Foot bath is foot bath, which belongs to one of the contents of pedicure in traditional Chinese medicine and is also a commonly used external treatment. Soaking your feet with hot water can not only relieve fatigue, but also help you sleep. At the same time, adding traditional Chinese medicine to water can also play other roles. Do you know why soaking feet before going to bed can make people sleep better?

That's because when we soak our feet in hot water, we will find that the blood vessels on our feet will expand and the epidermis of our feet will turn red. This is because when we soak our feet with hot water, it will accelerate the blood circulation of the feet, make more blood flow to the peripheral blood vessels of the lower limbs, and make the blood flow of the brain relatively decrease, thus making people feel sleepy. At the same time, because countless nerve endings on the soles of the feet are closely connected with the brain, the warm stimulation of hot water on the nerve endings on the feet can inhibit the cerebral cortex and make people feel comfortable and relaxed in the brain, thus speeding up sleep and deepening sleep.

Ginger soaking feet

Ingredients: a slice of ginger, safflower 1g, salt.

Process: pat the ginger flat with a knife, wrap the safflower in gauze and boil it in water, then add a spoonful of salt to soak your feet.

Efficacy: cold feet are afraid of cold.

Honghua paojiao

Material: safflower 1g, a little salt.

Technology: Boil safflower in water, add a spoonful of salt, smoke the feet first and then soak them.

Efficacy: promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis and treating low back pain.

Ai ye pao jiao

Material: dried mugwort 50- 100g.

Process: Boil in water first, then add cold water or soak your feet after the temperature drops. Soak Folium Artemisiae Argyi in some hot water for 20 minutes, then add water to soak your feet.

Efficacy: wormwood and ginger can treat colds, arthropathy, rheumatoid, cough, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma.

Wormwood and safflower can improve varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, numbness of hands and feet or blood stasis.

20 capsules of Artemisia argyi pepper are suitable for sweaty feet, smelly feet, beriberi and warm rash.

Soak your feet in vinegar.

Material: proper amount of vinegar.

Process: Boil hot water, then add proper amount of vinegar until the temperature is suitable for soaking feet.

Efficacy: Soaking feet with vinegar can also enhance skin elasticity and make skin smooth; Get rid of rheumatism and improve human discomfort symptoms such as fear of cold.