Who is suitable for foot soaking with mugwort leaves

Generally speaking, people with yang deficiency and excessive cold are most suitable to use mugwort to soak their feet. This method can effectively relieve the symptoms of abdominal cold pain and cold hands and feet. Soaking feet with mugwort can effectively stimulate our foot Shaoyin kidney meridian. When soaking your feet, you may as well add some Chinese medicinal materials such as cinnamon, dried ginger, angelica, etc., which are particularly effective in regulating the body. If you want to make the skin on your feet more delicate, you might as well add a little salt.

The medicinal use of mugwort is generally for women with weak constitutions, such as those with dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, and purple complexion, and it has a certain therapeutic effect. If you have high blood pressure, it is not suitable for you. Chinese medicine foot bathing is very particular. The medicine selected is different from the internal medicine. In the eyes of Chinese medicine, "foot bathing with medicinal soup" can not only relieve fatigue, but also has effects on stroke, dysmenorrhea, cold, chronic gastritis, high blood pressure, etc. However, this can only play an auxiliary therapeutic role. Don't use it as a treatment method to avoid delaying the disease.

If patients with hypertension insist on soaking their feet, they should boil chrysanthemum, wolfberry, mulberry leaves, salvia miltiorrhiza and a little borneol to soak their feet. For middle-aged and elderly people with qi deficiency, you can choose qi-invigorating medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, and Atractylodes macrocephala. Middle-aged and elderly people who need to promote blood circulation and nourish the kidneys can choose angelica, red peony root, safflower, and Chuanduan, etc. When soaking your feet, take 15-20 grams of each ingredient, boil them in a casserole, then remove the residue and pour the decocted liquid into a bucket, then add hot water and soak for about 30 minutes every day. It should be noted that metal and plastic basins should not be used for foot bathing with traditional Chinese medicine, because the chemical composition in such basins is unstable and can easily react with the tannic acid in the traditional Chinese medicine to produce harmful substances such as tannic acid iron, which greatly reduces the efficacy of the medicine and causes the loss of effective ingredients in the medicine. It is best to use a wooden basin or enamel basin for Chinese medicine foot bath.

There are many benefits to soaking your feet in mugwort. Soaking in the winter can drive away the cold. The blood vessels in your feet will continue to contract and dilate during the soaking process. In this case, the blood circulation in your whole body is strengthened. When you first soak your feet, you will feel that your whole body is relaxed and comfortable. Soaking your feet like this frequently can effectively remove the cold in winter and promote your body's metabolism.