Mugwort, generally used as a preparation of ingredients or used as herbal treatment. Mugwort can reduce fire, especially liver fire caused by internal heat, used for foot soaking is more effective. However, friends who are weak should pay attention, it is best to drink some jujube and cinnamon soup to replenish the vitality before soaking the feet, or else it is easy to be deficient and dizziness occurs.

One, what are the benefits of moxa foot soak?

1, drive cold: as the saying goes, "cold from the feet", feet cool blood will not run smoothly, resulting in discomfort.

2, cold: when cold and flu, running watery nose, sore throat, body aches and pains, or with fever, you can use moxa leaf water soak feet, to soak to the body sweating, but also must drink ginger and brown sugar water at the same time.

3, the treatment of ringworm, eczema, itchy skin: moxa has an inhibitory effect on a variety of pathogenic skin fungi, and through the heat sensation, promote blood circulation, can be forced out of the body of the body's summer dampness; moxa inhibitory effect on the fungi is obvious, it can effectively remove the surface of the skin and the pores of the harmful bacteria, and to adjust the balance of the body's endocrine secretion.

Two, What are the contraindications of moxa foot soak?

1, foot bath time should not be too long, to 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate. The blood will flow to the lower limbs when soaking feet, the brain is easy to insufficient blood supply. Cardiovascular disease patients, the elderly, such as chest tightness, dizziness, should be suspended foot bath rest. Diabetic patients with poor peripheral sensory ability, should be the first family members to test the water temperature, to prevent scalding.

2, fever and suffering from low blood pressure, diabetes should be under the guidance of the doctor with wormwood foot bath. Wormwood foot can be 2 to 3 times a week, should not be too frequent. Wormwood foot soak can lead the fire downward, sometimes cause the head and face of the qi and blood shortage, easy to cause dizziness, headache, but also cause emotional changes.

3, traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is best to use a wooden basin. Copper pots and other metal pots in the chemical composition is not stable, easy to react with the tannins in the Chinese medicine, generate tannins and other harmful substances, so that the efficacy of the drug greatly reduced.

4, children should not use too hot water for a long time soaking feet. Because the arch of the foot is formed from childhood, so we have to pay attention to the protection from childhood. If you often use hot water to wash the feet of children, the ligaments of the soles of the feet will become loose, not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the foot arch, easy to form flat feet.

5, female menstruation don't use their own Chinese medicine foot. It is best to consult your doctor and use the right medication according to your own situation.

Warm tips: I also want to remind the following people, to be cautious of using mugwort foot bath. Heart disease patients, low blood pressure patients, etc. are not suitable for too long in the hot water immersion. Because the temperature is too high will make the human body's blood vessels dilation, easy to lead to the heart and brain hypoxia phenomenon. Coupled with the fact that mugwort has a fire-reducing effect, the situation is more obvious.