What are the therapeutic effects of soaking your feet in mugwort leaves?

Mugwort is a very popular health-preserving medicinal material in daily life. It can be taken orally or used externally. It has the therapeutic effects of warming the uterus and benefiting yin. Soaking feet in mugwort has many other benefits. It can relax muscles and tendons, treat rheumatism, etc. Long-term use will have significant effects. Friends in need can try it, but they need to pay attention to some specific methods of soaking feet in mugwort.

1. The efficacy of mugwort

Mugwort can be taken orally or used externally. It is a perennial herbaceous medicinal plant of the Asteraceae family, with a pungent and warm nature. Mugwort can regulate qi and blood, warm the middle and expel cold, remove dampness and relieve depression, benefit yin, warm the uterus, kill roundworms, and cure all diseases. It can promote qi and blood flow in the twelve meridians, warm and dredge the meridians, dispel wind and cold, and relax muscles and activate collaterals. It has antiviral, anti-allergic, immune-enhancing, antipyretic and analgesic effects.

2. The effect of foot bath with mugwort leaves

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the feet are the concentration point of the human body's meridians. The pathological changes of the internal organs can affect each other through the meridians, and by dredging the meridians of Qi and blood, the effect of treating the pathological changes of the internal organs can be achieved. Foot soaking is very beneficial to your health. Soaking your feet with mugwort leaves can fully utilize the medicinal effects of mugwort leaves. But can soaking your feet in mugwort leaves cure rheumatism? Let’s see whether soaking your feet in mugwort leaves can cure rheumatism.

Soaking your feet in mugwort leaves has a certain effect on rheumatism. Soaking your feet in mugwort leaves is good for the circulation of qi and blood throughout the body, and for the unblocking of joints and meridians. It can only be said that it can relieve pain to a certain extent, but a radical cure is not realistic. Therefore, it is recommended that you continue to soak your feet in moxa leaves. The time should be enough to make your whole body sweat slightly, but not to sweat profusely.

3. Specific methods of soaking feet with mugwort leaves

Put moxa leaves in a pressure cooker and boil water for about 15-20 minutes. Then use the water to soak your feet. Pour a small portion first, enough to soak your toes. Do not add cold water. Wait until the water slowly cools down to a temperature that your feet can tolerate, then soak in it. If you can't stand it anymore, take it out and put it in again. When the water gets cold, add more moxa water and soak it in hot water repeatedly. Be careful not to soak in a spacious and ventilated place to prevent heat loss. When you are soaking, you should wear the same amount of clothes as you normally wear. If you are wearing pajamas, you should add a jacket over your body. In short, don't soak it while it's cold.

While soaking, my knees started to feel less cold, then my stomach started to feel hot, my body started to sweat slightly, then my throat started to feel a little hot, and then my head started to sweat. It is best if my head can sweat. I can tell you another little secret. Before soaking your feet, drink a bowl of red dates and longan soup. Just make ordinary red dates and ordinary longans into a paste, and cook it into porridge. This way you can achieve both internal and external benefits. You can also replace it with a cup of warm honey and water to prevent dry mouth.

4. Issues that should be paid attention to when soaking your feet in mugwort leaves

1. The foot soaking time should not be too long, 20-30 minutes is appropriate, until the back of the foot is moist and sweat appears on the forehead. If you don't sweat when soaking your feet, don't soak for too long. There will be improvement if you soak your feet a few more times.

2. It is best to soak your feet before going to bed, but one hour after a meal.

3. Warm water at 40-50℃ is most suitable. Covering the wooden barrel with a bath towel can not only maintain the water temperature, but also place the knee joint in the barrel to increase the temperature of the knee joint.

4. Drink a cup of water before and after soaking to facilitate metabolism and replenishment of body fluids.

5. A small recipe for soaking your feet with mugwort leaves

1. Mugwort and ginger can cure colds, joint diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, coughs, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma.

2. Mugwort and safflower can improve varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, numbness or blood stasis in hands and feet.

3. Mugwort leaves and salt are suitable for those with upper-burner fire, frequent red eyes, toothache, sore throat, irritability, upper-burner fire and lower-burner cold, and swollen feet and legs.

4. Add 20 peppercorns to mugwort leaves and it is suitable for treating foot sweat, foot odor, athlete's foot and eczema.