First, prepare a certain amount of wormwood. You can choose fresh wormwood or dry wormwood. If you choose fresh wormwood to soak your feet, about 50 grams is enough. If it is dry wormwood, about 30 grams is enough. Then boil the water first, prepare a basin for soaking feet, and try to use a wooden basin, because the water temperature in the wooden basin will last longer and people will be more comfortable to soak. Boil tap water, then add wormwood and cook for about 15 minutes.
You can put the boiled wormwood water aside and soak your feet when the water temperature is suitable for your feet. It should be noted that the water temperature of soaking feet should not be too high. Some people will choose to soak their feet directly with boiling water. In fact, this practice is wrong. Soaking feet with boiling water can easily raise blood pressure in the body, especially in the elderly. This method of soaking feet can easily make the elderly suddenly have high blood pressure. Soak your feet for about 30 minutes. You should also pay attention to massaging your feet when soaking your feet. When there is sweat on the forehead, it means that soaking feet is better.
Wipe your feet with a clean towel after soaking. Don't wait for the water on your feet to dry naturally, otherwise your feet will catch cold easily. and
And you should put on your socks in time, or you can sleep directly in bed, so that your feet will be more comfortable when you sleep. You can also drink a little warm water after soaking your feet, because sometimes people will feel thirsty after soaking their feet. This is mainly because people's intestines are cleaned during soaking their feet, so it is very good to feel thirsty after soaking their feet. However, you can't drink cold water. Drinking cold water after soaking your feet will make your stomach uncomfortable, and the effect of bathing will be greatly reduced.
If you want to soak your feet with mugwort leaves, you should understand the above steps, so as to maximize the efficacy of mugwort leaves and not waste mugwort leaves. When people buy mugwort leaves, they can choose to buy dried mugwort leaves in pharmacies or go to the mountains to pick mugwort leaves in spring. The efficacy of dried mugwort leaves is the same as that of wet mugwort leaves. You can pick a lot of mugwort leaves in spring, then dry them and use them at any time.