What are the benefits of soaking your feet in ginger?

Ginger is a common ingredient in our lives and a necessary condiment in the kitchen. It has the effects of enhancing freshness, fragrance and removing fishy smell. Of course, ginger also has the effect of removing cold. Especially if you are wet in the rain or frozen, drinking a bowl of ginger water can effectively remove the cold from the body. Many people also use ginger to soak their feet. So what are the benefits of soaking your feet with ginger?

1. Smash the ginger and add water into a pot and bring to a boil. Pour the boiled ginger water into a foot basin and wait until the temperature drops to a temperature that the feet can adapt to before soaking your feet. You can also add a small amount of cold water so that you can wash it immediately.

Soaking your feet in ginger water can promote blood circulation and dispel cold and dampness. So soaking your feet in ginger water can also help relieve colds

2. Soaking your feet in ginger slices can also warm the tendons and dredge the meridians. If you add an appropriate amount of moxa leaves and soak your feet three times a week before going to bed, it can warm the tendons and dredge the meridians, and astringe the potential to nourish the kidneys. Ginger is warm in nature and has the effect of dispelling cold and warming the stomach. Soaking your feet in ginger water for a long time can dredge qi and blood, regulate the internal organs, and improve sleep conditions.

3. Soaking your feet in ginger water for a long time can help regulate your fear of cold. Ginger has a good moisturizing effect and can improve the skin condition of people with dry skin. Ginger has a good bactericidal effect and can also play a therapeutic role for people with tinea pedis.

4. Long-term use of foot soaking has a very good effect on those who are restless due to deficiency of both heart and spleen. It can relieve the symptoms of frequent dreams, easy awakening, forgetfulness, dizziness, weakness in the limbs, mental fatigue, tasteless food, and pale complexion.

5. Ginger has the effects of warming the lungs and relieving cough, killing viruses, inducing sweat and relieving exterior symptoms. It can be used to treat exogenous wind-cold, stomach cold vomiting, cough and other symptoms.

Precautions

Because soaking your feet will stimulate blood circulation, it is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, and you cannot go to bed immediately after soaking your feet.

The first thing to pay attention to when soaking your feet is that the time should not be too long and you should adjust the time appropriately.