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TCM foot health care can promote local blood circulation. Do you know any medicinal materials for foot bath?
Ginger has little toxic and side effects, which can effectively stimulate the capillaries of feet, improve blood circulation and metabolism, and at the same time promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Especially for friends with cold hands and feet for a long time, you can soak your feet with ginger boiled water, which has the effect of dispelling cold. Among the five internal organs, the foot is closely related to the kidney. Therefore, soaking feet can also play a role in conditioning the five internal organs. Especially when it is freezing in winter, soaking feet is the most suitable, which can tonify kidney and replenish qi, make blood circulation more comfortable and regulate the functions of internal organs.

There is an ancient saying: the roots of trees are exhausted first, and the human feet are weak first. All diseases begin with cold, and cold begins with the first step. There are also spring soaking feet, rising sun, solid off; Soak feet in summer, dehumidify and dispel summer heat; Soak your feet in autumn and nourish your heart; Soak your feet in winter. Theory of storing essence and warming kidney. Choose wooden barrels for soaking feet, with a height of more than 20 cm. Choose 9 o'clock in the evening, or one hour after dinner. It is not suitable for soaking feet just after eating and before going to bed. The foot bath temperature is 40 degrees. The water is above the ankle and below the knee. Soak for 30 minutes and sweat slightly. Drink some warm water after soaking.

I usually soak my feet with ginger or wormwood and dried tangerine peel. Sometimes I don't have these things, so I put some salt in warm water to soak my feet. The water temperature is about 40 degrees. All of the above have the function of expelling cold and generating heat. Foot bath can also help treat some children's diseases, such as cold, summer heat, asthma, cough, salivation, diarrhea and so on. But don't blindly "soak your feet" for your child. Because hot water is often used to soak children's feet, the ligaments on the soles of the feet will become slack when heated, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch, and even develop into flat feet.

Ginger slices, wormwood, lotus, medlar, salt and white vinegar are not put together, but soaked every day. If you put them together, it's a waste. For example, I use ginger slices today and wormwood tomorrow! Second, find hundreds of finger-sized pebbles. Eliminate cold and dampness. Soak for about 20-30 minutes every night, and the temperature is about 40 to 50, which is slightly higher. After water cooling and heating, you can completely relax and fully adjust to achieve the best kidney-tonifying effect, and sleep soundly at night.