What are the benefits of spicy foot bath?

Many people have the habit of soaking their feet, especially the middle-aged and elderly people who know how to keep healthy. They soak their feet before going to bed every night. Indeed, soaking feet is a very cheap and very effective way of health care. There are many benefits of soaking feet. For example, soaking feet is very helpful for sleep. In the future, you can use pepper to soak your feet, which has the following effects and functions.

What are the benefits of soaking your feet in Sichuan pepper?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that soaking your feet in water with peppercorns is better for promoting sleep than soaking your feet in hot water. In fact, the method is very simple. Wrap 50 grams of peppercorns (1 jin is divided into 10 portions) in a cotton cloth, tie it tightly with a rope, add water and boil it, and then use the water to soak your feet. The pepper bags can be reused repeatedly and can be replaced with new ones after a week or so.

Soaking your feet in Sichuan peppercorns for 10 minutes is the best way to relieve fatigue. The water temperature is generally between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius, and it is suitable for the skin of the feet to turn red and the face to have slight sweat. It is better for your health if you can soak your feet in 2% heated salt water every morning and evening. Or you can add a small amount of pepper or mustard to the hot water to improve blood circulation in the feet.

Soaking your feet in peppercorns can dispel the cold. When soaking your feet, you can add some cold-relieving medicines, such as Sichuan pepper, to the water. Sichuan pepper is pungent and warm in nature, and can eliminate the coldness of the internal organs, as well as promote blood circulation and regulate joints. First, grab a handful of peppercorns and add them to an appropriate amount of water to boil. When the medicinal effect is fully integrated into the water, pour it into a basin. First, fumigate your feet. When the water temperature drops to a level that is suitable for soaking your feet, use it to soak your feet. During this process, you can continuously add hot pepper water. The water should cover your ankles. Soak for half an hour until you feel slight sweat all over your body.

Soaking your feet in peppercorns can prevent influenza. Shi Jinmo, one of the four famous doctors in Beijing, insisted on bathing his feet in pepper water every night, and then massaging the Yongquan acupoint 100 times alternately with his left and right hands for health care. Soaking your feet in pepper water combined with massage techniques can dredge the meridians throughout the body, promote blood circulation, and regulate body functions, thus achieving the effect of self-care.

Soaking your feet in peppercorns can enhance immunity. Soak and wash with decoction of peppercorns. Wash your feet before going to bed every night, and then soak them in this soup. It can cure diseases, and the most obvious effect is that it can enhance immunity against influenza virus or other infectious diseases. In addition, it also has bactericidal, disinfecting, analgesic, antipruritic and anti-swelling effects.

Soaking your feet in pepper water can prevent foot odor, foot sweat, and athlete's foot. Grab a handful of peppercorns, wrap them in gauze, put them in a pot and boil water, then fumigate your feet first, and then start soaking your feet when the water temperature is suitable.