Autumn weather is cold and dry. Soaking your feet before bedtime can help drive away the cold and improve sleep. But traditional Chinese medicine foot soaking has more benefits than that. Let's take a look at some specific benefits together!
Benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine Foot Soaking
1. Relieving lower back pain and kidney deficiency
Materials: Cinnamon, Evodia rutaecarpa, Ginger, Green onion, and Sichuan pepper.
Procedure: Wrap the above Chinese herbs in a gauze bag, then simmer them in a pot for about ten minutes. When the water temperature has cooled down to a suitable level for foot soaking, you can start soaking your feet.
Effects: This recipe has a particularly good effect on those who suffer from lower back pain and kidney deficiency, which causes weak knees and back pain. Soaking your feet regularly can alleviate these problems.
2. Relieving insomnia
Materials: Evodia rutaecarpa and rice vinegar.
Procedure: First, put Evodia rutaecarpa in a pot and boil it to make a decoction. Then remove the residue and add an appropriate amount of warm water.
Afterward, add rice vinegar to the water and you can start soaking your feet.
Usage: It is recommended to soak your feet for half an hour each time before going to bed. This has a good effect on relieving insomnia. It is best to soak your feet one hour before bedtime every day.
3. Relieving neurasthenia
Materials: Polygonum multiflorum.
Procedure: First, put the Chinese herb in a pot and boil it to make a decoction. Then remove the residue. Mix the decoction with warm water and you can start soaking your feet.
Effects: It is recommended to soak your feet regularly. Soak them once a day. After a period of persistence, you will find that the symptoms have improved significantly.
4. Relieving athlete's foot
Materials: White vinegar.
Effects: The best way to treat athlete's foot is to soak your feet in white vinegar because the fungus on the foot cannot survive in an acidic environment. White vinegar is acidic and soaking your feet in it can kill the fungus. However, it is important to note that you need to persist even when the symptoms of athlete's foot are almost healed to consolidate the treatment effect.
Precautions for Foot Soaking with Chinese Medicine
1. It is best to use a wooden basin for foot soaking with Chinese medicine
The chemical components in metal basins, such as copper basins, are unstable and can react with tannic acid in Chinese medicine, forming harmful substances such as tannic acid iron, which greatly reduces the efficacy of the medicine.
2. Children should not soak their feet in hot water for a long time
Because the arch of the foot is formed from childhood, it is important to protect it from an early age. If hot water is used frequently to wash children's feet, the ligaments on the soles of their feet will become loose, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch and may lead to flat feet.
3. Do not soak your feet for too long
The soaking time should not be too long, generally between 15 to 30 minutes. Otherwise, blood will flow to the lower limbs, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly should temporarily stop foot soaking and take a rest if they feel chest tightness or dizziness. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral sensation, so family members should test the water temperature first to prevent scalding.
4. Women should not soak their feet with Chinese medicine during their menstrual period
