The efficacy and function of spatholobus

Foot soaking is the most common activity in daily life. It is suitable for all ages and is a very simple method of health care. However, many people do not know how to soak their feet and just do it randomly. In fact, soaking your feet at night is the best for your body. Soaking your feet at night can replenish your blood. So what is the best thing to put in the foot bath water? Are there any benefits to soaking your feet with Smilax glabra and Glechoma longituba for your body? Let me tell you below.

If you want to replenish qi, clap your hands early in the morning; if you want to replenish blood, soak your feet in the evening.

The feet are the base camp of yin blood, and the three yin meridians converge here: the foot Shaoyin kidney meridian, the foot Taiyin spleen meridian, and the foot Jueyin liver meridian. The kidneys produce blood, the liver stores blood, and the spleen controls blood.

1: Why can soaking your feet at night replenish blood?

Blood deficiency, blood stasis: cold hands and feet, dull tongue, spots on the face, tightness in the heart, stuffiness, and shortness of breath.

Soak your feet at night: put safflower (spicy in taste, warm in nature, enters the liver meridian and pericardium meridian, breaks blood, promotes blood circulation, harmonizes blood, and regulates blood) in hot water to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; dredge the three yin meridians of the kidney, liver, and spleen.

2: Tips for foot soaking

Soak your feet in spring to open up the sun and consolidate the body;

Soak your feet in summer to remove dampness and heat;

Soak your feet in autumn to cleanse your intestines and moisten your lungs;

Soaking your feet in winter can warm your dantian.

What to put in foot bath water?

1. Put peppercorns in water: deodorize and remove dampness, promote the flow of qi and water, and support yang energy.

2. Add salt to water: It can eliminate constipation, fatigue and help sleep.

3. Put ginger, tangerine peel and mint in water: It can warm the spleen and stomach and eliminate dampness.

6. Put 10 grams of Astragalus, 10 grams of Radix Pseudostellariae, 10 grams of Herba Lycopodii, and 6 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in water: For diabetes (caused by yin deficiency), Zanthoxylum bungeanum can remove dampness, Astragalus can replenish Qi and strengthen the exterior, and Herba Pseudostellariae can help the medicine penetrate the skin and penetrate deep into the body to exert its medicinal power.

The above-mentioned foot soaking methods are all very good for the body. In fact, sometimes the appropriate use of Chinese medicine foot soaking can prevent many diseases and cancers. Therefore, it is recommended that you soak your feet when you are tired. This is best for the body. However, the number of foot soaking must not be too frequent. Twice a week is best.