Mugwort is a plant with a long history, which can be used externally as well as internally, but due to a small toxicity, it is now generally used externally, and foot soaking is a convenient and effective method, so can Mugwort plus ginger be used to soak your feet every day?
Mugwort and ginger can be used to soak feet every day
It is not recommended to soak every day.
Mugwort can drive away cold and dampness, ginger also has the effect of driving away cold, will be used to soak feet with mugwort and ginger can play a multiplier effect. However, you can't soak your feet every day, because it will lead the fire and cold fire to the lower part of the upper part of the body, and if you soak your feet every day, the blood supply to the head will be insufficient, and it will make you feel dizzy and dizziness.
For people with cold body mass, you can soak 1-2 times a week, each time about 20 minutes can be, in the foot soak at the same time you can drink a cup of warm water or ginger jujube water, to help replenish the body of the Jinqi at the same time can be driven away from the cold.
For normal or hot body mass, it is not recommended to often use moxa to soak the feet, occasionally soak once, or there may be discomfort.
Methods and dosage of moxa ginger foot soak
The dosage of moxa is not the more the better, the right amount can be, if the dosage is too much, there may be dizziness and headache. Take a small handful of moxa leaves or a quarter of pure moxa sticks, about 50 grams or so, torn and added to the foot soak bucket inside, then add washed and cut slices of ginger, pour boiling hot water, to be cooled to about 40 degrees can be soaked feet.
Note that the temperature of the water can not be too high, so as not to burn the skin of the feet; soak the feet of time is not too long, so as to avoid discomfort.
The detoxification reaction after the wormwood ginger foot soak
1, the stool is black: with wormwood ginger foot soak some people may find that the discharge of the stool is black, and the number of stools and the amount of increase, that is because of the wormwood can promote the body's metabolism, accelerating the body's garbage toxins out of the body.
2, sweat a lot: sweating is also an important way to discharge toxins, with mugwort ginger foot soak can accelerate blood circulation in the body, there may be a sweaty situation, garbage toxins can also be discharged with the sweat, pay attention to drink some warm water to replenish water in time.
Mugwort and ginger foot soak contraindication1, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: Mugwort and ginger can promote blood circulation in the body, coupled with high temperature conditions, it will accelerate the head of the blood flow to the foot, for the people suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases may appear in the head of the ischemic situation.
2, diabetic: diabetic endings of the hands and feet of poor perceptual ability, the external temperature change is more sluggish, with moxa and ginger foot soak may burn the skin.