Do foot patches really remove moisture?

Modern people's lives are changing with each passing day. People are paying more and more attention to health in their daily lives. Many people have also begun to look for ways to maintain health from traditional ancient books. Among them, the concept of dampness in traditional Chinese medicine theory is even more widely known. If there is too much dampness in your body, you will easily feel tired, find it difficult to sleep, feel lack of energy every day, gain weight more easily, have soreness in the joints, and in severe cases, you may get rheumatic joint disease, etc. Therefore, to address this disease, foot patches for removing moisture have become popular on the market. But can foot patches really remove moisture?

With the deepening of health awareness, dampness has become a hot topic in health care and has attracted the attention of many people. In pursuit of a healthy life, people are very concerned about various dehumidification methods and are constantly seeking ways to remove moisture from the body.

There are many ways to remove dampness, such as red bean and coix seed, cupping, acupuncture, sweat steaming, Chinese herbal tea conditioning, etc. Recently, a method of removing dampness with a foot patch has become popular in the circle of friends. Are these little foot patches really that magical? Is there any dehumidifying effect?

Do foot patches (dehumidifying patches) really have the effect of removing moisture and detoxifying? Uncover the truth about foot patches

In order to explore the dehumidifying effect of foot patches, the editor also acted as a scientist and started experiments.

The editor searched on Taobao and found that there are really many types of foot patches. The products are produced not only from domestic but also from foreign countries, with various brands, and the advertised effects are not exactly the same. Among them, the foot patches that have the functions of removing moisture and toxins, as well as liposuction and weight loss are the most popular and have relatively large sales volumes. There are hundreds of stores in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai alone, with prices ranging from 0.3 yuan to 2.5 yuan per piece. The most popular store sold more than 100,000 pieces in the month with the highest sales volume.

Do foot patches (dehumidifying patches) really have the effect of removing moisture and detoxifying? Uncover the truth about foot patches

After screening, the editor purchased two foot patches of different brands with relatively high sales online. I opened the small pack of foot patches, one of which contained off-white powder with a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine. The other packet was a gray-brown powder with a faint smell of vinegar.

The store owner said that before going to bed, stick the written side of the medicine packet on the tape, then stick the medicine packet on the soles of your feet, and remove it the next morning. The darker the color of the medicine packet, the more toxins the body has been excreted. Keep using it and when the color becomes lighter, the toxins will be mostly eliminated.

Do foot patches (dehumidifying patches) really have the effect of removing moisture and detoxifying? Uncover the truth about foot patches

The editor applied the two types of foot patches on the soles of both feet. After about ten minutes, both soles of the feet felt slightly warm. When I woke up the next morning, I found that the foot patch had turned black and was very greasy after using it for about 7 hours.

On the second night, I put one foot patch on the sole of my foot and the other on the palm of my hand. The results showed that the foot patch stuck on the sole of the foot still turned black, while only the edges of the foot patch stuck on the palm of the hand turned black.

During the day on the third day, I placed one foot patch in the air and dropped a few drops of bottled pure water on the other. As a result, the foot patch that was dripped with pure water began to turn black after a few tens of seconds. After adding a large amount, the foot patch quickly turned black all over, and there was a slight oily sheen on the foot patch. The foot patch that is stuck on the sole of the foot is flat when you tear it off, and the powder inside is compressed very tightly. The foot patch that has been dripped with pure water is swollen, as if the powder in the patch has absorbed enough water. As for the foot patch placed in the air, there was no change at all.

Do foot patches (dehumidifying patches) really have the effect of removing moisture and detoxifying? Uncover the truth about foot patches

This experiment fully demonstrates that foot patches will turn black when they come into contact with water, and there is no sufficient theory to prove that foot patches can help remove moisture from the body. Therefore, this method of using foot patches to remove moisture is not reliable.

How can we effectively remove moisture from the body?

1. Keep the room dry and avoid moisture outside

The generation of moisture in the human body is not only due to problems with the body's own metabolism, but also largely related to the environment. External moisture induces internal moisture, and frequent exposure to damp and cold environments can easily lead to moisture invading the body. Therefore, in rainy weather, you should especially close the windows and doors to keep the moisture out. Secondly, don’t wear clothes that are not completely dry or cover yourself with a damp blanket. After taking a shower, dry your body thoroughly and blow-dry your hair. Also avoid getting wet in the rain and don't let moisture wrap around your body.

Do foot patches (dehumidifying patches) really have the effect of removing moisture and detoxifying? Uncover the truth about foot patches

2. Diet adjustment to remove internal dampness

Spleen deficiency and dampness are the basic causes of drowsiness. The spleen should be strengthened and dampness should be removed, while warming and nourishing the spleen and stomach is the best way to relieve drowsiness. For people who do not have severe internal dampness, the diet can strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, eat more crucian carp, carrots, apples, yam, etc., which can slowly relieve the symptoms.

Spleen deficiency: You can use lean meat, pork bones, and any medicinal materials such as Astragalus membranaceus, Codonopsis pilosula, White Peony Root, and Poria cocos to make soup and drink it. For the damp and cold constitution caused by spleen deficiency, you can also drink Qinyuan tea for conditioning.

Dehumidifying: If you feel drowsy, tired and heavy, you can make soup with Patchouli, Cardamom, Coix Seed, Euryale ferox, lentil, adzuki bean, etc. For those with damp-heat constitution, you can also drink Yiqing tea for conditioning.

Excessive liver fire: You can eat winter melon, cabbage, white radish, bitter melon, etc. to clear the liver and reduce fire.

Do foot patches (dehumidifying patches) really have the effect of removing moisture and detoxifying? Uncover the truth about foot patches

3. Exercise moderately

Exercise and sweating are a good way to remove moisture, especially for white-collar workers who stay in air-conditioned rooms for a long time. Expelling excess moisture from the body through sweating during exercise is very beneficial to health. Exercising moderately every day is very beneficial to the body. Exercise can also exercise the body, increase metabolism, and accelerate the excretion of moisture from the body.

Although we need to remove moisture from the body for our health, we must find a method that suits us. Only a safe and effective method can ensure the removal of moisture from the body to the greatest extent possible.