In life, we are inevitably injured, such as bruises and abrasions. Can we touch water during the healing period of the wound? Traditional Chinese medicine Yashong can promote rapid wound healing.
Picture of Yashong
[Yashong can promote wound healing]
Soothe and promote wound healing.
Efficacy of Yashong
Taste: sour, astringent; Nature: cold; Meridian: lung and large intestine; Function: clearing heat and detoxification.
Functions of Yashong
Heat-toxin swelling, erysipelas, orchitis, burns, damp sores, bacterial dysentery, amoebic dysentery.
[Characteristics of Yashong]
Yashong is an annual herbaceous plant, hairless throughout, with a fibrous root. The stem is solitary or clustered, 5-30 cm tall. Leaves are whorled in 3-5 pieces, elongated spoon-shaped, 8-20 mm long, and 2-4 mm wide; the tip is sharp, the base gradually narrows, the margin is entire, and without a petiole or with few petioles. The inflorescence is cone-shaped or umbel-like, with long branches, and flowers are sparse; flower stalks are 5-8 mm long, slender; sepals are 5, narrowly triangular to ovate-lanceolate; petals are 5, white, rectangular-ovate; stamens are 10, and scales are broadly spoon-shaped with deep notches at the top; carpels are 5, nearly erect, the lower part is connate, with small nipple-like protrusions. When fully mature, the upper half is obliquely spreading, with few and tiny seeds.
[Can you touch water during the wound healing period?]
For wounds that are not clean, such as bruises and abrasions, it is recommended to rinse with flowing water thoroughly and then clean with a cleanser. There are still many people who mistakenly believe that wound cleaning is not important and only need to wrap the wound with gauze.
In fact, doing so may cause wound infection, leading to difficult healing and noticeable scars.
In actual treatment, topical antibacterial agents do not need to be used every day. It is common for patients to quickly recover by simply cleaning the wound every day.
Commonly used antibacterial agents include 1% iodine, 0.25% acetic acid, 3% hydrogen peroxide, and 0.5% sodium hypochlorite. Except for hydrogen peroxide, the other three antibacterial agents have negative effects on wound healing.
