Ginger is a common food in life. It is rich in nutrients needed by the human body. If you boil it into soup and drink it, it can bring many benefits to the human body. And if you use it to soak your feet, it is also very effective. So, what are the effects and functions of ginger soup for foot soaking? What are the benefits of soaking feet in ginger soup? Let’s learn more about the benefits of foot soaking in ginger soup.
1. What are the effects of foot soaking in ginger soup?
(1) It can dispel cold and keep warm
The human feet are farthest from the blood supply end, which can easily cause poor blood circulation. Causes cold feet. Soaking feet in ginger soup can promote blood circulation in the feet, heat the feet, dispel cold, keep the feet warm, and prevent feet from getting frostbite.
(2) Relieve fatigue
Foot soaking in ginger soup can promote blood circulation, stimulate acupuncture points on the soles of the feet, enhance body metabolism, relieve fatigue and improve sleep.
(3) Prevent colds
Soaking feet in ginger soup can increase the temperature of the feet, remove cold air and keep the body warm, which is beneficial to preventing and treating colds and colds. If you suffer from wind-cold and cold, you can use a combination of drinking ginger soup and soaking your feet in ginger soup to treat the cold, which will have better results.
(4) Treatment of athlete’s foot
The gingerol in ginger soup has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. For beriberi caused by fungi, you can use ginger soup to soak your feet to relieve symptoms, or you can often use ginger Soaking your feet in hot water can prevent beriberi infection. In addition, ginger soup also has a certain effect on eliminating foot odor.
(5) Relieve rheumatism
The active ingredients such as zingerone and shogaol in ginger soup have the functions of promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, and dehumidifying. Soaking feet with ginger soup every day can be effective. Relieves rheumatic pain.
2. How to soak your feet in ginger soup
Add about 10 slices of ginger into the pot, boil the water and let it cool to about 40 degrees Celsius. Soak your feet directly, or add it to the boiled ginger soup. The temperature of the cold water should be about 40 degrees Celsius, and should not exceed 45 degrees Celsius to avoid burns, and the ginger soup should not reach the ankles.
3. How long to soak your feet in ginger soup?
The time for soaking your feet in ginger soup is generally 30-40 minutes. For the elderly, 20 minutes is enough to avoid sweating and palpitation. Cause physical discomfort. Soaking your feet for too long will cause excessive expansion of blood vessels in your feet, which can easily lead to problems such as insufficient blood supply to other parts of the body.
4. When is the best time to soak your feet in ginger soup?
Generally, it is best to soak your feet in ginger soup at night before going to bed. If your feet are tired after exercising during the day, soaking your feet in ginger soup can not only clean your feet and relieve fatigue, but also promote blood circulation in your feet, which will promote your subsequent sleep.
5. Who is not suitable for foot soaking in ginger soup?
(1) Diabetic patients
Long-term diabetic patients have damaged pain conduction fibers due to nerve conduction disorders. , the high temperature of the footbath water makes it difficult for this type of people to make timely avoidance reactions, and it is easy to burn their feet.
(2) Children
It is not recommended for children to soak their feet. Because the arches of children's feet have not yet developed well, high water temperatures or prolonged foot soaking may cause the feet to develop into flat feet. Children can just wash their feet with warm water.
6. Precautions for eating ginger
1. Do not peel it. Some people like to peel ginger when eating it, but doing so will not bring out the full benefits of ginger. Wash the fresh ginger and cut it into shreds.
2. Anyone with yin deficiency and excessive fire, red eyes and internal heat, or those suffering from carbuncles, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes, and hemorrhoids, should It is not advisable to consume ginger for a long time.
3. From the perspective of treatment, ginger brown sugar water is only suitable for patients with wind-cold cold or stomach cold or fever after being exposed to rain. It cannot be used for patients with summer-heat cold or wind-heat cold. For the treatment of heat stroke. Taking fresh ginger juice can cure vomiting caused by cold, but it should not be used for other types of vomiting.
4. Don’t eat rotten ginger. Rotting ginger will produce a highly toxic substance that can cause degeneration and necrosis of liver cells and induce liver cancer, esophageal cancer, etc. The saying that "rotten ginger doesn't taste rotten" is unscientific.
5. Eating ginger is not always better.
The weather is hot in summer, and people are prone to dry mouth, polydipsia, sore throat, and excessive sweating. Ginger is pungent and warm in nature and is a hot food. According to the principle of "hot food cold", it is not advisable to eat too much. Just add a few slices of ginger when cooking or making soup.