​Foot soaking with Chinese medicine can dispel summer heat and dampness

With the development of our economy, people are paying more and more attention to their physical health. In the past, medicine was for curing diseases, but now it is for preventing diseases and nipping them in the bud. Therefore, health-preserving methods are very popular. Foot bathing with Chinese medicine is a very good health-preserving method. It is simple to make and you can do it at home by yourself, and it can have very good results.

There are many benefits of soaking your feet in Chinese medicine. Not only can we use it to promote blood circulation, but it can also promote our metabolism and clear blood waste and relieve fatigue.

Treating winter diseases in summer starts with foot soaking

Today marks the beginning of the annual Great Heat, and it is the best time of the year to "nourish yang" for the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that many stubborn winter diseases can be cured very effectively in summer, and that the dog days of summer are the most suitable time to recuperate the body.

In particular, foot bath is beneficial to improving yang deficiency constitution and plays the role of "preventing illness before it occurs". In the cold autumn and winter, there will be enough yang to resist the external cold evil and avoid the diseases that are easy to occur in winter.

Soaking your feet in the dog days can remove summer heat and dampness

Many people think that it is more appropriate to soak your feet in the cold autumn and winter seasons. In fact, it is equally important to keep soaking your feet in the hot summer. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "soaking your feet in summer can remove heat and dampness." Experts say that the heat and humidity are heavier in the summer, and the moisture can easily accumulate in the spleen and stomach, causing people to experience symptoms such as lack of energy and poor appetite. As feet are one of the parts of the human body with the most acupuncture points, soaking feet in warm water can indeed better stimulate the meridians and invigorate the functions of the internal organs.

Soaking your feet in the dog days can remove summer heat and dampness

Especially those who have poor spleen and stomach are more suitable for foot soaking in summer. If the spleen and stomach are good, they will not be easily invaded by moisture. The humidity in summer is very heavy, so people often experience symptoms such as loss of appetite, inability to eat, constant sleepiness, bad mood, and lack of energy. Foot soaking can relieve these symptoms.

Foot bath also has its own rules, Chinese medicine has the best antibacterial effect

“Washing feet before going to bed is better than taking tonics.” Soak your feet in warm water at about 40℃ (the water should cover the ankle joints) before going to bed. Soak for 20 to 30 minutes each time (you can add hot water to maintain the water temperature during this period). It is best if your skin is slightly red after soaking. At the same time, you can massage your toes and soles of your feet with your hands.

Generally speaking, a foot bath once a night can achieve the purpose of health care. It is best to go to bed within half an hour after the foot bath. It is also possible to do it twice a day (usually once at 10 am and once before going to bed at night). Each foot soaking time should not be too long. Patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis, chronic hypertension and other diseases can extend the foot soaking time appropriately.

In addition, different Chinese herbal decoctions for foot bath will have different medicinal effects. For example, soaking feet in mugwort and ginger slices can cure colds, joint diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and coughs; soaking feet in safflower can improve varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, and poor blood circulation; soaking feet in Sophora flavescens can inhibit foot fungus and prevent athlete's foot, while also enhancing blood circulation and expelling dampness and toxins from the body.

Foot bath also has its own rules, Chinese medicine has the best antibacterial effect

Experts in traditional Chinese medicine believe that Chinese medicine must be boiled at high temperatures before the essence of the soup can be extracted. Usually, when used at home, some ingredients in the Chinese medicine are not easy to release, let alone its efficacy. Its medicinal effect is usually released after soaking in warm water at around 40℃ for 15 minutes.

Many powdered Chinese medicine foot bath products on the market are basically ineffective. The foot soaking method of directly pouring Chinese herbal medicine into hot water is also futile. When choosing products, we must make sure that they are foot wash and care products that are made by high-temperature decocting and low-temperature extraction of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to achieve the true effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine foot bathing.

Above we introduced a variety of ways to maintain health, which are very effective in preventing diseases. We can use Chinese medicine foot bathing to maintain health, which can not only promote blood circulation and metabolism, but also remove waste from our blood and eliminate heat and dampness.