What are the benefits of soaking your feet in Aiye

Mugwort is a plant that grows in the wild. It starts to grow in spring. When the Dragon Boat Festival comes, every household will pick some mugwort and hang them in front of the door to ward off evil spirits and diseases. This custom has been around for a long time. In fact, mugwort can be eaten and has certain medicinal value. For example, when we soak our feet, we can add some mugwort to the water, which has many benefits to our health.

Eliminate false fire and cold fire

It can treat oral ulcers, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis, otitis media and other recurring diseases of the head and face that are related to false fire and cold fire.

Whenever the above-mentioned diseases occur, take a handful of mugwort leaves, boil them in water, and then soak your feet. Or take a quarter of the moxa stick made of pure mugwort leaves, tear them into pieces and put them in a foot bath bucket. Soak them with boiling water for a while. After the mugwort leaves are soaked, add some warm water to soak your feet until your whole body sweats slightly, but not profusely. Then drink more warm water. Generally, soak your feet for several times in a row, which is 2-3 days.

At the same time, drink more warm water, avoid eating cold food, and pay attention to rest. The discomfort in the head, face, and throat caused by virtual fire and cold fire will be significantly improved or disappear.

Keep away the cold

As the saying goes, "Cold starts from the feet." Cold feet can cause poor blood circulation, leading to physical discomfort.

Soaking your feet in mugwort leaves has the effect of dispelling cold. Soaking your feet in hot water every day has the effect of promoting blood circulation and driving away dampness and cold in the body. Moreover, mugwort leaves can open up the twelve meridians and regulate yin and yang. For people with unobstructed meridians, their qi and blood will flow smoothly as well, and for people with healthy qi and blood, the cold in their body will naturally have nowhere to stay. (For the cold-dispelling effect of moxa leaves, it is recommended that you use moxa stick fumigation, the effect will be more obvious.)

Treat colds

When you catch a cold, have a runny nose, a sore throat, body aches, or have a fever, you can soak your feet in mugwort water until your body sweats, and you must also drink ginger and brown sugar water at the same time. Add scallion when you have a fever, and add a few cloves of garlic when you have a cough. Drink it several times in a row until your body becomes hot, and you no longer feel sore and have a runny nose. Then drink plenty of boiled water to expel the virus and cold fire in time. Pay attention to rest, and your cold will heal quickly.

Boil mugwort leaves in water to prevent and treat colds in children

Many children catch colds because they fail to add or remove clothes in time. In mild cases, there will be a runny nose, and in severe cases, there will be constant coughing. Doctors usually advise parents to use mugwort to prevent and treat mild colds in children. Colds are more common in winter. From a pharmacological point of view, mugwort leaves are bitter and warm in nature, and have the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold. Soaking feet in mugwort leaves can promote sweating and has a certain therapeutic effect on mild cases of colds. Parents can add 100 grams of mugwort leaves to 2500 ml of water, boil it for half an hour, then let it cool to a suitable temperature that is not hot to the touch, and let the child's feet soak in the basin for 15 minutes. Adults can rub the soles of the child's feet, and soak them 3 times a week.