The efficacy of foot bath with mugwort and ginger

Using mugwort and ginger slices together for foot soaking can relieve fatigue and has a certain disease prevention effect. Both mugwort and ginger slices have bactericidal effects, so using them for foot soaking can kill fungi. It is also effective in preventing and treating athlete's foot. In addition, in winter, using mugwort and ginger slices to soak your feet can effectively dispel the cold and keep warm, and it is good in preventing colds and diseases.

Benefits of soaking your feet with mugwort and ginger

Mugwort, also known as mugwort, is a perennial herb that has been around since the Book of Songs era. Mugwort has become a very important plant for people's livelihood. In addition to a type of mugwort with a strong fragrance, people in the south hang it above their doors during the Dragon Boat Festival. There is also a type with a milder smell that can be eaten. Mugwort tastes pungent and bitter, and is warm in nature; it enters the spleen, liver, and kidney meridians; it is aromatic, warm and dispersing, and can rise or fall; it has the effects of warming the meridians and stopping bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain, reducing dampness and killing insects: soaking your feet in mugwort leaves can also effectively dispel cold and dampness and reduce liver fire. In addition, mugwort has medicinal value and has antibacterial, antiasthmatic, choleretic and hemostatic effects.

Benefit 2

Soaking your feet in mugwort leaves can drive away the cold in winter and regulate the yin and yang of the twelve meridians. It can eliminate false fire and cold fire, and treat oral ulcers, periodontitis, gingivitis, otitis media and other diseases related to false fire and cold fire that recur in the head and face. Reduce fever.

Benefit 3

Soaking your feet in ginger can effectively prevent and relieve the following diseases: colds, headaches, oral ulcers, periodontitis, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, back pain, acne, and mental weakness.

1. Safety. 2. Painless. 3. No toxic side effects. 4. Cheap. 5. Valid. People often say, "Washing feet in spring can raise the yang and strengthen the body. Washing feet in summer can remove heat and dampness. Washing feet in autumn can moisten the lungs and intestines. Washing feet in winter can warm the pubic area." 6. Convenient. 7. Comfortable.

How much is the dosage of using wormwood and ginger to soak your feet

Boil a handful of mugwort leaves in water and then soak your feet. Or take a quarter of the moxa stick made of pure mugwort leaves, tear it into pieces and put it in a foot bath bucket. Then add ginger and brew it with boiling water for a while. After the mugwort leaves are soaked, add some warm water. Isn’t it simple? You can also make it yourself at home. Just prepare the mugwort leaves and ginger.

You need to pay attention when soaking. It will only be effective if you soak until your whole body sweats slightly, but not profusely. Then drink more warm water. Generally, soak 2-3 times in a row, but not every day, you should soak every other day. After soaking, drink more warm water, avoid eating cold food, and get enough rest. The discomforts in the head, face, and throat caused by false fire and cold fire will be significantly improved or disappear, and the cold will be driven away for you.