The ancients believed that people had "four roots" and feet were the root of essence. Therefore, to keep healthy, don't forget to work hard on your feet.
Soak your feet in spring, open the sun and take off; Soak your feet in summer to get rid of damp heat;
Soak your feet in autumn, clear your intestines and moisten your lungs; Soak your feet in winter and your abdomen is warm.
Pepper soaking feet:
Soaking feet with Chili water can promote sleep better than soaking feet with hot water.
In the view of Chinese medicine, pepper can warm the middle and relieve pain, dispel dampness and dispel cold. Soaking feet with Chili water and soaking feet with angelica and safflower have the same effect, both of which can promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, so that the whole body blood vessels are smooth and warm. In addition, Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a natural disinfectant, and soaking feet with Zanthoxylum bungeanum water can also help treat beriberi.
Method: Wrap 50 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum with cotton cloth, tie it with rope, boil it with water, and soak your feet with this water. Pepper bags can be reused, and they can be replaced in about a week.
Soak your feet with mugwort:
Before going to bed, about eight or nine o'clock, soak your feet with boiling water from mugwort leaves. What are the benefits after soaking? After soaking feet, the blood in the head is active, the body is slightly sweaty, the blood comes down, the mind is clear, the fatigue is reduced, and then rest.
Because Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the function of warming meridians and dispelling cold, soaking feet can help remove cold and dampness in the body and help restore the body.
It is advisable to soak your feet with a little sweat, and don't sweat, because sweating hurts the yang, which is not worth the candle. You can massage your feet more.
Methods: Take 50 grams of Folium Artemisiae Argyi. Decoct Folium Artemisiae Argyi in boiling water for about 15 minutes. When the water temperature is slightly lower, you can soak your feet in the liquid medicine for 15~20 minutes each time. After the water is cooled, hot water can be added.
More foot bath tips:
Putting salt in water to treat constipation can also eliminate fatigue and help sleep.
Put ginger, dried tangerine peel and mint into water to treat spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and warm the middle and remove dampness.
Put dried ginger into water to treat rheumatism and bone pain, fear of cold, warm dried ginger to dispel cold and return to pulse.
Put vinegar in water to treat foot odor, beriberi, blood circulation and rheumatism.
Put Radix Astragali10g, Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis10g, Herba Lycopodii10g, and Fructus Zanthoxyli 6g into water to relieve diabetes (caused by yin deficiency) and remove dampness; Astragalus membranaceus strengthens qi and consolidates exterior; Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis can help drugs penetrate into the body through the skin and exert their efficacy.
Put Radix Paeoniae Alba, Herba Leonuri and Radix Angelicae Sinensis into water to treat dysmenorrhea, which is generally caused by body cold or qi stagnation and blood stasis. Radix Paeoniae Alba can remove Yin Qi, abdominal pain and unblock blood vessels. Motherwort removes blood stasis and promotes regeneration, promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation; Angelica sinensis can replenish blood and promote blood circulation, regulate menstruation and relieve pain.
Four taboos for soaking feet:
Avoid soaking feet just after eating or on an empty stomach. It should be half an hour after dinner.
Second, avoid the water temperature is too high, 40-50 degrees is appropriate.
Three bogey time is too long, should be about 20 minutes, sweating slightly.
Four bogeys: make your own decisions and put Chinese medicine in disorder.