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What role can ginger play in foot bath water?
In fact, ginger is very common as a food, but few people know what its real function is. The function of ginger is to warm the stomach and dispel the cold. As a warm medicine, it can achieve a good effect of dispelling cold, so ginger is usually used. It has the functions of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, stopping vomiting, warming lung, relieving cough and detoxifying, but it doesn't mean that all these functions can be exerted on you as long as you soak your feet with ginger. Because raw ginger is warm, soaking feet with hot water can warm meridians and promote blood circulation. Modern Chinese medicine believes that ginger can dispel exterior syndrome, stimulate capillaries and improve blood circulation and metabolism of the sole, which is the reflex zone of human body.

When you soak your feet, you will find sticky sweat on your body, which means it is effective. Remember not to take a bath immediately, and don't soak your feet with the air conditioner on. It's not worth the candle! You can't sweat when soaking your feet, just sweat a little. 15- 20 minutes each time! Cold hands and feet, hot hands and feet, always honest body, feet know how to adapt to the environment best. There are many acupoints all over our body, and the acupoints on our feet are the most comprehensive and important parts of the body's disease signal response.

Ginger is also a warm product, which has the effect of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold and stopping vomiting by warming. Just like the principle of pepper aphrodisiac, adding a few slices of ginger to foot bath water can also play an aphrodisiac role. In addition, ginger has the effect of expelling wind and removing dampness. Slice fresh ginger, add pepper, cook in a pot for about 5 to 10 minutes, and soak in boiling water for 20 minutes. Another way is to put the mugwort leaves in a pot and soak their feet for about 20 minutes. First of all, let's look at the role of ginger; Ginger and onion contain cyclic hydrocarbon volatile substances, which can promote circulation, raise body temperature, make skin spicy and cool, cure skin edema and moisturize skin; Ginger juice is pungent and warm, and pungent and scattered stomach is cold. Ginger has a very good effect of eliminating dampness and dispelling cold. It can also strengthen the spleen, warm the stomach and promote sweating, so it has become the first choice for people to soak their feet in winter.