Do you know the benefits and contraindications of soaking your feet in mugwort leaves?

There are many benefits of soaking feet in mugwort leaves. The most common ones are dispelling cold, clearing moisture from the body, warming the meridians; removing false fire and cold fire; treating common warts, flat warts, etc. However, there are also contraindications. Patients with yin deficiency and blood heat should not use this foot soaking method. Not only will it not make the body healthy, but it will cause damage.

1. The efficacy and function of foot bath with mugwort leaves

1. Dispel cold, remove moisture from the body, and warm the meridians

Experiments tell us that mugwort has a strong effect of dispelling cold. Eating mugwort and soaking your feet in it can effectively promote blood circulation in the body and expel dampness and coldness from the body. Mugwort can dredge our twelve meridians and regulate the balance of yin and yang in the body. Once the meridians in the body are unblocked, the circulation of Qi and blood will naturally become smoother. When your Qi and blood are healthy, the coldness in your body will naturally disappear.

Modern people generally suffer from excessive coldness and dampness due to lack of exercise, and mugwort can treat this condition very well.

2. Remove false fire and cold fire

Oral ulcers, stomatitis, otitis media, sore throat, etc. are all caused by excessive internal heat or the dominance of cold fire. Just boil moxa leaves and water together, soak your feet in the liquid for a while, and then your whole body will sweat slightly. Then drink some warm water, soak your feet for two consecutive days, eat less cold food, and pay attention to rest, then these diseases can be well relieved.

3. Treat common warts and flat warts

Pick fresh moxa leaves, rub them until juice comes out, and rub them on the surface of the wart until the skin becomes slightly warm or slightly red, but do not break the skin. Do this twice a day.

4. Treatment of habitual miscarriage and infertility

Place the lit moxa stick on the abdomen near the navel, and let the smoke gradually enter the meridians in the body along the acupuncture points near the navel, regulating the meridians and qi and blood. It also has a very good conditioning effect on the uterus and ovaries. Long-term persistence can also treat habitual abortion and infertility. 5. Treat scrotal eczema

Put 20 grams of fresh moxa leaves in a pot, add 500 ml of water, boil it, soak cotton wool or a small towel in the hot medicinal solution, apply it to the scrotum, or wash the scrotum, or fumigate and wash the scrotum while it is hot, and then apply a hot towel to the scrotum. 6. To treat cold-type dysmenorrhea, take 30 grams of angelica, 15 grams of mugwort, 60 grams of brown sugar, boil them in water to get 3 bowls, and take it warm in 3 times.

2. Taboos of Soaking Feet with Mugwort Leaves

1. The frequency should not be too many. Many people have seen that soaking feet in mugwort leaves has many benefits, so they often soak their feet in mugwort leaves, almost every day. In fact, this is a wrong method. Soaking your feet in moxa leaves frequently can easily lead to false fire and cold fire, causing insufficient blood supply to the upper part of the body, such as the face, etc., which can easily cause dizziness and headaches, and your temper will become irritable.

Recommendation: If the patient has severe coldness and dampness in the body, it is sufficient to soak the feet in mugwort leaves once a week. But in terms of diet, you should eat less cold food. And drink a cup of ginger and red dates water while soaking your feet. If you are weak, you can soak your feet when you have a sore throat, and eat some food when you don't have a sore throat. Gradually you will find that your physical condition has improved, and you are less likely to have a sore throat.

2. The best time to soak your feet in mugwort leaves is half an hour after dinner every night, as this is the best time to soak your feet.

3. Patients with yin deficiency and blood heat should not use this foot soaking method. Not only will it not make the body healthy, but it will cause harm.