Many people have the habit of soaking their feet, especially in autumn and winter when the weather is cold. If you soak your feet with hot water, it will not only make your body warmer, but also play a certain health care role. There are more and more ways to soak your feet now. Many people will soak their feet with ginger, but there are certain safety taboos. What should women pay attention to during menstruation?

Ginger is a pungent and warm medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, which has the function of dispelling cold and relieving exterior syndrome, and has little 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.

It should be noted that soaking feet with ginger does not mean soaking ginger in hot water for a while, but generally taking 15-30 grams of ginger (about half a slice of ginger of the same size), patting it flat and putting it in.

Add half a pot of water to the pot, cover the pot and cook with hot water for about 10 minutes. After cooking, pour out all the Jiang Shui, and add appropriate amount of cold water to about 40℃ (generally it is better to feel it is not hot). When soaking your feet, don't let the water pass over your ankles. You'd better rub your feet when soaking.

Many of the medicinal ingredients in ginger are small molecular substances, which can be avoided by covering the pot and cooking. The amount of half a slice of ginger is the amount of water in the basin used by ordinary families to soak their feet If the amount of water used for soaking feet is large, or the symptoms of being afraid of cold are serious, the amount of ginger can be appropriately increased. After soaking feet with Jiang Shui for a period of time, the symptoms of being afraid of cold can generally be improved to some extent.

The foot soaking time should not be too long, 15-30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply.

Women will be weak because of blood loss during menstruation, so they need to supplement nutrition, and at the same time, they should pay attention to the work of keeping warm and cold. If you want to soak your feet during this period, you should still pay attention. Don't soak your feet with herbs casually, so as not to aggravate dysmenorrhea. Consult Chinese medicine for details.