Foot soaking in summer can remove moisture and prevent heatstroke

In the hot summer, many people are used to taking showers, and some people even want to stay in cold water for 24 hours a day. It is precisely because of the weather that many people give up the habit of soaking their feet. Little do people know that the humidity is very heavy in summer, and the humidity can easily stagnate in the spleen and stomach, which is particularly harmful to the body. It is more important to soak your feet in summer, which can not only get rid of summer heat and dampness, but also better regulate the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "human feet are like the roots of a tree. When a tree dies, the roots wither first. When a person ages, the feet age first." It believes that foot bathing is suitable all year round and has different functions. "Foot bathing in spring can open the sun and consolidate the body; foot bathing in summer can eliminate heat; foot bathing in autumn can moisten the lungs and promote bowel movement; foot bathing in winter can warm the dantian.

Soaking your feet in the summer can help eliminate heat and dampness, prevent heat colds, invigorate your spirits, increase appetite and promote sleep. Because the foot is the second most important part of the body after the heart, it is called the "second heart". There are a large number of capillaries on the feet, which is one of the areas with the most acupuncture points in the human body.

Summer is the season when the human body's yang energy is the most abundant. Soaking your feet in warm water at this time can better stimulate the meridians and invigorate the functions of the body's internal organs. Especially people with congenital poor spleen and stomach are more suitable for foot soaking in summer. When the spleen and stomach are good, they are not easily invaded by moisture. The symptoms such as loss of appetite, drowsiness, lack of energy, and irritability caused by excessive moisture in summer will be alleviated.

Adding different Chinese medicines to the foot bath when soaking your feet can relieve different symptoms. The primary purpose of foot soaking in summer is to eliminate heat and dampness. Use the decoction of Chinese medicine Patchouli to soak your feet in a foot bath. Take 30 to 50 grams of Patchouli and put it into 2 liters of water. Boil it over high heat for about 40 minutes, then simmer it over low heat until 1 liter of the medicinal liquid is left. Take out the juice, add 2 liters of water and boil it down to 1 liter. Put the two portions of the juice in a basin and soak your feet. The liquid should be enough to soak your ankles. Massage your feet while soaking. This method is a good way to soak your feet in the summer, remove moisture and relieve summer heat.

Another item commonly used when soaking feet is mugwort, which is both economical and can regulate the body. Soaking your feet in mugwort and ginger can cure colds, joint diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, coughs, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. Soaking your feet in mugwort and safflower can improve varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, numbness or blood stasis in the hands and feet. Soaking your feet with mugwort and salt is suitable for those with upper-burner fire, frequent red eyes, toothache, sore throat, irritability, upper-burner fire and lower-burner cold, and swollen feet and legs. Foot soaking with mugwort and pepper is suitable for treating foot sweat, foot odor, athlete's foot and eczema.