1, TCM foot bath health care
In winter, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the yang is weakening. Chinese medicine says that people's blood circulation is easily affected and slowed down. In addition to cold hands and feet, edema, fatigue and other problems, the mood is also easy to feel depressed. You might as well take a warm foot bath and add fennel, plantain seed, astragalus root, rose and other medicinal materials to promote peripheral blood circulation, and also have the effects of warming the body, reducing swelling, benefiting qi and relieving depression. You can use too much force when soaking your feet.
Leave the medicinal materials for 5~ 10 minute.
Add about 1000c.c of water to the following foot baths. The water temperature is slightly higher than the body temperature. Soak the medicinal materials for 5- 10 minute, and soak for 25-30 minutes each time. It is not recommended for patients with hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Moisturize with emulsion after soaking.
Because the medicine juice is colored, you should take a foot bath before taking a bath. Wash your feet with shower gel after soaking. After taking a bath, rub lotion on your feet to moisturize, replenish the water lost from your skin, and avoid dryness and itching.
Warm the body
Fennel and cinnamon bath.
Materials:
50g fennel, 50g radix rehmanniae, and 0/0g cinnamon/kloc.
Efficacy:
Fennel regulates qi and dispels cold, warms kidney and liver, produces fluid and nourishes yin, cinnamon warms channels and collaterals, and promotes blood circulation and warms the body.
Taixi point
Location:
A depression of about 1 cm under the medial ankle. It can promote circulation and warm the body.
According to the law:
It hurts to press with your fingertips, and 5~ 10 is 1 round. Press again after resting for 1~2 minutes, with no limit to rounds.
Eliminate edema
Plantain seed ginger bath
Materials:
50 grams of plantain seeds and 3 slices of ginger.
Efficacy:
Plantain seeds can induce diuresis, relieve swelling, and ginger can help sweating, dispel cold and relieve exterior syndrome, and promote blood circulation.
Sanyinjiao point
Location:
About 4 fingers above the medial calf and medial ankle. It can improve edema of lower limbs and irregular menstruation.
According to the law:
It hurts to press with your fingertips, and 5~ 10 is 1 round. Press again after resting for 1~2 minutes, with no limit to rounds.
Increased physical
Guizhi huangqi vitality bath
Materials:
50g of cassia twig and 50g of astragalus root.
Efficacy:
Guizhi helps yang to transform qi, warms meridians and unblocks collaterals, and Astragalus helps qi and yang, strengthens the body resistance and strengthens deficiency.
Yongquan point
Location:
Under the second and third toes, and at the front end of the sole of the foot. Can eliminate fatigue.
According to the law:
Press with your fingertips for 5~ 10, 1 round, rest for 1~2 minutes, and then press again, and the number of rounds is not limited.
Ease one's mood
Rose, Schizonepeta and Yujin bath.
Materials:
50g of roses, 50g of Schizonepeta tenuifolia and 50g of turmeric.
Efficacy:
Rose soothes the liver and relieves depression, Schizonepeta dispels wind, relieves exterior syndrome and promotes blood circulation, Yujin promotes qi and promotes blood circulation, relieves depression and clears heart.
Taichong point
Location:
Sew back about 3 fingers from the toe between the big toe and the second toe on the instep. Can soothe the liver and relieve depression.
According to the law:
Press with your fingertips for 5~ 10, 1 round, rest for 1~2 minutes, and then press again, and the number of rounds is not limited.
Eat less cold food and exercise more.
Cold drinks, lettuce and other cold foods should be eaten less to avoid adverse body circulation and metabolism; You can do brisk walking, Tai Ji Chuan and other gentle exercises to promote circulation, relieve stress and increase physical strength, 3~5 times a week, each time 15 minutes or more.
2. Small remedies for foot bath treatment
1, Cao Wu Foot Bath Prescription of Chuanwu
Raw materials: Radix Aconiti Preparata and Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata each 30g, Flos Carthami, Fructus Chaenomelis and Oletum Trogopterori each 25g, and Folium Artemisiae Argyi15g.
Methods: Put the above medicinal materials into a pot, add appropriate amount of water to boil, remove residues to get juice, pour the juice into the bathtub, and soak your feet when the water temperature is suitable. 30 minutes twice a day.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of warming meridians, dispelling cold, removing blood stasis and relieving pain.
2. Spatholobus suberectus foot bath prescription
Raw materials: Spatholobus Spatholobus 30g, Herba Ephedrae, Radix Aconiti Preparata, Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata, Myrrha Preparata and Olibanum 25g each, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Ramulus Cinnamomi 20g each, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Lumbricus and Rhizoma Corydalis each15g.
Methods: Put the above medicinal materials into a pot, add appropriate amount of water for decoction, pour the liquid medicine into the bathtub, and take a foot bath when the temperature of the liquid medicine is suitable. 30 minutes twice a day.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of warming meridians and dredging collaterals, and promoting blood circulation and qi circulation.
3. Cephalotaxus foot bath prescription
Raw materials: 30g of speranskia tuberculata, 25g of Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Caulis Spatholobi, Cortex Acanthopanacis Senticosi and Cortex Erythrinae, and 0/5g of Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Flos Carthami and Herba Lycopodii.
Methods: Put the above medicinal materials into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, and take them in foot bath when the temperature of the liquid medicine is suitable, twice a day for 20 minutes each time.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, expelling wind and removing dampness.
4. Clematis foot bath formula
Ingredients: 25g of Radix Clematidis, 20g of Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 20g of Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, 20g of Fructus Gardeniae, 20g of Olibanum and 20g of Myrrha.
Methods: Add appropriate amount of water to the above ingredients, decoct, pour the juice into the bathtub, and soak your feet when the temperature is suitable. 30 minutes twice a day.
Efficacy: This prescription has the effect of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain.