Taboos of pepper foot bath

Speaking of Sichuan peppercorns, I believe everyone is familiar with them, because most people use them in cooking, and few people can eat Sichuan peppercorns. In fact, they have great uses, such as soaking your feet in peppercorn water. However, you should pay attention to soaking your feet in peppercorn water. Although it has many benefits and can kill bacteria and inflammation and promote blood circulation, the peppercorn water cannot be consumed repeatedly, the soaking time should not be too long, and the temperature should not be too high. These are all things to pay attention to.

Taboos of pepper foot bath:

1. Do not reuse pepper water

First, pepper water cannot be used multiple times, because when soaking your feet, the body absorbs the ingredients in the pepper water. If you reuse the pepper water, it will easily have adverse effects on your body. Therefore, it is best to wash and change the pepper water when soaking your feet.

2. Avoid soaking your feet in pepper water for too long

Second, the foot soaking time should not be too long, as long as the body sweats slightly. If the body is very cold, you may not sweat during the first soak. You can increase the frequency of foot soaking appropriately.

3. Avoid using too high a temperature when soaking your feet in pepper water

Third, the temperature of pepper water should not be too high when soaking your feet, because too high water temperature can easily cause excessive congestion of the feet and cause insufficient blood supply to the heart, brain, kidneys and other organs, resulting in dizziness and other phenomena.

4. Avoid excessive foot soaking in pepper water

Fourth, do not soak your feet too many times or too frequently. If the symptoms of physical discomfort are relieved after soaking your feet, you should stop soaking for a few days before continuing. This is to prevent excessive soaking from causing lung fire, qi deficiency, etc., which may lead to diseases such as coughing.

5. Women should avoid soaking their feet in pepper water during menstruation

Fifth, women should not soak their feet in peppercorns during their menstrual period, because peppercorns are a spicy and hot Chinese medicinal material with certain toxicity. Soaking feet in peppercorns during menstruation can easily aggravate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea.

Who should not use pepper to soak their feet:

1. Elderly people and people with insomnia should not soak in the water for too long.

For healthy people, soaking feet in pepper water can help with sleep and make sleep better, but it is not very effective for the elderly or insomniacs. High temperature and long-term foot baths will also increase body temperature, which is not conducive to sleep.

2. Children should not soak

In life, if you often soak your children's feet in hot water, it will have a certain impact on the nerves and blood vessels of the feet, and even make the ligaments on the soles of the children's feet loose, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch of the foot, and increases the risk of flat feet.

3. Do not soak during menstruation

Women should not soak their feet in pepper water during their menstrual period, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea. In addition, if the water temperature for foot soaking is too high, it will cause congestion in the feet, which will lead to insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain vessels, causing dizziness and other phenomena.