Can applying Evodia rutaecarpa to the feet cure insomnia?

Evodia rutaecarpa is also a Chinese medicinal material. Insomnia is a problem faced by many people nowadays, and there are many ways to treat insomnia. Many people are concerned about whether Evodia rutaecarpa can cure insomnia. Generally speaking, soaking your feet in Evodia rutaecarpa can relieve insomnia, or you can apply medicine.

1. Apply powder to the soles of your feet to treat insomnia

Buy an appropriate amount of Evodia rutaecarpa, take 9 grams each time, grind it into fine powder, mix it with rice vinegar to make a paste, apply it to the Yongquan acupoints of both feet, cover it with gauze, and secure it with adhesive tape. Apply it once each time, it is very effective in treating insomnia.

Take 3 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa (use a small spoon like eating yogurt, a pointed spoonful), and mix it into a paste with good vinegar. Divide it into two parts and stick them on the sole of the foot (Yongquan acupoint) and stick them with adhesive tape. Change the dressing every three days. Cold feet are caused by the failure of Qi and blood to flow downward. While nourishing the spleen and stomach to strengthen Qi and blood, you should also open up the meridians to allow Qi and blood to flow downward. In the book, Zhongli has a three-step method for "guiding qi and blood downward", which is pushing the abdomen, kneeling on the knees, and standing on one leg.

2. Soak your feet in water boiled with Evodia rutaecarpa to treat insomnia

40g of Evodia rutaecarpa and appropriate amount of rice vinegar (white vinegar). Decoction Evodia rutaecarpa, add warm water, then add rice vinegar, and soak your feet in a foot bath for 30 minutes, once every night before going to bed.

3. Evodia rutaecarpa pillow for insomnia

Wrap the Evodia rutaecarpa in a cloth and place it next to your pillow or use it as a pillow when you sleep (put a thin layer on the pillow). I fell asleep just by smelling the scent, and it’s very effective in treating insomnia. When using a medicine grinder to process Evodia rutaecarpa (crushed), it was found that the processors were very likely to fall asleep when they smelled the scent of Evodia rutaecarpa. Only then did they know that Evodia rutaecarpa has a hypnotic effect.

4. Evodia rutaecarpa is pungent and bitter in nature, and is hot in nature and can dispel cold. It mainly enters the liver meridian, and can both disperse the cold evil in the liver meridian and relieve the stagnation of liver qi. It is the main medicine for treating various pains caused by liver cold and qi stagnation. It is often used together with ginger, ginseng, etc. to treat Jueyin headache, dry retching and salivation, white tongue coating and slow pulse, such as Evodia rutaecarpa Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases); it is often used with fennel, Chuanlianzi, costus root, etc. to treat abdominal pain caused by cold hernia, such as Daoqi Decoction (Medical Prescriptions Jianyi); it is used together with cinnamon twig, angelica, Chuanxiong, etc. to treat dysmenorrhea caused by Chong and Ren deficiency cold and blood stasis, such as Wenjing Decoction (Golden Chamber); it is used with papaya, perilla leaf, betel nut, etc. to treat swelling and pain caused by cold and damp athlete's foot, or it may rush up into the abdomen, such as Jiming Powder.