1. Foot-soaking ratio of safflower and mugwort leaves
Carthamus tinctorius and Artemisia argyi are both traditional Chinese medicines, so if you soak your feet with them, the more the better, depending on the specific symptoms you want to recuperate. If you just want to achieve some health effects, you can soak your feet according to the proportion of safflower and mugwort.
Then, the one-to-one amount of safflower wormwood leaves can be roughly 20 grams each time, or if you don't want to be so thick, you can also consider the amount of 10 gram each time. According to this ratio, even if there is no disease or pain, it can be soaked, which is very good for blood circulation of lower limbs. You can usually soak for about 30 minutes. Moreover, these traditional Chinese medicines can be reused for no more than 3 days and can be boiled before each use.
2. The effect of soaking feet with safflower and mugwort leaves
The custom of soaking feet has been continued by people, especially modern people are very keen on soaking feet. Now people's physical function can't keep up with the pace of life, so more and more people are in sub-health state. Then, it is a simple and effective method to soak feet in health with Chinese medicine, which is also accepted by people now.
The most common medicinal material for soaking feet is Folium Artemisiae Argyi, alias "wormwood", which is fragrant, mild and edible. But people are more interested in its medicinal value, so they will use it to soak their feet with safflower, which has many effects!
1, has the effect of promoting blood circulation.
2. It has antibacterial, antiviral, antiallergic and immunity enhancing effects.
3. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a cool herb, which can also be used to remove beriberi and tinea pedis.
4, safflower wormwood leaves can also go cold, dampness, and meridian.
5, can relieve knee pain, eliminate toxins, and have a certain relief effect on low back and leg pain and knee pain.
Especially in winter, soaking feet with safflower and wormwood leaves has many benefits. Soaking feet with mugwort leaves and safflower has a good health care function, which not only warms the whole body, but also helps to sleep. Moreover, these materials are easy to buy in pharmacies in China, and the price is very close to the people.
People who soak their feet with safflower and mugwort should be avoided.
Soaking your feet with safflower and wormwood leaves has magical effects, which can drive away the cold for you, especially the sister paper without male tickets. You are not cold this winter! But it is impossible for 1000 people to use it, and some people are still not suitable for soaking their feet with safflower and wormwood leaves!
Patients with hypertension are not suitable for soaking feet with safflower and mugwort, even ordinary people. Because soaking feet is prone to ischemia, most patients will feel dizzy and unwell. Moreover, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Artemisia argyi and safflower have the functions of dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals. Soaking feet with hot water will accelerate blood circulation and reduce blood supply to the head and other parts of the body, leading to dizziness, palpitation and chest tightness. In addition, women with more menstrual flow should not use it during menstruation, because both safflower and mugwort have the functions of warming uterus, warming menstruation and promoting blood circulation, which will increase menstrual flow. If you do this for a long time, it will be bad for your health.
But if you have amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, abdominal pain, traumatic injury, joint pain, partial stroke, macula and other symptoms. The method of soaking feet with safflower and wormwood leaves is just right for you. They can relieve your above symptoms, as well as abdominal cold pain, irregular menstruation, infertility due to palace cold and other symptoms. Only by recognizing its efficacy and suitability for people can we get the right medicine and get twice the result with half the effort!
4. What should I pay attention to when soaking my feet with safflower and wormwood leaves?
Carthamus tinctorius and Folium Artemisiae Argyi in foot bath are both traditional Chinese medicines. Although foot bath is for external use, it should be followed in the process of use. So, what should you pay attention to when soaking your feet?
1, watch the time
Generally, the soaking time of safflower and mugwort leaves should not be too long. Soak the water when it is completely cold. It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes. In addition, it should be noted that it is best to soak your feet before going to bed, but you can only soak your feet one hour after meals. Remember not to soak your feet on an empty stomach.
2. Pay attention to the water temperature
Besides paying attention to time, water temperature is also very important. Too hot will burn the skin and affect the blood circulation in the body. If it is cold, the effect is not so good. It is better to control the water temperature at about 50 degrees Celsius. If the water temperature drops during soaking, it can be added continuously. Soaking feet can relax 1 day fatigue, relieve stress and help sleep.
Step 3 watch the time
Soaking feet should not be too frequent. Excessive use of mugwort leaves will make the body deficient; Headache, dizziness and tinnitus may occur; There will also be dry eyes, fatigue and depression; In severe cases, there will be cough and asthma. Therefore, in order to promote health, it is necessary to use it properly.
4. Pay attention to drinking water
Drinking 1 glass of water before and after soaking Artemisia argyi leaves is beneficial to metabolism and body fluid supplement.
Step 5 pay attention to the crowd
For people who are weak and lack of 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 feel dizzy after soaking their feet with mugwort leaves, please take half a catty to a catty of new prawn supplements immediately. After eating, they will feel refreshed and energetic, because the body's ability to absorb nutrients will be greatly enhanced after the evil fire is discharged from the body. ...
5. Can safflower wormwood leaves soak feet every day?
Soaking feet with Carthamus tinctorius and Folium Artemisiae Argyi can dispel cold, remove dampness, dredge channels and collaterals, effectively dispel deficiency fire and cold fire, and can be used to treat recurrent head and face diseases related to deficiency fire and cold fire, such as oral ulcer, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis and otitis media. Safflower has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Since there are so many functions, can we soak them every day?
Carthamus tinctorius and Folium Artemisiae Argyi belong to a traditional Chinese medicine. With the help of hot water, the effective components of traditional Chinese medicine can penetrate into the skin, be absorbed by the capillaries of the feet, and enter the blood circulation system of the human body, thus achieving the effects of strengthening physique, conditioning the body and treating diseases. Even though there are so many benefits of soaking feet with safflower and mugwort leaves, you can't soak your feet every day, because soaking feet with safflower and mugwort leaves will lead to deficiency fire and cold fire, which will lead to deficiency of both qi and blood in the head and face and insufficient blood supply, but will cause dizziness, headache and emotional changes. It's best to do it two or three times a week, otherwise it will be counterproductive!
6. What else can safflower and Artemisia argyi use to soak their feet?
There are so many effects of soaking feet with safflower and mugwort leaves, but in the world of traditional Chinese medicine, there are many things that can be matched with each other, and different matching effects will be completely different. So, what else can this prescription of soaking feet with safflower and wormwood leaves go with? What's the difference?
Artemisia argyi and safflower are mild in nature. When you soak your feet, you can add some traditional Chinese medicines to the water of safflower and wormwood leaves according to your physical condition, which can play a very good auxiliary role in preventing and treating diseases. For example, patients with hypertension can add some Prunella vulgaris and Uncaria rhynchophylla with antihypertensive effect to foot bath water; For people suffering from rheumatism who are afraid of cold and spleen and stomach deficiency, we can try to add some Chinese herbal medicines with the functions of warming meridians and dredging collaterals, such as dried ginger and mulberry branches. If it is MM with dysmenorrhea, or people with dry feet and dry skin, it can be matched with some Chinese medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, such as Radix Paeoniae Alba, Herba Leonuri, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, and Folium Artemisiae Argyi. At the same time, if conditions permit, you can also consider adding more sappan, Eupatorium adenophorum, Lycopodium, Scutellariae Radix, Angelica sinensis, etc. Both have the effects of relieving fatigue and promoting blood circulation.
7. the role of mugwort leaves
Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the function of dispelling cold and deficiency fire. Now many people have a bad cold, especially girls. Every time I come to menstruation, if it is palace cold, I will definitely feel very painful. Soaking feet with mugwort leaves can play a certain role in alleviating it. Better soak them until they feel a little sweaty. This is the best time. After soaking your feet, you need to pay attention to drinking more water, which is conducive to dredging the meridians. If girls suffer from palace cold, they should pay attention to keep warm. It is also very necessary. If the weather is cold, you must put on more clothes. You can't wear very little just to look good. This will not only catch a cold, but also be very painful when menstruating.