Foot soaking itself has a certain sleep-promoting effect, but among the three, mugwort, saffron, and ginger, mugwort has the best sleep-promoting effect.

Because mugwort has the functions of detoxifying and sterilizing, removing dampness and cold, relieving stress, helping sleep, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, warming the body, and improving immunity.

1. Ginger foot soak:

Dispel cold

In traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is a pungent and warm medicine that relieves the exterior. It has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving the exterior, and it is also poisonous. Side effects are minor. Modern medicine believes that ginger can stimulate capillaries and improve local blood circulation and metabolism. People who are afraid of cold and prone to cold hands and feet can use ginger to soak their feet.

Many of the medicinal ingredients in ginger are small molecular substances, and cooking with the lid on can prevent them from evaporating. The amount of half a piece of ginger is equivalent to the amount of water in a basin used for foot soaking in ordinary households. If a large amount of water is used to soak the feet, or the symptoms of cold sensitivity are severe, the amount of ginger can be increased as appropriate. After soaking your feet in ginger water for a period of time, the symptoms of cold sensitivity can generally be improved to a certain extent.

2. Safflower foot bath:

Prevent frostbite

Safflower is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine in gynecology. It can promote blood circulation and stimulate menstruation, remove stasis and relieve pain. People who are prone to frostbite and skin chapped in winter should soak their feet with safflower in advance in autumn, which can play a very good preventive role.

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Benefits of foot soaking:

1. Adjust blood pressure

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the internal organs of the human body are on the feet There are corresponding projections. The feet are the starting point of the three yin meridians of the foot and the end point of the foot bath of the three yang meridians of the foot. There are more than 60 acupoints below the ankle joint. Using traditional Chinese medicine to soak feet in the treatment of high blood pressure can effectively prevent the toxic and side effects of the medicine, and the effect is better. Since patients with high blood pressure need to take medicine for a long time, to reduce the hormonal stimulation of the human body by the medicine, external use of traditional Chinese medicine is generally more effective.

2. Improve blood circulation

Foot bath can improve the blood circulation of the feet. The warming effect of water can expand the blood vessels in the feet and increase the temperature of the skin, thereby promoting blood circulation in the feet and the whole body. Someone has done a test and found that if a healthy person soaks his feet in warm water at 40°C-45°C for 30-40 minutes, the blood flow throughout his body will increase 10-13 times that of a woman.

3. Promote metabolism

Foot bath can promote blood circulation in the feet and the whole body. Due to the increase in blood circulation, it regulates the functions of various endocrine glands and promotes the secretion of various endocrine glands. Hormones, such as thyroid hormone secreted by the thyroid gland and epinephrine secreted by the adrenal glands, can promote metabolism.

4. Eliminate fatigue

The biggest function of foot bath is to eliminate fatigue. The ancients have already concluded from practice that hot water foot bath can eliminate fatigue.

5. Improve sleep

Foot bath can promote blood circulation in the feet and the whole body, accelerate blood flow, dispel sediments on the soles of the feet and eliminate fatigue substances in the body, eliminating fatigue and making people Being in a resting state thereby improving sleep.

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