Soaking feet in winter has so many benefits.
In the cold winter, citizens with weak constitution and chronic diseases can soak their feet with Chinese herbal medicine, which is healthy and keeps out the cold. Dr. Cheng from Nanjing Hospital told the reporter that the main reason for "cold" is the lack of blood gas supply. Therefore, soaking feet with safflower and wormwood leaves in winter has a good health care effect, which not only warms the whole body, but also helps to sleep. And these materials are easy to buy in Chinese medicine shops, and the price is also very cheap. Safflower has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, while Folium Artemisiae Argyi has antibacterial, antiviral, antiallergic and immune enhancing effects. In addition, Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a cool herb, which can be used to remove beriberi and tinea pedis.
According to Dr. Cheng, the specific usage is to put about 50 grams of safflower and Artemisia argyi into a gauze bag, wrap it tightly, and put it in a pot with water. Boil it with high fire, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, and then take the juice. Mix the decoction in hot water at 40℃ or 50℃, and then soak for half an hour. A decoction can be soaked for 2 to 3 days and put in a container without changing it every day. Dr. Cheng also reminded the public to keep warm, strengthen exercise and take corresponding protective measures according to their own health conditions.
Yesterday, the reporter went to the Xiansheng drugstore in Dingjiaqiao, and learned from the Chinese herbal medicine counter that 500g of safflower produced in 350 yuan and Anhui is 665 yuan per 500g, which is usually 20 grams for one month. The cost price of foot bath every day is 1.40 yuan, which is cheap and easy to use. This safe and reliable natural therapy "soaking feet" is really beneficial.
Soaking feet should suit the remedy to the case.
In fact, different Chinese medicine prescriptions can be used to soak feet according to different diseases, which is the so-called "sitting power". Dr. Cheng also suggested that adding some traditional Chinese medicines to the water of safflower and mugwort leaves can play a very good auxiliary role in preventing and treating diseases according to your physical condition. If you have high blood pressure, you can add some Prunella vulgaris and Uncaria rhynchophylla with antihypertensive effect to the foot bath water. People suffering from rheumatism, chills, chills and spleen and stomach deficiency are suitable for using Chinese herbal medicines with warming and dredging effects, such as dried ginger and mulberry branches. Women with dysmenorrhea, or people with dry feet and dry skin, should use some white peony root, motherwort, angelica, mugwort leaf, etc., which can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. At the same time, if citizens have the conditions, they can also add more sappan wood, Lycopi, Lycopodium, Scutellariae Radix, Angelica sinensis and so on. , all have the effect of relieving fatigue and promoting blood circulation.
Soak for half an hour is best.
According to the survey, 20 athletes who are often tired will be tested with traditional Chinese medicine. The first group only washes their feet with warm water before going to bed every night. The second group soaked their feet in warm water for 30 minutes before going to bed; The third group, soaking feet with Chinese medicine for 30 minutes before going to bed, once every other day; The fourth group soaked their feet with traditional Chinese medicine for 30 minutes every night. The results show that the fourth group has the best effect of relieving fatigue.
Professionals suggest that Chinese medicine can be ground into powder when soaking feet, and the drug absorption will be more uniform. In addition, it is best to use wooden pots for soaking feet in traditional Chinese medicine, and metal and plastic pots are easy to lose the effective components of the liquid medicine; The appropriate time is 30 minutes, too long will easily increase the burden on the heart; It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal; Foot bath water should not be too hot, about 40 degrees Celsius is appropriate; The use of foot-soaking drugs should follow the principle of prescription of traditional Chinese medicine and strictly regulate the use of drugs.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotic domain
Field: the plant kingdom in the plant kingdom
Door: angiosperm magnolia door
Class: Subclass Dicotyledonous Magnolia
Objective: To study the Asteraceae of Chrysanthemum.
Family: Compositae
Genus: Artemisia
Type: Artemisia argyi
Binomial nomenclature/system
Chinese mugwort
H. Lev & Ampwaniot
Wormwood is a perennial herb, distributed in Asia and Europe. In the era of The Book of Songs, it has been a very important livelihood plant. "Moxibustion" commonly used in acupuncture. Acupuncture is actually divided into two parts. "Needle" refers to acupuncture points, and "moxibustion" refers to burning wormwood and fumigating and scalding points. Although acupuncture points are stimulated by heating, not all paper or grass can be used as "moxibustion" after being lit. The smell of wormwood must have played a role. When people in China use cupping to treat rheumatism, it is better to use wormwood as fuel.
food
Wormwood is also good food. In the traditional food in the south of China, there is a kind of Ciba made of wormwood as the main raw material (see Ai Ai). That is, fresh and tender wormwood and glutinous rice flour before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day are mixed in a ratio of one to two, wrapped with peanuts, sesame seeds, sugar and other fillings, and then steamed.
Traditional Chinese medicine use
The formula of traditional Chinese medicine adopts famous wormwood leaves, Chen wormwood leaves, wormwood leaves and charcoal.
Bitter, pungent and warm in nature. Enter the spleen, liver and kidney meridians.
Efficacy indication
Warming meridians to stop bleeding is used to treat menorrhagia, metrorrhagia and fetal leakage caused by chong and ren deficiency and cold. It is often combined with Colla Corii Asini, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix Paeoniae Alba, such as Jiao Ai Si Wu Tang. If qi deficiency is serious, it can be combined with Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali and Cimicifuga. For hematemesis and epistaxis due to blood heat, it can be combined with Radix Rehmanniae and Folium Platycladi, such as Sisheng Pill.
Dispelling cold and relieving pain are used for asthenic cold of lower energizer, epigastric cold pain, menstrual blood disorder, dysmenorrhea and infertility due to palace cold. It is often combined with Rhizoma Cyperi, Cortex Cinnamomi and Radix Angelicae Sinensis, such as Aifu Nuangong Pill.
Eliminating dampness and killing insects are used for eczema and itching of skin, and are often combined with Kochia scoparia, Dictamni Cortex and Atractylodis Rhizoma. Smoke and wash the affected area with decoction.
Dosage and usage: 3- 10g, decocted in water. Appropriate amount for external use. Taboo: people with yin deficiency and blood heat should not use it alone.