Can soaking your feet in ginger water cure a cold?

Ginger mainly has the function of dispelling cold and wind. Some people soak their feet in ginger water when they have a cold to dispel the cold and cure the cold. Ginger water can also promote blood circulation in the human body and stimulate the acupoints on the feet of people with colds, achieving the effect of health care, preventing and treating colds and rheumatism, and promoting sleep. The following article introduces some methods of soaking your feet in ginger water. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

Soaking feet in ginger water can cure colds. The method is to smash a thumb-sized piece of ginger, soak it in boiling water, and then soak your child's feet when the water temperature is suitable. It has a good effect in dispelling cold. Especially for children who have already shown symptoms of cold such as fear of cold and shivering, this method can prevent the symptoms from further developing.

In addition to treating colds, soaking feet in ginger water has other benefits. Let’s take a look.

1. Migraine

When a migraine occurs, soak your hands in hot ginger water for about 15 minutes, and the pain will be relieved or even disappear.

2. Drunk:

Drinking hot ginger water instead of tea can speed up blood circulation and digest alcohol in the body. You can also add a proper amount of honey to hot ginger water to relieve or eliminate drunkenness.

3. Facial acne:

Wash your face with hot ginger water once in the morning and once in the evening every day for about 60 days, and the acne will be reduced and disappear. This method also has a certain therapeutic effect on freckles and dry skin.

4. Waist and shoulder pain:

First add a little salt and vinegar to hot ginger water, then soak a towel in the water and wring it dry, apply it to the affected area, and repeat several times. This method can relax muscles, stretch tendons and promote blood circulation, which can greatly relieve pain.

5. Enterobiasis:

Before going to bed every day, clean the area around the anus with hot ginger water, and then drink 1 to 2 cups of hot ginger water. Continue for about 10 days and you will be cured.

6. Foot odor:

Soak your feet in hot ginger water, add some salt and vinegar, soak for about 15 minutes, wipe dry, add some talcum powder, and the odor will be eliminated.

If you have a cold, soak your feet in ginger water, it is very effective. There is a folk proverb that goes "Keep some ginger at home to keep away from minor illnesses." So if you have a cold, you can soak in ginger water at night to drive away the coldness in your body and keep your blood flowing. But I would like to remind everyone not to eat ginger at night because it will have an impact on the human body.