Can wormwood and salt relieve itching?

Mugwort is also known as wormwood leaves. Adding a small amount of salt to wormwood has a good anti-itching effect, especially for people with athlete's foot. You can use wormwood and salt to soak your feet, which can not only achieve the anti-inflammatory effect but also the anti-itching effect. At the same time, wormwood leaves also have a good health care effect. It can relieve physical fatigue and prevent colds and diseases. Let's take a look at this aspect.

Benefits of soaking your feet with mugwort and salt

Soaking feet in mugwort and salt is a good daily health habit for many elderly people. Mugwort has many benefits to the human body and is very helpful in relieving fatigue and promoting sleep. Soaking feet in mugwort is itself a good way to maintain health. At the same time, adding salt to the mugwort, the health effect will be more obvious. Salt has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and killing bacteria. Soaking mugwort leaves and salt in water does have many benefits for the elderly.

It has been said among the people that mugwort can cure all diseases, and it holds a high status in people's hearts. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, people even have the tradition of eating mugwort to maintain health and using mugwort water to bathe to remove dampness.

Mugwort with salt: suitable for upper-burner fire, frequent red eyes, toothache, sore throat, impatience and anger, irritability and restlessness, upper-burner fire and lower-burner cold, swollen legs and feet, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal, antiseptic and itching. Before soaking, put 10 grams of salt in the foot basin, then add warm water until your feet feel warm and comfortable. Immerse your feet above the instep, and rub your feet against each other in the water constantly, adding hot water continuously to maintain a sufficient temperature. The soaking time is generally about 15 minutes. After soaking, dry your feet and press and knead the Yongquan acupoints 360 times each with your thumb or index finger. It will have a good anti-itching effect in the long run.

Soaking your feet in mugwort and salt has many benefits to the body, but it is not suitable for people with dampness in their constitution to soak their feet in mugwort every day. Therefore, friends who want to soak their feet in mugwort and salt must understand whether they are suitable for soaking their feet in mugwort before soaking.

The role and efficacy of wormwood:

Mugwort, also known as fragrant wormwood and bitter wormwood, is used as medicine with its leaves. It is warm in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, purely yang in nature, passes through the twelve meridians, and runs through the three yin meridians; it is aromatic, warm and dispersing, and can rise or fall; it is also commonly used in acupuncture, so it is also called "medical herb". The greatest effect of mugwort is to dispel dampness and cold, stop bleeding and relieve pain. It also has the effects of warming blood, activating blood circulation, and strengthening the stomach.

1. For patients with coldness in the Chong and Ren meridians, irregular menstruation, cold and painful lower abdomen, and long-term infertility, it can be used in combination with Cyperus rotundus, Evodia rutaecarpa, Angelica sinensis, Cinnamon bark, etc. to dispel coldness, relieve pain, nourish blood and regulate menstruation.

2. For those who suffer from abdominal pain caused by cold after childbirth or navel pain and cold abdominal pain in the elderly, you can put cooked moxa in a cloth bag and apply it to the navel.

3. For patients with persistent diarrhea caused by cold and dampness, you can boil mugwort and dried ginger together.

4. If the diarrhea is red and white with a lot of blood and the pain is unbearable, it must be used together with Coptis chinensis, costus root, nutmeg, etc. to clear away heat, promote qi circulation and relieve pain.

In addition, boiling raw mugwort in water and using it for fumigation and washing can prevent boils and prickly heat in the summer, treat eczema, and quickly relieve skin itching. Apply fresh mugwort leaves on your skin to repel mosquitoes. Children can soak their feet in mugwort water (once a week is enough) to prevent and treat colds. Taking a bath with mugwort, ginger and salt can also reduce fever.