Do your feet tingle in the evening? I'm very! And I also had more cramps at night. I tried everything until I remembered the lessons of my wise aunt: “Put soap in bed!” I grinned and waved it off. And now I remembered and even tried it. I don't regret it!
We are used to using soap for its intended purpose. That is, as a detergent. Of course, I didn’t think about the fact that it also has a healing effect. But, having stuck a bar of soap under the sheet, I finally had the opportunity to truly relax my legs and slept without any cramps.
I decided to figure out why this is happening.
Is soap in bed a cure for cramps? Yes!
Many people have heard that soap is put in bed. But they think that its disinfecting properties are important. Housewives are accustomed to achieving a pleasant aroma with the help of a fragrant block. They hope that it will help prevent the appearance of bedbugs. Maybe. But it turns out that regular cleanser can also help get rid of nighttime cramps.
Help: cramps are uncontrollable and uncontrollable muscle contractions.They cannot be stopped or reduced by willpower.
If you have encountered this problem, you know how painful and unpleasant it is. The muscles become like stone, they are literally cramped.
Doctors say that cramps occur after intense physical activity. At the same time, they may be caused by other reasons. In particular, they may signal disruptions in the functioning of certain systems and organs.
And so: soap in the bed - finally, a restful sleep. I looked on the Internet: it turns out that this is a fairly well-known and popular method! Many people use it!
What soap helps with cramps
I asked a medical friend and she confirmed that there is no scientific explanation for this. But many people say that a soap bar relieved cramps.
Important! This method is a temporary and auxiliary measure. To get rid of the problem forever, you need to consult a doctor and find out its cause.
The mechanism of action of soap during muscle tension cannot be explained. Apparently, the magical properties of aromatherapy are taking effect. Doctors, in turn, believe that the effect lies in ordinary self-hypnosis. To be honest, at the moment when my legs cramp, I don’t care whether it’s a suggestion or not. The main thing is that it helps!
Attention! A liquid remedy for cramps will not help. Use only hard ones. Apparently, its aroma has a beneficial effect on muscles.
Surprisingly, according to reviews from many who have experienced this remedy, it really helps relieve nighttime muscle spasms.
What to do with soap
- Take a bar of toilet soap. Choose the scent at your discretion. The main thing is that it is pleasant.
- Place it in the bed so that it does not interfere with sleep. I put it under the sheet, in the corner of the bed. It was so pleasant to sleep without cramps that I did not remove the block.I decided: let him lie there all the time if it helps.
- Here's what people who have been using this method for a long time advise. To prevent the effect from diminishing over time, cut off the top layer of soap, so to speak, “refresh” it.
- I also read this advice: if cramps bother you during the day, apply a fragrant bar to the painful area. I haven’t tried it yet: there was no need. But if I have a daytime cramp, I’ll definitely try it!
This is a simple way I discovered for getting rid of cramps. Try it too, maybe it will help?
Thank you I'm interested
Take vitamin “E” for ten days and where will these nighttime cramps occur? Namely nighttime ones. And this is not a folk remedy, which I don’t believe in after all the exhaustive experiments.
About three years ago, a sudoga passed from the knee to the stomach along the entire right side, grabbed me so hard that I wanted to scream, the pain was simply unbearable. One of our compatriots from Germany recommended an old family recipe. A small piece of soap, there are always such in hotels, put it in your underwear and live with it
for a while.Thank him very much! This is my experience and I remember this monstrous pain. Yes, vitamin E is necessary, I just didn’t know about its minimal presence. But soap works and is not necessarily fragrant, my grandmother treated dislocations, sprains and bruises by slowly rubbing the damaged areas with laundry soap, she said that her grandmothers did this. This is such a soapy story.
Maybe it’s true... For a long time I was bothered by severe pain in my arms at night. I remembered the advice - I washed and wiped two raw potatoes, took them in each hand, and to prevent them from falling out in a dream, I put clean, light cotton socks on my hands. The pain has gone...
leg cramps are usually a lack of calcium and/or magnesium. Take asparkam (magnesium and potassium), for example, and a calcium supplement. Get rid of cramps quickly.
Cheaper, Vaseline will work.
Oh, a piece of meat in your teeth?
what soap?
I think that cramps, like all other ailments, are caused by nerves. Not long ago I worked with a very heavy load on the nervous system, and at night I began to suffer from seizures. I couldn't do anything. She pricked herself with needles, lay down on a hard surface, and did not sleep at night. Then she changed her activity to a calmer one, forgot about the cramps, ugh, ugh...
Magnesium deficiency is a common cause of seizures. Taking medications with magnesium – Asparkam, for example – for 3-5 days will relieve pain. And immediate relief from cramps occurs if you apply the sore spot to cold metal: to the metal parts of the bed, to the side of the bathtub, etc.
Put less stress on your legs, especially in summer, and without soap the cramps will go away.
An infusion of onion peels helps with cramps. You can simply add washed onion peels to the teapot, and also throw in the onion with the peels when cooking soup. You can drink for a whole month, then take breaks.
It's all nonsense! If you touch something cold, the cramps become even stronger. I took courses of potassium, magnesium, and calcium supplements - nothing helps. Pouring hot water over the cramped limb really helps; the question is how to get to the bathtub when your legs are so cramped that you can at least climb onto the wall. I didn’t believe in soap, I don’t believe in something I can’t explain. But IT HELPS! Only not in the corner of the bed under the linen, but right in the cotton socks. If they crumble, don't worry. Be healthy!
I'm 70, I decided to try it, it worked! I bought a pack of toilet soap, put it near my pillow, and for the first time in many days I slept peacefully. I advise you to use it for those who still doubt it.
When my calf muscles hurt or my legs twist, as people say, I massage my legs: up to the knee inclusive. It passes and I sleep peacefully))) By profession I am a physical education instructor - now retired)))
More than 10 years ago, a girl at the pharmacy advised me to take vitamins, for example “Complevit”. I took one tablet at once, the second at night, and there were no more cramps. I take “Complevit” almost constantly, one at a time. If I forget to buy it, then in a week or two or a little more I may have a cramp.
Dear Elena, how did yours react to the constant use of Coplevit? don't they hurt? There is no sand and no pebbles formed? The doctor recommends drinking Complevit for 10 days, then a break of 1 month and again. Complevite can settle in the kidneys. Alas, this is not my fantasy, but a fact!
The “wise AUNT” had convulsions... from the lack of MEN in her life; if you are young and healthy, then soap WILL NOT HELP; nature, damn it! :)))
If it’s “totally bad”, then “laundry soap with DDT” is not a “PANACEA”! :)))
Don’t “sit” on the INTERNET for a long time, take care of your WOMEN’S “health”! :)
You will sleep... without any SOAP, if only you were a good MAN! :)
About soap - it’s cool, I believe, although I haven’t tried it. During the attack, I somehow managed to jump to the bathroom, and then quickly put my feet under the hot water... While you were filming, you thought: God forbid, this would happen in another situation: on the road, at the dacha! But, please, soap would be nice for you! However, the question is that if night cramps have already begun, it means, as already written above, you have a lack of potassium and magnesium. Sleep with soap - big deal. But the shortage still needs to be restored. Complivit has been taking me out for five years, it opened by accident. The comments above also mention this. Drinking vitamins is also pleasant.
I save myself in cases of convulsions in this way. Stretch your leg as far as possible through the pain, pulling the toe of your leg toward you. It goes away right away. In any position, lying, sitting or standing. Try it yourself.
Take Asparkam/Panangin. It's good for the heart and the cramps will go away. Drink tomato juice. Products containing potassium (hard cheeses, etc.).And soap... if it helps, then put it either under the sheet or in your panties.
About a month ago I came across this article, and since night cramps torment me almost every day, especially when you are (veins, flat feet), I put a piece of perfumed soap under the sheet, the cramps stopped. Works for me.