Soaking feet in spring and summer is beneficial and well-founded. When the humidity is just right in summer and the spleen and stomach are blocked, there will be symptoms such as loss of appetite, lethargy, listlessness and irritability. Soaking feet in summer is helpful to dispel summer heat and dampness, prevent colds, cheer people up, stimulate appetite and promote sleep. Because the foot is the most important part after the heart, and there are a lot of capillaries, soaking the foot with warm water can better stimulate the meridians and invigorate the viscera function of the human body.
Formula: 20 grams of dried ginger and aconite root, 30 grams of pepper and wormwood leaf, 0/5 grams of Lycopodium, 0/0 grams of Ramulus Cinnamomi and Ramulus Mori. Usage: wrap the gauze, boil it in water, take out the medicine bag, pour the soup into a slightly deep bathtub, and air it to 40℃ ~ 50℃ to soak your feet. Soak 1 ~ 2 times a day for 20 ~ 40 minutes each time.
You can soak your feet in spring, and you can also add ginger, pepper or other Chinese herbal medicines when soaking your feet. There are more than 70 acupoints on our feet, large and small. Soaking feet can stimulate acupoints and make the body's meridians unobstructed. Soaking feet can also relieve fatigue, relax body and mind and promote sleep.
Soaking feet in summer and summer helps to dispel summer heat and dampness, prevent colds, make people feel refreshed, stimulate appetite and promote sleep. Because the foot is the most important part after the heart, it is called the "second heart". There are a large number of capillaries on the foot, which is one of the densest points in the human body. Summer is the most vigorous season of human yang.
At this time, soaking feet with warm water can better stimulate meridians and invigorate the function of human viscera. Especially for people with poor spleen and stomach, summer is more suitable for soaking feet. When the spleen and stomach are good, it is not easy to be attacked by moisture. In summer, symptoms such as loss of appetite, lethargy, listlessness and restlessness caused by excessive moisture will be alleviated.
Adding different Chinese medicines to foot bath can relieve different symptoms. Soaking feet in summer, the primary purpose is to get rid of heat and dampness. Decoct the juice with Pogostemon cablin and soak your feet in the foot bath. Take 30-50g of Pogostemon cablin, put it in 2 liters of water, fry it with strong fire for about 40 minutes, then simmer it with low fire, leaving 1 liter of liquid medicine, take out the juice, add 2 liters of water to fry it to 1 liter, put two pieces of liquid medicine into a basin, and massage your feet at the same time during foot soaking. This method is a good way to soak feet in summer, get rid of moisture and cool off the heat.
In autumn and winter, people's hands and feet are cold Soaking feet with hot water before going to bed can not only relieve fatigue, but also help promote blood circulation, stimulate acupoints and meridians of feet, make the whole body warm and improve sleep quality.
If different kinds of prescriptions are added to hot water when soaking feet, it can also achieve the effects of warming kidney, dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach, which can effectively regulate the body and has a good auxiliary effect on disease treatment.
Soaking feet in autumn can drive away cold, warm up and prevent colds; Promote sleep, the soles of the feet are rich in capillaries and nerve endings, soaking feet can stimulate blood circulation in the feet, reduce cerebral blood flow, and make people feel sleepy; Improve mental state, relieve muscle pain and eliminate anxiety; Increase blood circulation and relieve autumn dryness; Stimulate the acupoints and meridians of the foot and improve the viscera; Prevent rheumatoid arthritis, activate nerve cells and relieve numbness of waist and legs.
It's cold in winter, so it's best to soak your feet for health. Soaking feet in winter can not only warm the body, but also have many benefits to the body.
To promote blood circulation, the foot is farthest from the human heart and bears the heaviest burden. Therefore, the foot is most likely to cause poor blood circulation. For people who often feel cold hands and feet, hot water soaking feet can play a very good role in improving. Especially now is winter, the most appropriate. Old people soak their feet with hot water before going to bed, which can not only keep out the cold, but also improve their sleep.
Ginger dispels cold. In traditional Chinese medicine, ginger belongs to pungent-warming and exterior-relieving medicine, which has the effect of dispelling cold and exterior-relieving, and has less toxic and side effects. Modern medicine believes that ginger can stimulate capillaries and improve local blood circulation and metabolism. People who are afraid of cold and easy to get cold hands and feet can soak their feet with ginger.
Methods: Take ginger 15-30g (about half a slice of ginger with the same size), pat it flat, put it in a pot, add half a pot of water, cover the pot, and cook it in hot water for about 10 minute. After cooking, pour out all the Jiang Shui, and add appropriate amount of cold water to about 40℃ (generally it is better to feel it is not hot). When soaking your feet, don't let the water pass over your ankles. You'd better rub your feet when soaking.