The benefits of motherwort foot bath

As we have a deeper understanding of health preservation, more and more health preservation methods have been developed by us. Among the many health preservation methods, the most common one is foot soaking. We can use some Chinese herbal medicine to soak feet, which can play a good health and health care effect. For example, female friends can actually use motherwort to soak feet. The method of motherwort foot soaking is simple, but the effect is very magical.

Women are generally more irritable during menstruation, especially those who suffer from dysmenorrhea, which often affects their work, study and rest. If you are suffering from dysmenorrhea and have tried many treatments without any improvement, you might try soaking your feet with Chinese medicine at home, which may achieve unexpected results. All women of appropriate age can use Chinese medicine foot bath method to regulate their bodies. However, different physical conditions or different syndrome types will result in different choices in medication.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis type

Its symptoms include lower abdominal distension and pain before or during menstruation, and dark menstrual blood with blood clots. For people with such symptoms, they should harmonize qi and blood, resolve blood stasis and relieve pain. Because "women are based on the liver", the medicines chosen for foot soaking are mainly those that enter the foot Jueyin liver meridian, and an appropriate amount of medicinal vinegar is added to guide the meridians, such as 30 grams each of green peel, Atractylodes lancea, and Leonurus japonicus, and 10 grams each of Chuanxiong and Safflower. Add about two liters of water and about 50 milliliters of vinegar, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. When the medicine cools to 50°C, pour it into a basin with the residue and soak your feet. The amount of medicine in the basin should be enough to immerse the ankle joint. If the amount of medicine is insufficient, add an appropriate amount of warm water. The feet move constantly in the medicine, allowing the soles of the feet to receive slight physical stimulation from the medicinal residue, for more than 30 minutes each time.

Yang deficiency and cold excess type

Its symptoms include cold pain in the lower abdomen, pain relief with hot compress, and cold hands and feet. The principle of warming the meridians and dispersing cold is needed to relieve pain. Because there is a saying in Chinese medicine: "The kidney governs all the yang in the body", the medicines selected for foot soaking should mainly be those that enter the foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, and add an appropriate amount of salty water as a guiding medicine. For example, you can use 15 grams each of cinnamon, cloves, lindera strychnifolia, angelica, and Chuanxiong, 6 grams each of dried ginger, fennel, and Evodia rutaecarpa, and a little salt, and boil water for foot soaking.

Qi deficiency and blood deficiency

The symptoms include dull pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, slight pain when pressing the abdomen with hands, scanty and light-colored menstruation, and the condition needs to be regulated by replenishing qi and blood. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is called "the spleen controls blood". The medicines selected for foot soaking should mainly be those that enter the foot Taiyin spleen meridian, and add an appropriate amount of sweet water to guide the meridians. For example, you can use 15 grams each of white peony, angelica, Chuanxiong, Rehmannia, Atractylodes, Eucommia, and Astragalus, and an appropriate amount of maltose, and boil water for soaking your feet.

"The method of foot soaking is actually very simple, but you have to soak your feet for more than 30 minutes each time and continue for 3 months." Doctor Ouyang said that before soaking your feet, you can steam your feet with hot air for a while, and start soaking your feet when the water temperature is suitable. You can add hot water during the soaking process. It is best to soak until the whole body sweats slightly. When soaking your feet, the feet should move constantly in the medicine to allow the soles of the feet to receive slight physical stimulation from the medicine residue. It is best to rub your toes with your hands, especially the big toe. The decocted Chinese medicine can be reused several times.

In the above article, we introduced one of the most common health-preserving methods - foot soaking. We can use motherwort, a Chinese herbal medicine, to soak our feet. Motherwort foot soaking is very suitable for female friends because it has a good effect in relieving dysmenorrhea.