Detoxification reaction after soaking feet in pepper water

It is a habit for many people to soak their feet in hot water before going to bed at night. Many people also add some peppercorns into the foot bathing water. Adding peppercorns is very helpful in removing moisture from the body, and has a relatively ideal effect on promoting blood circulation, relieving body stress and improving physical condition. When soaking your feet in pepper water, be careful not to let the water temperature be too high, and don't go to bed immediately after soaking your feet.

Feet sweat

Basically, soaking your feet will cause sweating, and you may even sweat profusely if you soak for a long time, but profuse sweating is not recommended. Soaking your feet in peppercorns can drive away the cold and remove moisture from the body, so sweating is a reaction to expel moisture and cold.

For those who have just started soaking their feet or those with a cold constitution, they may not sweat for a period of time at first. This is a sign of severe coldness in the body. You can increase the dosage and frequency appropriately until you sweat.

Feet get hot

Due to the large amount of beneficial ingredients and positive energy input into Sichuan pepper, combined with the effect of hot water, it has the effects of unblocking meridians, expelling cold and removing dampness, so that the body's disease is transformed from three yin to three yang disease, and the pathogenic evil and cold evil are transferred from the internal organs to the body surface, causing the phenomenon of rising body temperature; and due to the repeated struggle between positive and negative forces, the body also shows some symptoms of mixed cold and heat. Due to persistent treatment, the cold evil was eventually expelled from the body.

Feet get hot

The main reaction of excessive foot soaking in pepper water is "lung fire", which has been proved by many people's situations. This also proves from another aspect that soaking feet in pepper water has obvious "yang-replenishing" effect on the lungs, and of course it also has effects on the kidneys, spleen and liver.

Feet will cause insomnia

Strictly speaking, it should be a manifestation of insufficient Yin or relative excess of Yang: heart Yin deficiency, blood cannot nourish the heart, Yin cannot control Yang, and restlessness. This situation usually occurs when you are sensitive to the first few times you soak your feet in pepper water, or when you use too much pepper, and you may also have a slight fever. Soaking feet in pepper water should help you fall asleep. For those who have frequent dreams, if your body does not have obvious yin deficiency, reducing the dosage and frequency should be able to solve this problem.

People who are suitable for soaking feet in pepper water

People with athlete's foot

Sichuan pepper contains antibacterial ingredients that can treat stubborn athlete’s foot;

Cold constitution

The temperature of Sichuan pepper water is moderate to dispel cold, and it is suitable for people with cold constitution to treat symptoms such as diarrhea and chills;

People with spleen and stomach yang deficiency

Regulate abdominal distension and food accumulation, improve indigestion;

People with insufficient kidney qi

Soaking your feet in pepper water at 9 o'clock in the evening can protect the kidneys, promote blood vessel dilation, and help activate blood circulation and relieve meridian pain.