A hydrogel composition comprises 5 wt% to 10 wt% of polyacrylate salt 15 wt% to 41 wt% of polyol 47 wt% to 76 wt% of pure water and 0.01 wt% to 9 wt% of functional reagent, wherein the weight ratio of pure water to the polyol ranges between 1.1 and 5. The hydrogel composition or dressing, when applied to human skin, can rapidly reduce the temperature of human skin by at least 5 DEG C and can rapidly reduce the temperature of human skin to a temperature range (15 DEG C or above) which is acceptable to the skin without further reducing the temperature of the skin and causing freezing injury of the skin. Furthermore, when the hydrogel composition and dressing are applied to a burn wounded portion, they can reduce the temperature to a temperature range acceptable to the skin, thereby greatly facilitating wound recovery.一種水凝膠組成物包含5 wt%~10 wt%的聚丙烯酸鹽;15 wt%~41 wt%的多元醇;47 wt%~76 wt%的純水;及0.01 wt%~9 wt%的功能試劑;其中,該純水與多元醇的重量比值範圍為1.1~5。該水凝膠組成物或敷劑用於人體肌膚時,可快速地使人體肌膚降溫至少5℃以上,且可快速地使人體肌膚的溫度降至肌膚可承受的溫度範圍(15℃以上),而不會再使肌膚的溫度繼續降低,導致肌膚凍傷。再者,該水凝膠組成物及敷劑用於因燒燙傷受損的部位時,可使溫度降至肌膚可承受的溫度範圍,對於日後傷口癒合有明顯的幫助。