In Chinese medicine, foot bath is a good way to treat diseases, especially adding some herbs to foot bath water will double your foot bath effect. There is an old saying in ancient times that "the rich take tonic and the poor soak their feet". This regimen is simple and suitable for the public, but the effect is also remarkable.
Among them, the foot is called the second heart of the human body, and many diseases of the body can be known from the changes of the foot, and scientific research has proved that there are meridian areas corresponding to various zang-fu organs on the foot. When soaking feet with warm water, these reflex zones can be stimulated, thus achieving the health care effect of preventing and treating diseases. The operation required to soak feet is also relatively simple, because simplicity only attracts many people and is suitable for the public. So what I want to introduce today is that wormwood is added to the foot bath water at home, which has many effects, especially for friends with cold body. Soak in wormwood for 15 days, and the cold in the body will run out.
Efficacy of wormwood
Wormwood is bitter, pungent and warm, and enters the spleen, liver and kidney. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Folium Artemisiae Argyi is used as medicine, which is warm in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, pure in yang, and can activate the twelve meridians, restore yang, regulate qi and blood, dispel dampness and dispel cold, stop bleeding and prevent miscarriage. It is also commonly used in acupuncture and moxibustion.
Benefits of wormwood soaking feet
1) to treat colds
Wormwood can also treat colds, runny noses, sore throats, body aches or fever. You can soak your feet with wormwood leaf water until you sweat, and drink ginger and brown sugar water at the same time. The effect is obvious.
2) Eliminate deficiency fire and cold fire.
We suffer from oral ulcer, stomatitis, otitis media, sore throat and so on. It is all caused by the exuberant deficiency fire or cold fire in our body. After boiling wormwood with water, scoop up wormwood and soak your feet in the boiled liquid for a while until you sweat a little.
3) Get rid of beriberi
Because many people like to wear sports shoes, cloth shoes and leather shoes now, and wrap their feet tightly, it is easy to get beriberi over time; If you insist on soaking your feet with mugwort leaves for a while, you can also relieve beriberi!
4) expelling cold
Soaking feet with wormwood has obvious effect of dispelling cold, and wormwood can dredge the twelve meridians and regulate yin and yang. When the meridians are smooth, the qi and blood will be smooth, and the cold in the body will naturally dissipate. It is also suggested that you can use moxa stick fumigation and moxibustion, the effect will be more obvious.
Small magical use of wormwood
1. Folium Artemisiae Argyi+Carthami Flos: Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Carthami Flos can improve leg varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, paralysis of hands and feet, and local blood stasis.
2. Folium Artemisiae Argyi+salt: Folium Artemisiae Argyi plus salt is suitable for cases of excessive burning, constant jealousy, toothache, sore throat, irritability, upper burning cold and edema of legs and feet.
3. Folium Artemisiae Argyi+Zanthoxylum bungeanum: Folium Artemisiae Argyi plus Zanthoxylum bungeanum can remove foot sweat, foot odor, beriberi and eczema.
4. Folium Artemisiae Argyi plus ginger: Folium Artemisiae Argyi plus ginger can effectively treat a series of diseases such as cold, arthropathy, rheumatoid, cough, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma.
Matters needing attention
The foot soaking time should not be too long, and 15 ~ 30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply, which will cause dizziness and headache. Although the effect of soaking feet with mugwort leaves is good, not everyone is suitable for soaking feet with mugwort leaves. For example, women with a large amount of menstruation are not suitable for soaking their feet during menstruation. For example, diabetic patients or friends with fever symptoms should consult a doctor in advance. If you don't want to soak your feet with mugwort, you should follow the doctor's advice.