The development of beany/ grainy pack to treat soft tissue injury

Heat and cold treatments using gel pack are commonly used to manage the soft tissue injury. To determine the best beans/grains that have cold and high temperature-holding capacity using the best fabric that can withstand the extreme changing temperatures. To determine the best characteristic between barley, rice and mung beans that can replace the ice and heat packs method. Rice, barley and mung beans were used in this study, the grains and beans were washed and dried under the sun light. Sterilization was done by roasting the grains and beans were roasted on a hot plate, to prevent them from seeding. All grains and beans were treated under UV light for an hour. The grains and beans were packed into a bag using a rib fabric, and these bags were ‘cooked’ using an autoclave (a machine that acts like a pressure cooker) with 121°C for 15 minutes. A small hole was made on each bag (that could fit a thermometer) to measured the holding capacity of the grains and beans. Rice grain differed 19°C in temperatures right after the bag was heated (RA) and after the bag was left for 20 minutes (+20) at room temperature in which the highest temperature for rice is 99°C. Barley grain differed 23°C between RA and +20 and its highest temperature is 99°C, while mung beans differed 26°C with its highest temperature 155°C. This shows that rice grains lost the least heat compared to other grains and beans. When freezing, Rice differed 5°C between RA and +20 and its lowest temperature is −6, while mung beans differed 7°C with its lowest temperature of −3°C and barley differed 1°C from its lowest temperature of −3°C. This shows that barley regained the least heat compared to the other grains. Rice has shown a superior characteristic compared to barley and mung beans. In terms of fabric, the rib fabric alone without the wool fabric is enough to detain and retain heat (5min + 155°C). The study has proven that rice which is covered with a rib fabric has similar characteristics with ice and hot pack and thus enhances the management of soft tissue injury.