wrapped in a warm blanket. In this state, it should be no more than 15 minutes. The number of procedures and the time of their conduct is determined individually after consultation with the attending physician. Although the method does not involve the use of chemicals in the treatment, but still it should not be assigned on its own. Also, one should not think that paraffin wraps are a full-fledged treatment. They are just an addition to the procedures and medicines prescribed by the medical worker. Some mothers in pharmacies face a choice of paraffin, because it is dark and light. Doctors say that there is no difference between them. Its main purpose is to keep heat for a long time. After the procedure, the child should not be taken to the streets for three hours. During this time, his body will cool down to normal temperature and the risk of colds will decrease.