Q: What did the Qing emperors use to soak their feet?
Recently, the newly discovered manuscript of Ren Xigeng, the last imperial doctor in the Qing Dynasty, has the answer: there are 1 1 herbs in this recipe. This manuscript contains many secret palace recipes, as well as medical records of doctors who treated two emperors Guangxu and Xuan Tong and Empress Dowager Cixi. Ren Xigeng was the last physician in Qing Dynasty. He entered the Qing Dynasty Imperial Hospital at the age of 20 and served as a physician in the Guang and Xuan Dynasties. Guangxu Foot Soaking Prescription makes drugs enter the human body through capillary circulation by soaking and cleaning the outside of the body, especially the feet, and achieves the effects of regulating endocrine, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, calming the liver and purging fire. The article also records the Queen Mother's foot bath prescription for improving eyesight and eliminating dampness, chamomile San Qian, Achyranthes bidentata five money, and Huangbai San Qian decoction. Cixi's washing prescription is Vitex San Qian, Schizonepeta, Mokui, Winter Mulberry Leaves and Cortex Fraxini. Boil soup and wash it while it is hot. Regular washing can prolong life and keep fit. (Note: One Money =3 grams) Related Reading The Secret of the Beautiful Longevity of the First Generation Empress Wu Zetian Reveals the Secret of Mao Zedong Deng Xiaoping's Longevity: The Beautiful Secret of Song Meiling.