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Many people like to soak their feet with wormwood water. What are the benefits of this?
Chinese medicine believes that the foot is the concentration of human meridians. The pathological changes of zang-fu organs can affect each other through meridians, and the effect of treating zang-fu organs can be achieved by dredging meridians and qi and blood. Soaking feet is very beneficial to health. Soaking feet with mugwort leaves can give full play to the medicinal effects of mugwort leaves.

The general method of soaking feet with Folium Artemisiae Argyi is to take 50g (one can) of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, add water to the pot, boil the water for 10 minute, turn off the fire, pour it into the basin, and soak feet at a temperature that the feet can adapt to after the water cools naturally. Soak until the whole body sweats, and the foot bath is over. Then massage Yongquan point 50- 100 times, and then you can take off your clothes and let the broadband rest.

1. Folium Artemisiae Argyi foot bath can effectively remove body fluid and cold fire, and can treat recurrent head and face diseases related to body fluid and cold fire, such as oral ulcer, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis and otitis media. As long as you get sick, soak your feet with a handful of boiling water or soak your feet with pure Artemisia argyi, take a quarter, tear open the bucket and soak your feet. Brew with boiling water for a while, and then soak your feet with warm water after the mugwort leaves are soaked. When the whole body is slightly sweaty, drink some warm water, usually soak for several times, that is, after 2 ~ 3 days. At the same time, drink plenty of water, do not eat cold food, and pay attention to the secretion of body fluids caused by resting the head and face. Cold fire and throat discomfort will obviously improve or disappear.

For patients with severe cold and dampness, it is ok to soak their feet with Artemisia argyi once a week, but at the same time, they must avoid eating cold food. You can also soak your feet with Folium Artemisiae Argyi and drink a glass of ginger and jujube water to drive away the cold without diarrhea. As long as there is no obvious fever, only warm water is used to soak your feet every day, instead of mugwort leaves. But we must put an end to all cold food and don't let cold and dampness invade again. Slowly, you can find that your body is not easy to get hot again after eating supplements, and your physique is gradually strengthening.

2. Soaking feet with wormwood has the effect of dispelling cold. Soaking feet with hot water every day can promote blood circulation and get rid of dampness and coldness in the body, while wormwood can promote the twelve meridians and regulate yin and yang. People with smooth meridians will have smooth qi and blood, and people with healthy qi and blood will have nowhere to live. (For the cold-dispelling effect of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, it is suggested that moxibustion can be carried out by fumigation with moxa sticks, and the effect will be more obvious).

Just a reminder. Folium Artemisiae Argyi tastes bitter, and bitter substances, such as Sophora flavescens and Scutellariae Radix, generally have a cooling effect, so Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the effect of reducing fire, especially Acorus calamus. However, for people with insufficient qi and blood, it is recommended to drink a bowl of jujube longan soup or tea before soaking their feet to supplement the vitality that may be lost in the body; If people with yin deficiency constitution have dizziness symptoms after soaking their feet with wormwood, please take a tonic of half a catty to a catty of prawn immediately. After eating, they will feel refreshed and energetic, because the evil fire in their bodies will greatly enhance their ability to absorb nutrients.