What are the benefits of soaking your feet in pepper and ginger water?

Sichuan pepper and ginger are the most commonly used condiments in our lives. It is with their help that the dishes we eat become very delicious. In fact, in traditional Chinese medicine, these two condiments have other functions besides being edible, and can even help people treat diseases. Friends who know Chinese medicine soak their feet in pepper and ginger water every day after returning home. So what are the benefits of soaking feet in pepper and ginger water?

Benefits of soaking your feet in pepper and ginger water

Sichuan pepper is not only one of the most commonly used seasonings, but also a Chinese medicine. It can warm the middle and relieve pain, remove dampness and dispel cold. Zanthoxylum bungeanum belongs to the lung, kidney and liver meridians, and has the effects of dispelling cold, replenishing kidney yang, improving eyesight, digesting food and guiding fire back to its source. Soaking your feet in water with pepper has the same effect as soaking your feet in water with angelica or safflower. Both can invigorate blood circulation and unblock the meridians, keeping the blood flow throughout the body unobstructed. Sichuan pepper is a medicine that can dispel cold. It can dispel internal cold, support yang energy, and promote the flow of qi and water. In addition, Sichuan pepper has the effects of sterilization, disinfection, analgesia, itching relief, and elimination of ulcers.

The effect of soaking feet in pepper water: Some places say "treat the upper disease from the lower part". Soaking feet can promote blood circulation in the body and enhance the barrier function of the respiratory system, so it can help relieve cough symptoms and reduce the occurrence of colds; when soaking feet, it can promote blood to flow from top to bottom, so blood pressure is also easier to stabilize; soaking feet in pepper water is better for promoting sleep than soaking feet in hot water. Children who love to cough and middle-aged and elderly people with high blood pressure will benefit from soaking their feet regularly.

Because hot water, ginger and vinegar are all warm substances, this method is not suitable for patients with insomnia due to yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire. In addition, 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. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly who feel chest tightness or dizziness should stop soaking their feet and take a rest. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral sensory ability, so family members should test the water temperature first to prevent scalding.

In addition, people with Yin deficiency symptoms, especially in winter, will sweat during the foot bath process, so it has a "dry" feeling like other Yang-tonifying medicines. Therefore, soaking your feet in pepper water should be combined with yin-tonifying, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of yin deficiency. At this time, you can drink the water boiled with yam, lotus root, pear, or eat more fruits, etc., to replenish the body's water in time. Finally, for people with cold constitution, soaking feet in pepper water is very effective, but there will be disease-expelling reactions during the first few times of soaking feet in pepper water. Symptoms are similar to those of a cold, which is a normal reaction.

We all know that China is a country with a strong tea culture, so tea has become an indispensable part of our daily life. Drinking tea has many benefits, but we also know that tea is cool in nature, and people with a cold constitution should not drink too much tea.