What is the best foot bath in dog days?
For people suffering from weakness of limbs, drowsiness and loss of appetite, 20 grams of Radix Clematidis (dampness-removing), Rhizoma Atractylodis (menstruation-dredging) 15 grams and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (spleen-strengthening) 15 grams can be added to hot water, and the effect will be better. Chinese prescription for soaking feet in dog days: adding 20g of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., 0g of Radix Dipsaci15g, and 30g of Lycopodium, can replenish vital energy, strengthen tendons and bones, and is suitable for middle-aged and elderly friends suffering from osteoporosis. People with cold feet can add cassia twig15g in water to warm the meridians. For hypertension, 30g of Prunella vulgaris and 0/5g of Alisma orientalis/kloc-should be added. Prunella vulgaris has the functions of clearing liver fire and Alisma orientalis is beneficial to water dehumidification. For patients with varicose veins, 20 grams of Angelica sinensis and 25 grams of Achyranthes bidentata can be added. These two medicines can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dredge channels and activate collaterals.
What do you use to soak your feet to get rid of moisture in the dog days?
1, ginger
Adding some ginger to the hot water for soaking feet can also play a certain role in eliminating dampness, because ginger has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling cold and eliminating dampness, and can help the body remove cold and moisture. Generally speaking, the effect of removing dampness from old ginger will be better, which can help us to warm meridians and relieve physical fatigue.
2, pepper
It is also a good choice to soak your feet with a proper amount of pepper in hot water. Soaking your feet with pepper water can warm the meridians and dredge collaterals, and it can also eliminate dampness and ventilation. Sticking to soaking your feet with pepper water for 20 minutes every day can get a good effect of eliminating dampness. However, pepper is not directly soaked in hot water, but is boiled in a pot to make pepper water.
3. Traditional Chinese medicine
If you want to better remove the moisture in your body, you can add some Chinese medicines to hot water. However, you can't buy these Chinese medicines casually. You must go to a special Chinese medicine clinic to see a doctor. Under the guidance of a doctor, you can choose the right medicine to soak your feet for 30 minutes every day, and you can get a good effect of eliminating dampness.
Dietotherapy for eliminating dampness
Coix lachryma-jobi is the most effective ingredient in eliminating dampness. Coix lachryma-jobi, also known as Coix lachryma, Coix lachryma, Coix lachryma, Zizyphus lachryma, Coix lachryma, Coix lachryma, Huihui Rice, Rice Kernel and Liuguzi, are commonly used Chinese medicines. It is also a common and frequently eaten food. It tastes sweet and slightly cold, which is beneficial to the effects of reducing swelling, strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, clearing heat and expelling pus, and is a commonly used diuretic for eliminating dampness.
Diet therapy practice
Barley and red bean porridge
Ingredients: coix seed10g, red bean 20g, gordon euryales 5g, wolfberry 2g.
Practice: Soak Coicis Semen and red beans in water for 6 hours, then wash and fry Coicis Semen, then boil Coicis Semen, Euryale Semen, Lycium barbarum and red beans in a pot, then cook for 30 minutes on low heat, add ginger and continue to cook for about 40 minutes, and finally add sugar or honey to the porridge when it becomes warm.
Coix seed longan porridge
Ingredients: Coix seed, japonica rice, longan, rock sugar.
1, longan meat and rock sugar are placed in a porcelain cup and melted with warm water. Remove the shell of coix seed, wash it and soak it in clear water for 6 hours.
2. Wash the stem rice, put it in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water and coix seed, cook it with strong fire until it is seven ripe, add longan crystal sugar solution, cook it with slow fire until it looks like porridge, and add chopped green onion.