Add a teaspoon of salt and 50 ~ 70g of ginger to hot water and soak your feet for about half an hour.
Salt can clear fire, cool blood and detoxify, while ginger has the functions of dispelling cold, stopping vomiting and detoxifying. Soaking feet with ginger salt water often can promote local blood circulation, prevent colds, make feet smooth and tidy, and make the mind feel relaxed. When patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases soak their feet, it is best to drown their calves with water. "The calf is the second heart of the human body", which can greatly promote the blood circulation of the human body and achieve better results.
Benefits of soaking feet in hot water
(1) promotes blood circulation. The foot has been considered as the second heart of the human body since ancient times. According to the health theory, the feet are farthest from the human heart and bear the heaviest burden. So this place is most likely to cause poor blood circulation. According to medical records, "a man with feet is still like a tree with roots. The roots are exhausted first, and the old feet are old first." Especially for people who often feel cold hands and feet, soaking feet with hot water is an excellent method.
(2) It has a good auxiliary effect on the treatment of various diseases. People often say that "the rich take tonic and the poor soak their feet", which shows the great effect of Chinese medicine soaking their feet. Especially in modern society, the extensive use of air conditioners and people's general love of cold food make their bodies cold and wet. Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can accelerate the elimination of cold in the body.
Refer to the above content: People's Daily Online-Soak your feet with ginger salt water to clear away fire and detoxify! But three types of people are the least suitable for soaking feet. 2. Baidu Encyclopedia-Foot Soaking