Soaking feet in spring and summer is beneficial and well-founded. Summer humidity is just right, and when it is blocked in the spleen and stomach, there will be symptoms such as loss of appetite, drowsiness, listlessness and irritability. Soaking feet in summer will help to get rid of summer dampness, prevent colds, cheer people up, stimulate appetite and promote sleep. Because the foot is the most important part after the heart, and there are a large number of capillaries, soaking the feet with warm water can better stimulate the meridians and invigorate the viscera function of the human body.
Formula: 20 grams of dried ginger and aconite root, 30 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Folium Artemisiae Argyi, 0/5 grams of Herba Lycopodii and Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis, and 0/0 grams of Ramulus Cinnamomi and Ramulus Mori. Usage: wrap the medicinal gauze, boil it in water, take out the medicine bag, pour the soup into a slightly deep bathtub, and air it to 40℃ ~ 50℃ to soak your feet. Soak in1~ 2 times a day for 20 ~ 40 minutes each time.
You can soak your feet in spring, and you can also add ginger, pepper or other Chinese herbal medicines when soaking your feet. There are more than 70 acupoints in our feet, large and small. By soaking our feet, we can stimulate the acupoints and make our body meridians unobstructed. Soaking feet can also relieve fatigue, relax body and mind, and promote sleep.
Summer summer's foot bath helps to dispel summer heat and dampness, prevent colds, cheer people up, stimulate appetite and promote sleep. Because the foot is the most important part after the heart, it is called the "second heart". There are a large number of capillaries on the feet, which is one of the most dense parts of human acupuncture points. Summer is the most vigorous season of human yang.
At this time, soaking feet with warm water can better stimulate meridians and invigorate the function of human viscera. In particular, people with poor spleen and stomach are more suitable for soaking feet in summer. When the spleen and stomach are good, it is not easy to be invaded by moisture. In summer, symptoms such as loss of appetite, drowsiness, listlessness and irritability caused by excessive moisture will be alleviated.
Adding different Chinese medicines to the foot bath can relieve different symptoms. Soaking feet in summer, the primary purpose is to get rid of summer heat and dampness. Decoct the juice with Pogostemon Fragrans and then soak your feet in foot bath. Take 30-50g of Pogostemon Pogostemon, put it in 2 liters of water, and decoct it with strong fire for about 40 minutes, then simmer it with low fire until the liquid medicine remains 1 liter, take out the juice, add 2 liters of water and decoct it to 1 liter, put two pieces of liquid medicine in a basin, soak your feet, and massage your feet at the same time during the soaking process. This method is a good way to soak feet in summer, get rid of moisture and eliminate summer heat.
In autumn and winter, people's hands and feet are cold. Soaking their feet with hot water before going to bed can not only alleviate the fatigue of the whole body, but also help promote the blood circulation of the human body, stimulate the acupoints and meridians of the feet, make the whole body warm, and improve the quality of sleep.
If different kinds of prescriptions are added to hot water when soaking feet, it can also achieve the effects of warming kidney and expelling cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach, which can effectively recuperate the body and has a good auxiliary effect on disease treatment.
Soaking feet in autumn can drive away the cold, warm the body and prevent colds; Promote sleep, there are abundant capillaries and nerve endings in the soles of feet, and soaking feet can stimulate blood circulation in the feet, reduce cerebral blood flow and make people feel sleepy; Improve mental state, relieve muscle pain and eliminate anxiety; Increase blood circulation and relieve autumn dryness; Stimulate foot acupoints, meridians and improve viscera; Prevent rheumatoid arthritis, activate nerve cells, and relieve numbness of waist and legs.
It's cold in winter, so it's best to soak your feet for health. Soaking your feet in winter can not only warm your body, but also have many benefits to your health.
To promote blood circulation, the feet are farthest from the human heart and bear the heaviest burden. Therefore, the foot is most likely to cause poor blood circulation. For those who often feel cold hands and feet, hot water soaking feet can play a very good role in improving. Especially now is winter, which is the most suitable. The elderly should soak their feet with hot water before going to bed, which can not only keep out the cold, but also improve their sleep.
Ginger-dispelling cold, in traditional Chinese medicine, ginger belongs to pungent-warming and exterior-relieving medicine, which has the effect of dispelling cold and exterior-relieving, and has less toxic and side effects. Modern medicine believes that ginger can stimulate capillaries and improve local blood circulation and metabolism. People who are afraid of cold and easy to get cold hands and feet can soak their feet with ginger.
Methods: Take15-30g of ginger (about half a piece of ginger of medium size), pat it flat, put it in a pot, add half a pot of water, cover the pot and cook it in hot water for about 10 minute. After cooking, pour out all the Jiang Shui, and add appropriate amount of cold water to about 40℃ (generally, it is advisable not to feel hot). When soaking feet, the water should not pass through the ankle. It is best to rub your feet while soaking.