The benefits of using mugwort leaves to soak your feet

Mugwort is a relatively familiar plant. When spring begins, mugwort will start to grow in the wild. Under normal circumstances, mugwort can be used to make delicious food or as a Chinese medicinal material. Mugwort has good therapeutic and medicinal effects. Soaking your feet in mugwort leaves has a relatively obvious effect on your health, especially for girls who insist on soaking their feet in mugwort leaves for a long time, they will reap more benefits.

Oh, it has a strong effect of dispelling cold. Soaking your feet in mugwort can effectively promote blood circulation in the body and expel dampness and cold air from the body. Soaking your feet in mugwort leaves can dredge our 12 meridians and regulate the body's yin and yang balance. Once the body's meridians are dredged, the flow of qi and blood will naturally become smooth!

2. Remove false fire and cold fire

Oral ulcers, stomatitis, otitis media and other conditions are common diseases in summer. We generally call it "getting angry". In fact, these conditions are caused by excessive internal heat or excessive cold fire. In this case, soaking your feet in water boiled with mugwort leaves can be very effective. Then, you should drink more warm water, soak your feet for two or three consecutive days, eat less cold food, and pay attention to rest!

3. Tocolysis during pregnancy

Soaking your feet in mugwort during pregnancy has a certain effect on stabilizing the fetus. The volatile oil in mugwort has antibacterial and antiviral effects, and can avoid epidemics and drive away disease. Another manifestation of the health-care and rehabilitation effect of mugwort is that it also has a certain immune-enhancing effect.

4. Whiten your skin

Mugwort has antibacterial and antioxidant effects. It can promote blood circulation in the human body and help expel cold and toxins from the body. When the blood circulation in the body is smooth, women's bodies will be healthier. It also has the effect of whitening the skin.

Mugwort has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-allergic and immunity-enhancing functions. Therefore, soaking your feet in mugwort leaves regularly and using it in a targeted manner can help remove athlete's foot and tinea pedis.

What are the taboos of soaking feet with mugwort leaves?

1. The foot soaking time should not be too long, 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking your feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly who feel chest tightness or dizziness should stop soaking their feet and take a rest. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral sensory ability, so family members should test the water temperature first to prevent scalding.

2. People with fever, low blood pressure or diabetes should soak their feet in mugwort under the guidance of a doctor. Soaking your feet in mugwort 2 to 3 times a week is sufficient, but not too frequent. Soaking your feet in mugwort can guide fire downward, which may sometimes cause insufficient Qi and blood in the head and face, easily leading to dizziness, headaches, and emotional changes.

3. It is best to use a wooden basin for soaking your feet with Chinese medicine. The chemical composition in metal basins such as copper basins is unstable and can easily react with tannic acid in traditional Chinese medicine to produce harmful substances such as tannic acid iron, which greatly reduces the efficacy of the medicine.

5. Women should not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation. It is best to consult a doctor and take the right medication according to your condition.