What are the benefits of soaking your feet in water boiled with mugwort?

Mugwort is a kind of wild vegetable, which can be seen in the fields of many areas. At the same time, mugwort is also a very effective medicinal material. If you have cold hands and feet and dysmenorrhea, you can use mugwort to soak your feet to relieve it. This can make the blood circulation in the body more smooth and it is also very effective in treating athlete's foot. So what are the effects of soaking your feet in boiled mugwort water?

First, what are the effects of soaking your feet in water boiled with mugwort? Soaking your feet in mugwort water can effectively dispel virtual fire and cold fire, and can treat oral ulcers, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis, otitis media and other recurrent diseases of the head and face that are related to virtual fire and cold fire. Whenever the above diseases occur, take a handful of mugwort leaves and boil them in water to soak your feet, or take a quarter of the clear moxa sticks made of pure mugwort leaves, tear them into pieces and put them in a foot bath bucket, brew them with boiling water for a while, and then soak your feet in some warm water after the mugwort leaves are soaked, until the whole body sweats slightly, not profusely, and then drink more warm water. Generally, soak your feet for several times in a row, that is, after 2-3 days.

Second, soaking your feet in mugwort leaves will cause coldness, so you need to eat warm food. For patients with severe cold and dampness in the body, it is okay to soak your feet in mugwort water once a week, but you must stop eating all cold foods while soaking your feet in the mugwort water. You can also drink a cup of ginger and red dates water while soaking your feet in the mugwort water, which will remove the cold without causing gas. You need to pay attention to the frequency of foot soaking. Some people are very weak and cannot be nourished. If they eat some nourishing foods, they will have toothaches, mouth ulcers, etc. You can wait until you get a sore throat and then soak your feet in moxa water. When you don't have a sore throat, continue to eat nourishing foods and insist on soaking your feet in warm water every day. If you get a sore throat again, soak your feet in moxa water again.

What are the effects of soaking your feet in water boiled with mugwort? Soaking your feet in mugwort has the effect of dispelling cold. Soaking your feet in hot water every day has the effect of promoting blood circulation and driving away dampness and cold in the body. Moreover, mugwort can open up the twelve meridians and regulate yin and yang. For people with unobstructed meridians, their qi and blood will flow smoothly as well, and for people with healthy qi and blood, the cold in their body will naturally have nowhere to stay. Reminder: Mugwort is bitter, and bitter substances generally have a cooling effect, such as bitter melon and coptis chinensis, so mugwort can reduce fire, especially liver fire. However, for people with weak constitution and insufficient qi and blood, it is recommended to drink a bowl of red dates and longan soup or tea before soaking your feet to replenish the vital energy that may be lost in the body; and if people with yin deficiency experience dizziness after soaking their feet in mugwort, please immediately eat half a catty to a catty of shrimps to replenish them. After eating, you will feel refreshed and energetic, because after expelling the evil fire from the body, the body's ability to absorb nutrients will also be greatly enhanced.