What water is good for washing feet?

The benefits of "soaking feet in hot water and adding some Chinese medicine" are well known, but few people will prepare pedicure liquid at home except for going out on a special trip. Experts say that when you wash your feet before going to bed, adding Chinese medicine to the water according to your own situation will make the foot washing water more "magical".

A pedicure liquid made from Angelica sinensis, peach kernel, sappan wood, pepper and Eupatorium adenophorum leaves can soften the skin of feet. People with dry skin on their feet can try to wash their feet with peach kernel, almond, wax gourd kernel and coix seed. If the feet are tired and painful, you can use the liquid medicine of Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis, Herba Lycopodii, Lignum sappan, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Fructus Zanthoxyli. These materials are easy to buy and cheap in Chinese medicine shops. When cooking, you should cook with high fire, and then cook with low fire for 5 to 10 minutes, and you can get juice. These potions don't need to be boiled every time. You can boil more at a time, put them in containers, and add water when washing your feet every day.

In addition, when washing feet, put dried ginger or camphor in the water. Camphor will melt quickly in hot water, and the feet will be very hot after soaking, which is very effective in improving foot cooling.

Salt bubble: add two tablespoons of salt to warm water. Salt has anti-inflammatory, bactericidal and laxative effects.

Ginger soaking: add a few pieces of beaten ginger to warm water. Ginger has the function of dispelling cold and removing dampness.

Bubble: Adding a bottle of rice wine or other alcohol to warm water can promote blood circulation.

Lemon bubble: add two slices of lemon in warm water to refresh your mind and prevent colds.

Vinegar bubble: add 3 tablespoons of white vinegar to warm water to neutralize the acid in the body and moisturize the skin.

★ It is best to soak your feet in a deep wooden bucket with a large bottom area, so that your feet can be comfortably laid flat and the water can be soaked all the way to your calves. The water temperature is about 40 degrees Celsius.

★ Soaking feet should not be too long, up to 30 minutes, otherwise it will cause relative ischemia in other parts of the body. It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, because it will affect the blood supply to your stomach.

★ You can't sleep immediately after soaking your feet. Press when the soles of your feet are hot.