Chinese medicine mugwort leaves are a good remedy for women. Soaking your feet in mugwort leaf can effectively relieve dysmenorrhea. Chinese medicine bath recipe: Soothing dysmenorrhea with mugwort leaf bath!
【Method of soaking feet with mugwort leaves】
Soaking your feet with mugwort leaves is a very simple health care method: First, take 50 grams of mugwort leaves and put them in a pot with water. After boiling, simmer for ten minutes. Then turn off the heat and pour the simmered mugwort leaf water into a foot basin to cool to a suitable temperature for soaking your feet. Generally, you can stop soaking when your whole body starts to sweat slightly.
Moreover, there is an important acupoint on the soles of our feet called Yongquan acupoint. After soaking your feet, you can massage the Yongquan acupoint 50-100 times and then rest.
【Efficacy of soaking feet with mugwort leaves】
Mugwort leaves are the leaves of the cultivated variety of the chrysanthemum family plant Artemisia. (A few have stems) They are warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and enter the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians. They can warm the meridians, stop bleeding, dispel cold, relieve pain. Soaking in a bath with mugwort leaves can dredge the 12 meridians of the whole body, dispel cold, eliminate dampness, warm the uterus, resolve stagnation, regulate menstruation, and promote fetal development.
【Precautions for soaking feet with mugwort leaves】
1. Although soaking feet with mugwort leaves has many benefits, the soaking time should not be too long. Generally, it should be controlled within 15-30 minutes. When soaking your feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs. If the soaking time is too long, it may lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain.
2. Many people like to soak their feet with mugwort leaves, but it is not suitable for everyone. For those who suffer from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, it is better not to soak their feet. For diabetes patients who have poor peripheral sensory ability, family members should test the water temperature before they soak their feet to prevent scalding.
3. For those who have a heavy cold and dampness in their body, soaking their feet with mugwort leaves once a week is enough. Moreover, while soaking your feet with mugwort leaves, you should also stop eating some cold and cool foods. When soaking your feet with mugwort leaves, drink a cup of ginger and brown sugar water. This way, you can dispel cold without losing energy, which is a good choice.
