What are the benefits of alum foot bath

Some friends may have heard of alum. In fact, this substance can be used for foot soaking. Some friends have smelly feet. If you soak your feet in alum, you can kill some bacteria on your feet and relieve the foot odor. After soaking your feet in alum, the body's fatigue is eliminated, and it has a certain effect of moisturizing the skin and softening the keratin on the feet. For the specific benefits of soaking your feet in alum, please see the brief introduction below.

Alum is a mineral traditional Chinese medicine. External use can detoxify, kill insects, dry dampness and relieve itching; internal use can stop bleeding, stop diarrhea and resolve phlegm. Indications: stroke, epilepsy, throat paralysis, scabies, eczema, carbuncle, swelling and infection, burns from water or fire, mouth ulcers, eye ulcers, pain from hemorrhoids, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, bleeding from injuries, leucorrhea and itching of the vagina, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse and many other diseases. Alum is sour and astringent in nature, cold and slightly toxic. Therefore, it has antibacterial and astringent effects, and can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine.

Athlete's foot and sweaty feet are closely related to the vigorous function of sweat glands, which is determined by personal physique. Vigorous exercise, emotional excitement, etc. can also stimulate the sweat glands to secrete a large amount of sweat. The most effective way to deal with sweaty feet is to soak your feet in alum, because alum has an astringent effect and can reduce the secretion of sweat. Soaking your feet in alum can tighten the pores of the skin and effectively reduce the secretion of sweat. It is recommended that you add 3-6 grams of alum to the foot bath water before going to bed every day. After the alum dissolves in the water, soak your feet for 15-20 minutes. Soak your feet once every night. After 5-6 days, you can effectively relieve the symptoms of sweaty feet. It is worth noting here that this method is not suitable for everyone. Remember, the elderly, children and pregnant women should not soak their feet with alum to avoid causing unnecessary harm to the body.

Although soaking feet with alum has many benefits, some common side effects and precautions of soaking feet with alum are also introduced above. Friends must pay attention to the issues introduced above when soaking feet with alum, otherwise it will not only fail to promote health, but will cause certain harm to the body. Generally speaking, alum foot bath is best done in summer.