The ancients often said:? A man with feet is still like a tree with roots. When a tree dies, its roots are exhausted first, and a man's old feet fail first? In other words, when a tree dies, its roots will decline first, while when people get old, their feet will generally decline first. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the sole of the foot is the place where the meridians start and end, and there are more than 60 acupoints and reflex zones connected with human viscera and organs, which directly correspond to human viscera and organs.

Therefore, the soles of the feet are very important to our health. In our daily life, we can often soak our feet with hot water, which can effectively stimulate the acupoints of the feet, promote blood gas circulation, dredge meridians, regulate viscera, improve metabolism, and achieve the functions of strengthening the body, eliminating diseases and prolonging life. If you add different foods to soak your feet, you can have different effects. Let's take a look at what can be added to the foot washing water to achieve the effect of maintaining the whole body.

energy

Ginger can be added when soaking feet. Ginger is pungent and slightly warm, and enters the lungs, spleen and stomach. Has the functions of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, removing dampness, relieving coldness of hands and feet, and preventing and treating common cold.

Sichuan pepper

In general, we will use pepper as a condiment. In fact, pepper also has the function of dispelling cold. Chinese medicine says it can dispel internal cold and help yang. Of course, soaking feet in hot water can also dispel the cold, but if pepper is added, the effect will be better. Zanthoxylum bungeanum also has the functions of sterilization, disinfection and pain relief. Adding pepper when soaking feet can also prevent foot odor and beriberi.

folium artemisiae argyi

Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a natural dehumidifying plant. When soaking feet, put some mugwort leaves in water to soak feet, which can effectively remove moisture and cold in the body, dredge meridians, warm meridians and promote blood circulation.

garlic

Garlic is also good for health. Some people will use raw garlic or garlic water to recuperate when they have a cold. In fact, garlic also has a good effect of eliminating dampness. When soaking feet, add a few cloves of garlic, soak in hot water for about five minutes first, and then soak your feet, which can achieve a good effect of eliminating dampness.

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