In China, many people like to soak their feet, especially in winter. Taking a foot bath every night before going to bed can not only quickly enter deep sleep, but also relieve the fatigue and tension of the day, especially with pepper and ginger. Soaking feet in water, then, what are the effects and functions of foot soaking in water with pepper and ginger? Let’s find out together.

Effects and functions of foot soaking with pepper and ginger water

1. Remove fishy smell. In cooking, peppercorn water is mainly used to prepare marinated meat raw materials or meat fillings. It can not only remove the fishy smell of meat, but also increase the aroma.

2. Dispel cold and warm the stomach. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is warm in nature and is best used to ward off cold. Among the organs of the human body, the stomach is most afraid of cold and is also susceptible to cold. If you have stomachache caused by cold, you can boil water with Sichuan peppercorns and drink it to dispel the cold and relieve pain.

3. Sterilization and disinfection. Zanthoxylum bungeanum has sterilizing, disinfecting, analgesic, anti-itching, swelling, etc. It has a very good inhibitory effect on a variety of bacteria, especially bacteria on the skin surface. Most of them are boiled into Zanthoxylum bungeanum and used after boiling.

4. Treat dysmenorrhea. For women, there are many people who have a cold uterus, which is often caused by dysmenorrhea. You can boil water with pepper and ginger and take it to dispel cold and stimulate menstrual blood, which will also relieve abdominal pain.

5. Treat cold feet. In winter, people with cold feet generally have difficulty sleeping because they always feel that the bed is not warm enough. In fact, it is because of cold feet. You can use Sichuan peppercorns and water to boil, then pour it into a foot basin, add cold water to mix, and soak your feet. The water level should cover your ankles.

The side effects of foot soaking with pepper and ginger water

The foot soaking time should not be too long, preferably 15 to 30 minutes. When soaking your feet, blood will flow to your lower limbs, which can easily lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly should stop soaking their feet to rest if they have chest tightness or dizziness. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral sensory ability, so family members should test the water temperature first to prevent burns.

Through the above content, we can know that ginger and pepper are the most common ingredients in our daily lives. They can not only be eaten but also used for foot soaking. Moreover, foot soaking has so many effects, and it can also cure dysmenorrhea. It can warm the stomach. Women with dysmenorrhea can try it, but the foot soaking time should not be too long.