What are the benefits of foot soaking in summer

Since ancient times, our country has had the saying "washing feet with Chinese medicine is better than taking tonic medicine". From this sentence we can also see that Chinese medicine attaches great importance to foot soaking. So what are the benefits of foot soaking? What are some magical foot soaking recipes that you can refer to? Let us learn about it together.

21 secret recipes for Chinese medicine foot bath

1. Indications: low back pain, low back pain due to kidney deficiency, weak legs

Medication: 50g cinnamon, 100g evodia, 150g ginger, 50g onion, 80g pepper

Usage: First wrap it with gauze and then boil it in water for 10 minutes. When the water temperature drops to about 40 degrees Celsius, soak in the steam foot bath for 30 minutes once a day.

2. Indications: Insomnia

Medication: 40g of Evodia rutaecarpa, appropriate amount of rice vinegar (white vinegar)

Usage: What you need is the decoction of Evodia rutaecarpa, then pour in warm water, and finally add rice vinegar and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.

3. Indications: Neurasthenia

Medication: 500g of Polygonum multiflorum

Usage: After the decoction of the above medicine is removed, mix it with warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.

4. Indications: athlete's foot, chapped sores

Medication: 100 ml of vinegar

Usage: Mix vinegar with warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day

5. Indications: Spasm of the artery of the foot

Medication: 10 grams each of Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Rhizoma Corydalis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Curcuma Longa, Sichuan Pepper, Pittosporum tobira bark, Clematis chinensis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, frankincense, myrrh, Notopterygium wilfordii, Angelica dahurica, Sappan wood, Acanthopanax acanthopanax, Safflower, and Smilax glabra.

Usage: Boil the above medicinal water, remove the residue, mix it into the steam foot bath and soak your feet for 20-30 minutes, once a day. 10-15 days is a course of treatment.

6. Indications: Dysmenorrhea

Medication: 400 grams of fennel

Usage: After boiling the above medicine in water and removing the residue, mix it with warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.

7. Indications: Athlete's foot - swelling and pain in the shins

Medication: 3 grams each of perilla leaf stem, fangfeng, betel nut, qianghuo, angelica, papaya, frankincense, and myrrh

Usage: decoct the above medicines into a soup, add warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, twice a day.

8. Indications: Edema - Edema of the feet

Medication: Nanmu and Paulownia wood, appropriate amount

Usage: Add warm water to the decoction and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 20 minutes each time, once a day

9. Indications: Thromboangiitis obliterans

Medication: 15g each of cinnamon twig, aconite root, smilax glabra, and sophora flavescens

Usage: After decocting the soup, remove the residue, mix it with warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes. One course of treatment is 10 days, twice a day.

10. Indications: Post-stroke cramps in hands and feet

Medication: 6g each of Stretching Grass, Bone-penetrating Grass, and Safflower

Usage: Add the above medicine to 5kg of water, boil for 10 minutes, then add warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath, 3 times a day. One month is a course of treatment.

11. Indications: Hemorrhoids; Eliminate intestinal heat, eliminate dampness, reduce swelling and relieve pain

Medication: Sophora japonica 60g, Artemisia argyi 30g, Alum 30g, Purslane 30g, Honeysuckle 30g, Licorice 30g

Usage: Boil the above medicine water, remove the residue, and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day