The effects of mugwort foot bath

Mugwort is a common plant herb that has many health benefits and effects. People also often use mugwort to soak their feet or take a bath. So do you know what are the effects and contraindications of using mugwort in foot baths?

Removal of deficiency fire and cold fire

Some people are prone to mouth ulcers, stomatitis, otitis media, sore throat and other symptoms due to strong deficiency fire or cold fire in the body. Just boil mugwort and water together and then soak your feet with mugwort water for a while until your whole body sweats slightly. Then drink some warm boiled water, as long as the continuous use of mugwort foot soak for two or three days, and eat less cold food, pay attention to rest, you will be able to well relieve these diseases.

It can drive away the cold

Using hot water to soak the feet has the effect of promoting blood circulation and driving away dampness and cold in the body, plus mugwort has the effect of opening meridians and regulating yin and yang. Soak feet with mugwort to keep the meridians open, the body's cold will naturally have nowhere to stay.

Remove foot odor and ringworm

Mugwort has antiseptic and antiviral, anti-allergic, strengthen the body's immunity and other functions. Long-term adherence to the mugwort foot soak, can effectively. Remove foot odor as well as tinea pedis.

Cure cold

Pharmacologically, mugwort is bitter and warm in nature, and has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold. Mugwort foot soak can promote sweating, which has a certain therapeutic effect on the mild symptoms of wind-cold colds. When you have a cold, a runny nose, sore throat, body pain and fever, you can boil 100 grams of mugwort leaves with 2,500 ml of water for half an hour, then put it to a suitable temperature that is not hot, let your feet soak in the basin for 15 minutes, rub the soles of your feet while soaking until your body sweats, drink ginger and brown sugar water at the same time to expel the virus and cold fire in time, pay attention to rest, and your cold will be cured quickly. Take care of your rest and you will soon recover from the cold.

Mugwort foot soak small prescription

1, mugwort plus pepper in addition to foot sweat, foot odor, foot odor, eczema. 2, mugwort plus safflower can improve varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, numbness or stasis of blood in the hands and feet. 3, mugwort plus ginger can cure wind and cold, joint disease, rheumatoid, cough, bronchitis, asthma. 4, mugwort plus salt can cure upper toothache, sore throat, irritable heart, fire and cold, swollen feet and legs.

Mugwort foot soak contraindications

Although mugwort foot soak has a health care role, can not often soak, because mugwort foot soak can be the body's false fire, cold fire downward, so easy to cause the head and face of qi and blood deficit, insufficient blood supply, but easy to cause dizziness, headache, and emotional changes.

Mugwort foot soak precautions

1, soak feet after massaging the soles of the feet for 5 minutes and then knock feet for 10 minutes (knock feet method: lying on the bed with the calves crossed, feet knock each other) 2, soak feet with mugwort 2 - 3 times a week is good, soak feet more times will hurt the bottom.