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Can you soak your feet in mugwort leaves during your period

Yes, you can.

It's good to soak your feet in mugwort leaves for 15-20 minutes a day, until your body sweats, which is very effective in relieving menstrual cramps. First take 30 grams of mugwort leaves, 100 grams of ginger, 100 milliliters of white wine. Will moxa leaves Xian clean, ginger cut into thick slices, into the pot, add the right amount of water decoction for 30 minutes, remove the slag to take the juice, poured into the basin, add white wine, first fumigation after soaking feet.

Note that the temperature of the fumigation water is best at about 90 ℃, to prevent scalding, when the water temperature drops to about 40 ℃, and then immersed in the water, soak to the ankle joints of both feet.

When soaking the feet can also rub the heart of the foot Chungquan points, toes, heel, these parts are the reproductive system of the reflex zones, focusing on stimulating these parts, help to warm the uterus, promote blood flow, so that the blood stasis quickly dissipate, to play the role of pain relief.

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Taboos during menstruation

Taboos 1: Strenuous sports

Strenuous sports such as high-jumping, long-jumping, racing, and soccer will induce or aggravate systemic discomfort during menstruation, and even cause dysmenorrhea and menstrual disorders. Some of the strength exercises that increase abdominal pressure, such as weight lifting, dumbbells, etc., should also be avoided, or they will cause excessive menstruation or prolonged menstruation.

Taboo 2: blind medicine

Many women will take advantage of the important supplement during menstruation, but in fact, menstruation is exactly the taboo period of medicine. Generally eat tonic medicine _ in the more added rice wine to help line blood, or to activate the blood of the Chinese herbal medicine will cause menstrual blood increase, generally eat tonic medicine _ in the more added rice wine to help line blood, or to activate the blood of the Chinese herbal medicine will cause menstrual blood increase.

Taboo 3: surgery

It is not suitable for all forms of surgery during menstruation, because during menstruation, the endometrium releases more tissue-activating substances that activate the fibrinolytic enzymes in the blood into fibrinolytic enzymes with anticoagulant effects, and at the same time the number of platelets in the body decreases, so the body's ability to coagulate is reduced and the time for hemostasis is prolonged.

Reference source; People's Daily Online - women menstruation to keep in mind 5 taboos

Reference source; People's Daily Online - through the pain, moxa foot soak to cure menstrual cramps the most effective