When it rains, people become groggy. Is the sky depressed? Still have psychological rage? In fact, people have always been emotional animals and are easily influenced by the outside world. So is moisture. The humid environment outside is very easy to produce moisture, which is pervasive. As long as your body gives it a chance, moisture will take the opportunity to enter.
Being covered with moisture is really troublesome. Heavy humidity is as uncomfortable as wearing wet clothes often. And there will be many minor symptoms. If you don't know about moisture, you won't even know that it is caused by moisture! For example, it is difficult to get up in the morning, lack of energy at work, and acne, which are all related to moisture.
Naturally, there are many aspects in life that cause us to get wet. When you know that you are wet and don't pay attention to getting rid of it, it will easily affect your health and directly bring troubles to your life. So, what are the ways to get rid of dampness? How to get rid of dampness is better? Let's see how to soak your feet with wormwood to get rid of dampness.
We can have a simple understanding of wormwood. There is a folk saying that "willow is inserted in Qingming Festival and wormwood is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". In some places, people will insert wormwood on the lintel, thinking that it can ward off evil spirits. In some places, wormwood is used as a sachet to repel mosquitoes and insects. Some people will use wormwood to make wormwood cakes, which are also delicious. Some people will soak their feet with wormwood, which has the function of eliminating dampness.
Soaking feet with wormwood has many advantages. Foot is an important part of our body, and there are many acupoints on the soles of our feet. When soaking feet, hot water will stimulate the acupoints of feet, promote blood circulation, warm the body and discharge sweat. This can enhance the body's immunity and improve the quality of sleep. It can also achieve the effects of dredging meridians, dispelling cold and eliminating dampness.
Artemisia argyi, also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi, can also be said to be a wild vegetable, but it is actually a common Chinese medicine. Our ancestors tasted hundreds of herbs and tried the efficacy of various herbs, leaving us an immortal Chinese medicine. In the south, wormwood is generally used for food, and in the north, it is generally used as medicine. Wormwood is bitter, pungent and warm, and enters the spleen, liver and kidney meridians. It has the effects of warming channels to stop bleeding, dispelling cold and removing dampness.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi can be used for moxibustion to remove dampness.
Moxibustion, which can be said to be the oldest therapy in Chinese medicine, originated from moxibustion in Chinese acupuncture therapy. Folium Artemisiae Argyi can be made into moxibustion material to produce moxibustion fever. Stimulating acupoints or specific parts on the body surface with moxa heat can stimulate the menstrual activity of human body, thus regulating the disorder of human viscera and achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
The method has the effects of warming meridians, dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, invigorating yang, relieving depression, relieving swelling, resolving hard mass, rescuing yang, dispelling cold and removing dampness, and can be used for health care. It is especially suitable for chronic diseases of wind, cold and dampness.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi soaks feet to eliminate dampness.
It is rainy and humid in the south, especially those who live by the river, so such people can often soak their feet with wormwood, which can effectively remove the moisture in their bodies. Wormwood is actually a very easy Chinese medicine to pick. Soaking feet with mugwort leaf water can effectively eliminate deficiency fire and cold fire, and can also eliminate cold and dampness in the body.
Usage: Shred Folium Artemisiae Argyi or Folium Artemisiae Argyi, put into a bucket, and then soak in water. When the water temperature is right, you can soak your feet with it until you sweat. After soaking for two or three days, the symptoms caused by these virtual fires, cold fires and moisture will be obviously improved. For patients with severe cold and dampness, wormwood soaking feet is particularly effective.
Note: the foot soaking time should not be too long, generally 15 ~ 30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, causing insufficient blood supply to the brain, which may cause dizziness, headache and other symptoms.
Soaking feet with wormwood has a good effect of eliminating dampness, but it still can't completely eliminate dampness. There are other ways to get rid of dampness. Here, I also mention it to you, so that you have more choices. Let's take a look at the following methods:
1 cupping
Cupping has been spread from Song Dynasty to now and has been deeply integrated into our daily life, especially for middle-aged and elderly people, cupping is a normal state. Cupping can use cans as tools, and then generate negative pressure by burning flames, sucking air, etc. , can be adsorbed on the human body, from which toxic waste is discharged. So as to achieve the effects of detumescence, analgesia, dispelling cold and removing dampness.
Step 2 use condiments skillfully
What kinds of homemade condiments are there? Ginger, onion and garlic are obvious, right? These plants also help to prevent moisture. Ginger, in particular, cooks a bowl of warm ginger soup at home in winter to let the cold in and out of the body and keep the body temperature. It can also effectively protect against moisture. When cooking, put a little more ginger and onion to relieve the symptoms caused by moisture.
Step 3 exercise
Exercise can make the body sweat a lot, and sweating is one of the ways to naturally expel moisture. Moisture will be discharged with sweat, and some toxic wastes in the body will also be discharged. Exercise can enhance physical fitness and improve mental level. Enhance endurance, willpower, etc. Regular exercise also helps to lose weight.