The use of herbal medicines for foot bath in reflexology

Feet soaking is a therapy that many people like to do, and there are many benefits to have this therapy. There are also a lot of ways to soak your feet. Here we would like to introduce you some ingredients for feet soaking and some precautions.

1. Ginger
Chinese medicine believes that ginger belongs to diaphoretics with acrid flavour and warm nature, which has the effect of dispelling cold. Modern medicine believes that ginger can stimulate capillaries and improve local blood circulation and metabolism. People who have cold hands and feet can use ginger to soak their feet, this can play a role in removing cold.

Smash 15-30 grams of ginger, add half a pot of water to the pot and boil for about 10 minutes. After cooking, pour all the ginger water and add a proper amount of cold water to about 40 °C. After soaking the feet with ginger water for a period of time, the symptoms of cold hands and feet can generally be improved to some extent.

2. Cinnamon
The use of cinnamon for feet soaking can have a better relief effect on edema caused by kidney disease. Nephrogenic edema is an edema caused by kidney function problems. Generally, it occurs in the loose parts of the tissues, such as the eyelids or the face and the ankles. It is obvious when you wake up in the morning, and the skin with the fingers pressed against the edema may appear concave.

If there is a renal edema, you can use 15 grams of pepper and cinnamon, and then soak your feet. Continuous use of this method to soak the feet can play a certain role in swelling.

3. Safflower 
Safflower is suitable for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as poor blood circulation, limb numbness, bruising, bruises, varicose veins, women's amenorrhea, menstrual pain, phlebitis, arteritis.

Method: 50 grams of safflower is divided into five times, each time put 10 grams in the pot, boil for 5 minutes after boiling, soak your feet once or twice a day.

4. Mugwort leaf(Ai Ye)
Mugwort leaf(Ai Ye) is suitable for cough, Asthma, and respiratory diseases, such as Bronchitis, Emphysema and pulmonary heart disease. Put 15 grams of mugwort leaf in the pot and boil for five minutes.