How to soak your feet with ginger during menstruation?

Many people have the habit of soaking their feet, especially in autumn and winter when the weather is cold. Soaking your feet in hot water can not only make your body warmer, but also have certain health benefits. Now there are more and more ways to soak your feet. Many people use ginger to soak their feet, but there are certain safety taboos when soaking your feet with ginger. What should women during menstruation pay attention to?

In traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is a pungent and warm antipyretic drug that has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving exterior symptoms, and has relatively few toxic side effects. Modern medicine believes that ginger can stimulate capillaries and improve local blood circulation and metabolism. People who are afraid of cold and have cold hands and feet can soak their feet in ginger.

It should be noted that soaking your feet with ginger does not mean soaking the ginger in hot water for a while, but generally taking 15-30 grams of ginger (about half a medium-sized piece of ginger), flattening it, and putting it in the hot water.

Add half a pot of water into the pot, cover the pot and boil with hot water for about 10 minutes. After cooking, pour out all the ginger water and add appropriate amount of cold water to about 40℃ (generally it is best not to feel hot). When soaking your feet, the water should cover your ankles, and it is best to rub your feet while soaking.

Many of the medicinal ingredients in ginger are small molecules, and covering the pot when cooking can prevent them from volatilizing. The amount of half a piece of ginger is the amount that can be used to fill half a basin of water in a foot bath in an ordinary household. If you use a lot of water for foot soaking or your cold symptoms are severe, you can increase the amount of ginger as appropriate. After soaking your feet in ginger water for a period of time, the symptoms of fear of cold can generally be improved to a certain extent.

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.

Women during menstruation will be weaker due to the loss of menstrual blood, and they especially need to supplement nutrition. They should also pay attention to keeping warm. If you want to soak your feet during this period, you should still pay attention to it. Do not use medicinal materials to soak your feet casually, so as not to aggravate dysmenorrhea. You should consult a Chinese medicine practitioner for specific details.